Cath Lab Digest - December 2007 - (Page 27) DECEMBER 2007 ACVP MEMBERSHIP PAGE 27 It is not enough for leaders to simply demand that staff work together. While all teams are groups of individuals, not all groups of individuals necessarily demonstrate the cohesiveness of a team. can greatly impact the performance of a CCL, benefiting patients, families, staff and leadership. Consider these facts: • People who have a positive attitude are better able to attract other positive people. In fact, employees prefer to be around positive co-workers because it improves their attitude and makes their jobs more enjoyable day-to-day. • Positivity enables people to look at the world from a unique angle: one of possibility. When facing a problem or a mistake, employees with a positive outlook will bounce back quicker and be more likely to find a solution. • Overall, positive people are happier, healthier, and more productive. Studies have proven that they handle both large and small problems more easily, and are better able to cope with stress. The benefits of having a positive attitude are definitely worth the time and effort that might be necessary to change your perspective and achieve it. • A positive attitude can be a motivating force in your cath lab. If you choose to be happy, content, satisfied and confident in your personal and professional life, people around you will begin to feel the same way. The amount of camaraderie that is created in teams can be amazing, especially when the going gets tough. People will often go to what seems like extreme lengths when they know that they can rely on the support and encouragement of their team. Never underestimate the significance of this in achieving outstanding results in patient care and also the operations of your department. Teams that work well together in the context of positivity make a huge impact on the lives of those around them, and similarly benefit from the rewards. ■ Cardiovascular Professionals: Leading above and beyond Peggy McElgunn, Esq., Executive Director, Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals Cardiovascular Professionals Week: February 10-16, 2008 For Cardiovascular Week, Get the Promotion and Publicity Kit from the Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals at www.acp-online.org The following article is reprinted with permission from volume 50, issue 4 (September/October) of the ACVP newsletter. How to Celebrate and Appreciate Cardiovascular Professionals Do you work with a group of dedicated, compassionate, overworked healthcare professionals? Do you want to appreciate them and recognize them for their hard work? Remember it’s great to celebrate people during a special time and the best celebration happens regularly. Is there a way you can celebrate people every day? Some of the programs/ideas below can be (and should be!) considered as a year-long celebration effort. Based on our interviews and research, below are some unique ways to celebrate cardiovascular healthcare professionals: Open the doors to the public. Get families and the public involved in care with a series of special events that raise the profile of the profession while enhancing your staff’s pride. The more unique the better. You could have staff serve banana splits and hire a band to play (there are a lot of local bands in most communities who would perform for very low cost for community events). Advertise the event(s) in local community papers (usually a free service). At the event, have professionals talk about their profession or do a performance or a skit. Have members of the community donate items for door prizes and drawings. Have trivia, a cake walk, magic show, root beer floats, hot air balloons, a puppet show for kids, a health fair, preventative screenings, and candlelight vigil, teach people to juggle. These ideas are just to get the thought process going. The more creative and fun, the memorable the experience for everyone! Ribbons Celebration. This is to encourage staff to appreciate all the cardiovascular service departments/ units. Each specialty within cardiovascular service unit is designated a color ribbon (i.e., invasive is red, echocardiography is green, radiology is blue, physicians are pink, etc.) and each department is given a certain number of ribbons to be distributed. The goal is to give the ribbon to another staff member in another department and appreciate them in a personalized and immediate way when they catch someone in the act of doing a good job. The person being recognized now wears the ribbon around. It acts as a visual indicator that people are appreciating and supporting each other and strengthens professional relationships between departments. I believe ALL recognitions are strengthened when they are linked to the good of the group and the organization’s overall mission, so any way you can incorporate this, the better. Another extension of the “ribbon celebration” is to have a supply of white Reference 1. Lim, Z. (2007). The 4 benefits of having a positive attitude. Retrieved on November 13, 2007, from http://ezinearticles.com/ ?The-4-Benefits-Of-Having-PositiveAttitude&id=452608 Susan is a Recruitment Consultant at Corazon, offering specialized consulting and recruitment services for cardiovascular program development. Corazon combines strategic business planning, market and financial analysis, feasibility studies, clinical operations, program implementation support, Heart Hospital design, best practice benchmarking, executive search, and staff/leadership education for newly established or existing heart and vascular programs. Call 412-364-8200 or visit www.corazoninc.com. To reach Susan, email sray@ corazoninc.com. Look for our column in the January 2008 issue of Cath Lab Digest. We will address the value of education for cath lab staff. http://www.acp-online.org http://www.acp-online.org http://ezinearticles.com/?The-4-Benefits-Of-Having-Positive-Attitude&id=452608 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-4-Benefits-Of-Having-Positive-Attitude&id=452608 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-4-Benefits-Of-Having-Positive-Attitude&id=452608 http://www.corazoninc.com
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