Called to care, lead, serve

NURSING COMMUNITY CELEBRATES DEDICATION, VOCATION THROUGH 2023 THEME

Each year, Ascension’s nurses and nursing support professionals choose a theme to celebrate their continued strength and dedication and to reflect on what their work means to them.

In December, members of the nursing community submitted nearly 500 creative ideas for the 2023 theme. Even with all of those ideas, there was a common thread that pointed to a unique theme for the nursing community, by the nursing community: Called to Care, Lead, Serve.

“Our Ascension nursing community is made up of many different specialties and care settings. However, we are united in our vocation to share our unique gifts with the world as an integral part of our healing ministry,” said Maureen “Mo” Chadwick, PhD, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Senior Vice President, Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer, Ascension. “This theme beautifully illustrates our shared commitment to our Mission and diverse contributions as we work together to provide spiritually centered, holistic care to sustain and improve the health of individuals and communities.”

Guided by this theme, nurses and nursing support professionals will mark 2023 as a year to center on what their calling and Ascension’s Mission mean to them. Called to Care, Lead, Serve will also be the foundation of Ascension’s upcoming celebrations for Nurses Week (May 6-12) and Nursing Assistants Week (June 14-20).

“Our nurses and nursing support professionals bring their gifts to provide compassionate, personalized care to our patients and communities — and each other — every day,” said Joseph R. Impicciche, JD, MHA, Chief Executive Officer, Ascension. “Through their commitment, they bring to life our Mission rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, who ministered to those who needed it most. At Ascension we continue to serve as an unbroken link to that ministry, and our nurses and nursing support professionals are at the heart of it all.”