The Making of A Care Ambassador THE CARITAS ENCOUNTER Charlene Johnson, RN BSN, Caritas Coach
Significance without an awakening and awareness of our very Being, our Presence, our Intentionality, and consciousness AS the field of environment, we can actually be destructive to self and others.
Halldorsdottir Model: Biocidic to Biogenic Caritas Nursing Type 1: Biocidic life destroying (toxic, leading to anger, despair, and decreased well being) Type 2: Biostatic life restraining (cold, or patient treated as a nuisance Type 3: Biopassive life neutral (apathetic or detached) Type 4: Bioactive life sustaining( classic nursepatient relationship as kind, concerned, and benevolent) Type 5: Biogenic life giving (life receiving) (Watson Nursing, 2005: pg 85)
What is a Care Ambassador? A Care Ambassador is a caregiver who has accepted the assignmen to be a heart-centered support to their patients, coworkers and family. They do this by making themselves available in whatever way is needed - whether it be an encouraging word, a listening ear, a simple prayer, a hug, or just simply being there.
The Making of a Care Ambassador. In a 3-hour workshop titled The Making of a Care Ambassador we invite the participants to experience forgiveness, gratitude, surrender and compassionate human service through selfreflective and experiential exercises which, in turn, gives the attendee a higher Caritas Consciousness.
THE CARITAS ENCOUNTER.Personal practice exercises that can contribute to our evolving higher consciousness 4 COMPONENTS: Gratitude Forgiveness Surrender Compassionate Human Service
What it looks like Introduction/purpose Centering Moment The Caritas Encounter the practice of gratitude, forgiveness, surrender, and compassionate human service. Break Jean Watson Video: Caritas Nursing: Taking time/making time Caritas Processes 1-5 Caritas Processes 6-10 Closing empowerment moment Care ambassador Certificate/Pinning!
10 Caritas Processes An authentic teaching learning experience 1. Embrace Altruistic Values and Practice Loving Kindness with Self and Others 2. Inspire Faith and Hope and Honor Others 3. Trust Self and Others by Nurturing Individual Beliefs, Personal Growth and Practices 4. Nurture Helping, Trusting, Caring Relationships 5. Forgive and Accept Positive and Negative Feelings Authentically Listen to Another s Story 6. Deepen Scientific Problem-Solving Methods for Caring Decision Making 7. Balance Teaching and Learning to Address the Individual Needs, Readiness and Learning Styles 8. Co-Create a Healing Environment for the Physical and Spiritual Self which Respects Human Dignity 9. Minister to Basic Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Human Needs 10. Open to Mystery and Allow Miracles to Enter
The truly life-giving or biogenic presence restores well-being and human dignity; it is a transforming, personal presence that deeply changes one. For the recipient there is experienced an in-rush of compassion like a river, and there is a transference of positive energy, strengthening, inspiring This life giving presence is greatly edifying for the soul of the other Halldorsdottir 1991:46
Results Care Ambassadors embrace their role in South Sacramento More front-line staff become fluent in the language of Caritas Staff support patients, families and each other with Caritas deeds and words and frequently discuss Caritas and its benefits
I AM THE HEALING ENVIRONMENT AS I ARRIVE, I IMPACT WHEN I SMILE, I INVITE AS I TOUCH, I IMPART WHEN I CONNECT, I CHANGE AS I LOVE, I HEAL WHEN I BELIEVE, MIRACLES HAPPEN AS I PRAY, I EXPECT WHEN I TRUST, I RECEIVE AS I LEAD, THEY FOLLOW WHEN I CARE, I CO-CREATE AS I EMBRACE, THE HEART OPENS WHEN I HAVE FAITH, I INSPIRE AS I FORGIVE, I DEEPEN WHEN I MINISTER, I SERVE AS I AWAKEN, I AM TRANSFORMED C.Johnson 1-27-12