In preparation for Nurse Recognition Week, 2013, the South Sacramento Caring Council decided to create rooms that would express each of the 10 Caritas Processes. Each unit or service area chose a Caritas Process to interpret for their room.

1. Kaiser Permanente, Northern California
Caritas Consortium 2013
Abiding in Caritas
Caritas in Action
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2. Abiding in Caritas
Intent to Contribute Statement:
In preparation for Nurse Recognition Week, 2013, the South Sacramento Caring Council decided to create
rooms that would express each of the 10 Caritas Processes. Each unit or service area chose a Caritas Process
to interpret for their room. Patient rooms on a closed unit were decorated by staff and each room featured
activities, services or information that embodied the meaning and spirit of each Process. The central core of
the unit was used for tables of refreshments, candles, aromas, lotions and other items to inspire healthy self
care and care for others.
Display: Posters showing each of the rooms and the activities each held. A video of a trauma patient's
miraculous recovery that was featured in the "OPEN...to Mystery and Allow Miracles to Enter" room (ICU).
Art, music, poems, writings created by those who visited our rooms.
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Inspired Contributor(s) 1 :
Sharon Melberg
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-----Service Area: South Sacramento
Medical Center: SSC
Affiliation: PCS
-----Year Shared: 2013
Venue: Caritas Consortium
Format: Poster
ID #: W02
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Names as listed in Lotus Notes, otherwise personal e-mails indicated
Keyword TAGs:
Identifier
 Consortium2013-July, So.
Sacramento, Poster, Patient Care
Services
 Education & Staff Dev
Descriptor
 Arts, Music, Caritas
Consciousness

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