Check out this amazing letter from a group of health care professionals at Paoli Hospital in Pennsylvania.
My job was to motivate a bunch of nurses to lead their nursing teams, especially when it comes to excellence in end of life care, palliative care and hospice care.
I’ve been a hospice and palliative speaker many times in the past, so this was a comfort zone. Plus I love speaking for hospital and health care groups.
But this group was special: they had been through three days of training; three days of speakers. And my job was to spend the afternoon with them and tie up all of their learning into one big, funny, motivational package. It was a blast. Thanks Paoli!
Ok, here’s the letter about my work in Pennsylvania:
Hi Brad,
Just wanted to say “THANKS”….you were great, and got awesome feedback. I asked class participants to rate each speaker on a scale of 1 (bad) to 5 (best). Pretty much everyone gave you all 5’s, except for a few that gave you 10’s! How cool is that!!
You really helped the class get excited about taking their new knowledge back to their colleagues. One nurse from one of our local nursing homes, told me that she was so excited about going back to educate her colleagues & she felt it was the best conference she had ever been to!
You should feel good about yourself because you were definitely part motivating this group of nurses, and as a result many people with very serious illness will benefit; and have an easier time at one of the most difficult times of their lives. I realy appreciated that you took time to make it so relevant to our group.
I am attaching the group picture (the nurses from Oman sent it to me…..they loved the class….it was really fun to see them loosen up….although I can’t imaging what they think of us here in the US now!)
Thanks again!
Cynthia
PS: Next year I’ll look for the scratch & sniff hospital-smells stickers, instead of the Fruit smells.
Thought you’d want to know….Clostridium difficile, often called “C. diff,” is a bacterium that can cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon. Illness from C. diff most commonly affects older adults in hospitals or in long term care facilities and typically occurs after use of antibiotic medications.
Smells like…..MOLDY…like stale bread…tinged with a little skunk…and allowed to ferment to give it that special smelled ya don’t want to get to know ya effect.PPS: I’m copying my boss on this, she’s really going to think I’m nuts now!
PPPS
Here are a few more comments from you “evaluations”….don’t get too big of a head now…..
Amazing speaker, great humor. EXCELLENT! Best speaker that I have ever heard. Loved him! Phenomenal speaker! HAPPY, HAPPY! Great speaker…I really enjoyed him! Excellent…Fun! I LOVED it! Fantastic, entertaining & informative! Great fun! Excellent…the Best! Excellent job! Funny, hilarious! Main Line Health should have him come for all the employees! Excellent presenter! Please have him come once a year…he was wonderful! AWESOME!!! Fantastic…great take-away message! FUN! Best I have ever heard! Hilarious! Really got us motivated. Awesome speaker! Taught a lot of good skills such as listening and team work. That was COOL! GREAT! What an amazing speaker….Brad was the perfect way to conclude this training….thank you!
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