Creative Health Care ManagementA Quick Guide to Relationship-Based Care is a 68-page booklet outlining the basics of Relationship-Based Care. This valuable resource is ideal for orientation of the entire workforce in organizations implementing Relationship-Based Care. Written in easy-to-understand language, this book will help everyone in the organization (especially those in later implementation waves) to understand that they are truly part of something meaningful. This book will be a game...

Winner of the 2018American College of Healthcare ExecutivesJames A. Hamilton Book of the Year!Now Available in Print, e-Book or Audiobook formats (see below)Mary Koloroutis, RN; David Abelson, MD Advancing Relationship-Based Cultures explains and expands a fundamental and often overlooked truth in health care: It is the confluence of relational and clinical competence that advances relationship-based healing cultures. A relationship-based culture is one in which a critical mass of people...

This audio gem offers 10 tracks of inspirational messages set to beautiful music composed specifically for caregivers. Presenters include Jean Watson, Naomi Judd, Christiane Northrup, Ira Byock, Joan Borysenko, Desmond Tutu, and others. Topics include remembering one's calling, realizing the human limitations of medicine and reconnecting to the healing presence within, and the spiritual and emotional roots of stress. Listen as you commute, or in any quiet moment to reconnect to the...

Health Care VersionRecently edited and redesigned to increase clarity, they are used by thousands of health care workers around the world. 4x5 inch laminated wallet cardsCommitment to My Co-worker Cards can be customized. Minimum orders of 500 cards could feature your hospital logo, mission/vision, and your organization colors. Call 800.728.7766 x4 or email resources@chcm.com for pricing and design ideas.

Nursing Version Recently edited and redesigned for greater impact on nursing teams and units.4x5 inch laminated wallet cardCommitment to My Co-worker Cards can be customized. Minimum orders of 500 cards could feature your hospital logo, mission/vision, and your organization colors. Call 800.728.7766 x4 or email resources@chcm.com for pricing and design ideas.

This simple tool harnesses the power of intention. We like to call this our "I Will" statement. When we commit to something, in writing, it becomes transformative. We often use the Commitment to Myself cards with the participants in our classes. It also pairs well with Commitment to My Co-workers. 2x3 inch pocket cards.

Mary KoloroutisWe in health care are called to care for people and their loved ones during times of great vulnerability. To help support this sacred trust, we created a new Commitment product designed specifically to support therapeutic relationships with patients and their families.4x5 inch laminated wallet cardsCommitment to Patients and Their Families can be customized. Minimum orders of 500 cards could feature your hospital logo, mission/vision, and your organization colors. Call...

Barbara McAfee Your voice matters. Based on your tone and expression alone listeners make up their minds about you before they even process the meaning of your words. And if what you say is at odds with how you say it, they can miss your message altogether. Barbara offers a fun, tested method to harness the power of your voice to become a more effective and flexible communicator. She identifies five distinct vocal sounds - earth, fire, water, metal, and air - explaining how to cultivate...

Martin Helldorfer, Terri Moss This inspiring and practical book has been lovingly and thoughtfully prepared for health care professionals who are on the go and need a quick, uplifting reminder of the importance of their work. Based on the weekly writings of a senior health care executive, these inspiring stories will reinvigorate all caregivers or those who support them. It contains over 150 vignettes on such as timely topics as: Commitment, Avoiding Burnout, Taking Personal...

Michael Henry Cohen In celebration of Michael Cohen's latest book, The Power of Self Management, we are offering a four-book set including What You Accept is What You Teach, Time to Lead, and The Power of Self Management for a reduced price. These four books represent a back-to-basics approach to employee engagement, management and leadership. Each book provides common sense approaches to creating satisfied employees, productive managers and purposefully engaged leaders like you, a solid,...

Produced by Leah Kinnaird, EdD, RN Nurses are renewed and see their contribution to people's lives when they watch this film. The Patients Love Their Nurses video program captures the essence of care giving in the words of seven patients whose lives have been changed by the care they received. This short film is an ideal complement to nursing orientation or wherever nurses are gathered in workshops and meetings. Often nurses only see patients if they return for additional care or when...

Jane Barnsteiner, Joanne Disch, and Mary Walton This book offers an innovative approach that begins with the person, embraces the family, and encompasses all care delivery locations. Barnsteiner, Disch, and Walton present a surprisingly practical clinical reference covering a vast array of patient-care scenarios along with effective strategies for achieving optimal outcomes. This groundbreaking text is a complete resource that ensures that the needs of patients, families, and caregivers...