The Kindness Initiative has changed the culture as it’s expanded throughout the Northside Hospital System.
Monday, October 10, 2022
 

"That level of negativity happening out in the world was making its way into the hospital setting, and I wanted to figure out a way to address that." — Carolyn Booker, chief nursing officer, Northside Hospital Forsyth

Carolyn Booker, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer of Northside Hospital Forsyth in Cumming, Georgia, was seeking an antidote to the violence making its way into places she considered to be sacred and safe: schools, churches, and hospitals. Her solution: kindness.

For this week's lead story, I spoke with Booker about how she developed The Kindness Initiative, which has caught on and rippled through all of Northside’s campuses.

 

Chief Nurse Builds a Kinder World Within the Walls of Northside Hospital Forsyth
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