Compassionate Care Initiative
Our Mission
The Compassionate Care Initiative promotes the skills and conditions that grow and sustain compassionate care.
The Crisis
High-pressure environments are fueling a retention crisis:
• 50% of new nurses quit within their first two years (read).
• High nurse manager turnover destabilizes entire care teams (read).
• The Result: Job stress, burnout, moral distress, and compromised patient care.
Our Response
CCI intervenes with evidence-based programming and research designed to:
• Alleviate professional suffering.
• Equip health workers to navigate workplace challenges.
• Improve new nurse and nurse manager retention.
Our Vision
A world where nurses are equipped, supported, and empowered. We are developing a new generation of leaders to sustain compassionate care - from the bedside to society.
Your support funds the programming and research that empower nurses and healthcare leaders to grow and sustain compassionate care.
Our team members often provide guest lectures and professional development opportunities on topics such as:
- compassionate communication
- mattering in healthcare
- growing healthy work and learning environments in academic healthcare
- mindful leadership
If you'd like to request our services, contact us.
The Student Ambassadors are primarily undergraduate and graduate nursing students, but also sometimes include medical students and students from the College of Arts and Sciences. They meet regularly and develop programs that model compassionate care principles in the learning environment, cultivating wellness and community.
Student Ambassadors also have the opportunity to volunteer to round with the CCI Cart at UVA Health.
Membership is voluntary. If you would like to become a Student Ambassador, contact Kulsoom Niazi.
Areas of Influence
