Walking Between Two Walking Between Two WorldsWorlds

Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN,FAANLinda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN,FAANVice President, Nursing and CNOVice President, Nursing and CNO

Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterCedars-Sinai Medical CenterBuilding Academic Geriatric Nursing CapacityBuilding Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity

November 14, 2007November 14, 2007

Walking Between Two WorldsWalking Between Two Worlds

The Science of The Science of Compassion- Gregg Compassion- Gregg BradenBraden

Ability to transcend Ability to transcend polarities while still polarities while still living within the living within the polarities.polarities.

All experience All experience viewed as a viewed as a journey to knowing journey to knowing self.self.

One and OnlyOne and Only The ASU experience- The ASU experience-

first African first African American student to American student to graduate from graduate from nursing school.nursing school.

Pressure from AA Pressure from AA students to choose students to choose another major.another major.

Pressure from Pressure from students and some students and some faculty to “look and faculty to “look and act more like us”act more like us”

One and OnlyOne and Only

First AA to hold First AA to hold CNE role at CSMC.CNE role at CSMC.

Pressure to “deal Pressure to “deal with problem with problem employees” vs. employees” vs. “help them “help them understand and understand and values us”values us”

Dealing with the Dealing with the first surprise - each first surprise - each time.time.

Shoulders to Stand OnShoulders to Stand On

Engage the board, Engage the board, staff and the staff and the community –help find community –help find the common ground.the common ground.

Mentor frontline staff, Mentor frontline staff, middle managers, middle managers, directors and medical directors and medical staff on staff on how to how to navigate the system navigate the system and thrive!and thrive!

Shoulders to Stand OnShoulders to Stand On

Call the Circle to Call the Circle to engage others with engage others with similar challenges similar challenges and opportunities.and opportunities.

Stand on each Stand on each others shoulders.others shoulders.

Walk between the Walk between the two worlds on your two worlds on your leadership journeyleadership journey

Walk in both worldsWalk in both worlds

IFIF You allow life to show you yourself in You allow life to show you yourself in

new ways so that you may know new ways so that you may know yourself in those ways………yourself in those ways………

ANDAND You reconcile within yourself that You reconcile within yourself that

which life has shown you….THENwhich life has shown you….THEN You become compassion- for self and You become compassion- for self and

others.others.