Cottage Health 2020 Culture Audit

Q CH’s High School to College Program NEW: Cottage Health and Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) teamed up to create a program to help Cottage employees earn a Certificate of High School Equivalency as well as an Associate degree at no cost through the Promise program. Classes are offered on an SBCC campus just blocks away from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. “Once you get started, it gets easier,” Gabriel Jimenez said. Gabriel currently works in the Cottage catering department. Upon completion of his Certificate of High School Equivalency, he plans to attend SBCC and become a certified nursing assistant. P Environmental Stewardship NEW: The Nutrition and Environmental Services team at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (SBCH) takes a leading role in not only creating nutritious meals featuring locally sourced food, but developing exemplary practices for waste reduction, recycling and composting. Half of the hospital’s produce is purchased from local farms and growers. SBCH was the first hospital in the nation to be recognized with a Gold Level Environmental Sustainability Certificate from the Association for the Healthcare Environment of the American Hospital Association. SBCH diverts 42% of waste from landfills by recycling or composting. Electric Vehicle Charging Stations – Plans are underway for new stations at all Cottage Health campuses. Celebrating Earth Day – More than 800 employees turned out for Earth Day at SBCH this year to learn about environmental and eco- friendly practices. Farmers Market - Each week employees can purchase fresh locally grown produce at the SBCH farmers market. R Magnet Quality – Great Nursing Today and Tomorrow Cottage Health is a Magnet-inspired organization striving to achieve and sustain outcomes reflective of our exemplary care. The support of organizational leadership and of our Chief Nursing Officer is evident in daily practices. The Magnet Quality Celebration is an annual event celebrating nursing and patient care that focuses on measurable outcomes. As part of the celebration, Cottage nurses create nursing posters that illustrate research, quality outcomes and evidence-based practices. Significant quality outcomes highlighted at past events include improvements such as compressed bean bag-type stabilizers that make it unnecessary to sedate infants during diagnostic imaging and “Project Sitdown,” a program that supplied portable stools to allow case managers to sit bedside and ensure the time needed to provide individualized care management to patients. Cottage Health offers the tools that enable nurses to provide the quality of care that our community deserves. 9/119 Start | Contents | Highlights | Business Description | Hiring & Welcoming | Inspiring | Speaking | Listening | Thanking | Developing | Caring | Celebrating | Sharing • Highlights 6.11