What’s Your Purpose? What’s your Passion? Keynote Address Cathleen Hamel MS, RN, CNE,BC Annual Meeting May 21, 2011 Syracuse, New York New York State Division International Association of Administrative Professionals

Objectives  Define purpose and passion  Explore recent literature to link purpose & passion with life and work  Correlate literature with life

Definitions  Purpose –Is a result, end, mean, aim, or goal of an action intentionally undertaken –A fundamental human need for guiding ideals that give meaning to our actions –Central to a good human life, the pursuit of happiness –Pursuing a career, raising a family, improving the world

Definitions  Passion – Term applied to a very strong feeling about a person or thing –Lively or eager interest in or admiration for a proposal, cause, or activity or love to a feeling of unusual excitement, enthusiasm or compelling emotion, a positive affinity or love, towards a subject, idea, person, or object.

Purpose/Passion  What Words Come to Mind –Motivation –Drive –Success –Family/Career/Profession –Make A Difference

Literature  Describe a time it was great to come to work! –Sense of community –Productive, interesting & meaningful work –Clear, reasonable expectations –Consistent, fair –Maximum control possible over work life

Drive  What Motivates Us???  Individual supervisor –Biggest effect on daily working environment –Horrid Company – Pocket of Excellence  Three Elements of Behavior –Autonomy – have control of life & destiny –Mastery – master tasks we are undertaking –Purpose – “buy in” to why we are doing things

Literature  We wish to act in accord with our “true self”  Autonomous rather than controlled  If autonomous –Self Motivated –Respect Others

Why We Do What We Do  Self motivation is at the heart of –Creativity –Responsibility –Healthy Behavior –Lasting Change

Correlation With Life/Reflection  What’s your Identity/Motivation  Correlation with Life –Arkansas/New York –Baxter Regional –Chief Nursing Officer –Nurse –Doctoral Student –Daughter –Mom –Fiancé –Person

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Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas

Samaritan Hospital  School of Nursing –RN Diploma 1977  Delivered Daughter 1982

St Mary’s Hospital/Seton Health  OR Staff Nurse 1982  OR Director

Saratoga Hospital  OR Director 1999 – 2001  VP/Chief Nursing Officer 2001 – 2008 –Saratoga Surgery Center 2004 –1 st Magnet Hospital In NY Capital District 2004

Baxter Regional Medical Center

Chief Nursing Officer  Nursing Responsibilities  Organizational Leader  2 nd to CEO  Span of Responsibilities –22 Nursing Care Areas –268 Patient Beds  Quality/Safety  Service  Staffing  Budget

Nurse/Doctoral Student  Schools –RN Diploma  Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing – BSN  Russell Sage College –MSN  Sage Graduate School –Doctorate of Nursing Science  Sage Graduate School

Daughter  Mom –Theresa 86 –Independent –Drives –Strong Influence

Mother  Parent –Daughter  Jessica 28  AD/BS Accounting  Paralegal Studies  Medical Biller/Coder  Single – 0 Children

Fiancé  Joe –High School Classmates –Reunited 2006 –Family Links –Engaged 2007 –Living Life

Living Life

What’s Your Purpose? What’s Your Passion?