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We Are Family

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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MY NAME IS CALVIN GLASPER YOUR NEW MEDICAL CENTER DIRECTOR. A LITTLE ABOUT MYSELF I AM FROM MEMPHIS, TN. AND I AM AN 18 YEAR VETERAN OF THE US ARMY AND THIS IS WHERE I STARTED MY VA CAREER WORKING IN FOOD SERVICE WORKING AS A WG-2 SERVING THE VETERAN THREE MEALS A DAY AND NOW 10 YEARS LATER I AMBACKAS YOUR DIRECTOR ISN'T IT AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IT.

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THIS IS MY TO-DO LIST

AS YOU KNOW WE NOW HAVE OBAMA CARE WHICH MEANS OUR VETERANS CAN GO TO ANY MEDICAL CENTER THEY WANT BUT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN. IN ORDER FOR US TO KEEP OUR VETERANS COMING BACK WE MUST PROVIDE TOP NOTCH CARE AND TIMELY CARE WITH NO DELAYS BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO BE STUCK IN A HOSPITAL ALL DAY THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO SO I AM ASKING EVERYONE HERE TODAY TO HELP ME TO PROVIDE THE BEST CARE AND TIMELY SERVICE WE KNOW WE CAN BECAUSE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN

OUR COMPUTER SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN OUTDATED WHEN I WAS HERE 10 YEARS AGO AND THAT ISMY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY BECAUSE WE NEED FASTER COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN ALL PARTS OF OUR HOSPITAL. WE NEED TO UPDATE TO WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW MICROSOFT 2023 TO SERVE OUR VETERANS FASTER AND TIMELY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TO LOOK UP PATIENT INFORMATION AND FASTER ACCESS TO THEIR OWN PERSONAL COMPUTER NEEDS SO WE MUST IMPROVE OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM

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TEAMWORK IS AN VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR JOB BECAUSE NO ONE PERSON CAN DO IT BY THEMSELVES. ALL OF US PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR EVERYDAY MISSION IT TAKE DOCTORS TO SEE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE PATIENT NURSES TO CARRY OUT THE ORDERS OF THE DOCTOR NURTUITON TO SERVE A NUISHING MEAL PHYSICAL THERPIST TO HELP BROKEN BONES MOVE AGAIN AND HOUSEKEEPING TO KEEP OUR HOSPITAL CLEAN AND SANTITED SO WEALL PLAY A VITAL PART IN THIS HOSPITAL.

AS WE KNOW WITHOUT OUR PATIENTS WE HAVE NO JOBS SO WEMUST MAKE OUR VETERANS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY SO WE MUST DO HAVE JOB TO KEEP THEM HAPPY COMFORTABLE AND SECURE. JOBS ARE HARD TO FIND TODAY AND THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE ON THE OUTSIDE READY TO COME IN AND TAKE YOUR PLACE AND WE MUST TAKE BETTER CARE OF THE EMPLOYEES WE HAVE EVEN PROMOTING FROM WITHIN. EVERY TIME I SAW AN NEW PERSON COME IN OFF THE STREET WHILE I WAS IN FOOD SERVICE I THOUGHT I WASN'T DOING MY JOB CORRECTLY TO WHERE MY SUPERVISOR HAD NO FAITH THAT I COULD MOVE UP

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WE MUST TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY

FOR OUR OWN ACTIONS SO IF WE MAKE MISTAKES CORRECT THEM OR GET SOMEONE TO HELP YOU CORRECT IT. IN THIS HOSPITAL ONE LITTLE MISTAKE CAN HAVE SERVERE CONSEQUENCES SO WE MUST BE100% READY WHEN WE STEP BETWEEN THOSE DOORS TO WORK BECAUSE THAT ONE LITTLE MISTAKE CAN CAUSE US TO LOSE A LIFE WHICH WILL HAVE MORE REPERCUSSIONS SO BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE DOING BEFORE YOU DO IT SLOW DOWN YOU HAVE ALL DAY TO DO YOUR JOB
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WE ARE FAMILY

THIS MOTTO MEANS ALOT TO ME BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN THEN POINTER SISTERS PUT THIS SONG OUT AND I REMEMBER THE LINE I GOT MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH ME. REMEMBER THE PITTSBURG PIRATES USE THIS WHEN THEY WORN THE NATIONAL CHAMPSHIP IN BASEBALL. AS A MEMBER OF ANY SERVICE WE FOUGHT SIDE BY SIDE TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY BLACK AND WHITE ALL RACES WE WERE NOT COLORS THEN BUT A FAMILY. AS YOU GO ABOUT DOING YOUR JOB TODAY AND YOU WALK IN A PATIENTS ROOM THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS VETERAN DID FOR HIS COUNTRY HE MY HAVE FOUGHT BESIDE ONE OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBER BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THIS AND WE HAVE VETS FROM EVERY WAR HERE IN THIS HOSPITAL AND IT WOULD NOT HURT TO WALK IN AND SPEAK TO THAT PERSON BECAUSE WE ARE SO BUSY TRYING TO GET OFF WORK TO GO HOME THAT WE FORGET THAT OUR PARENTS TAUGHT US TO SPEAK TO EVERYONE WE MEET IT NEVER HURTS TO SAY GOODMORNING OR GOODNIGHT HOW ARE YOU SO TRY IT NEXT TIME IN SEE WHAT HAPPEN IT WILL BRING YOU A SMILE

IN CLOSING I WANT TO SAY THAT IT WILL BE MY PLEASURE TO WORK WITH EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU TO MAKE THIS THE NUMBER ONE HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY SO IF I CAN PLEASE COME KNOCK ON MY DOOR IF I AM NOT BUSY COME IN AND TAKE A LOAD OFF AND TALK TO ME.REMEMBER THAT SOMETIMES A MAY BE BUSY BUT MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY SECURTARY AND I WILL GET WITH YOU SO PLEASE BE PATIENT. REMEMBER ONE THING AS YOU WALK OUT OF THAT DOOR "WE ARE FAMILY I GOT ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH ME THANK YOU.