https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75zuaI2NZv8
It is a great gift to be able to hand out gifts. Especially if the present is cash award that recognizes the centerpiece of Radical Loving Care: Compassion.
The gift handed me was the chance to be the keynote speaker at the annual nursing scholarship awards. What a magnificent event, as you will see in the video (Click on link above a photo of the event.)
Since my speech was only 8 minutes, I am attaching the link and hope you will take a moment to listen to remarks that include one of the most touching examples of compassion I have ever seen in a half century of leading healthcare organizations.
It has been a quarter century since I've gone back to Riverside Methodist Hospital for a formal event. RMH is also the flagship of the OhioHealth system I founded as President and CEO in 1984 so my visit, on May 2, was during the 40th anniversary of OhioHealth's founding.
Congratulations to the winner of the Erie Chapman Foundation Compassion Award, Sarah Hemans, BSN, R.N., who was selected by her peers from 20 nominees!
-Erie
