Monthly Caritas Tea-Team Time is a monthly event started by the PACU unit of Kaiser Vallejo Medical Center. Tea is served as individuals express Caritas moments and experiences, promoting helping-trusting relationships among the staff and serving as a centering moment to pause before a patient interaction.

1. Kaiser Permanente, Northern California
Caritas Consortium 2013
Caritas Tea – Team Time
Caritas in Action
How Caring Science informs and inspires KP caregivers and affirms our commitment to provide our
patients and their families exceptional care

2. Caritas Tea – Team Time
Intent to Contribute Statement:
Monthly Caritas Tea-Team Time is a monthly event started by the PACU unit of Kaiser Vallejo
Medical Center. Under the human caring processes, this event promotes helping-trustingcaring relationships among the staff. It fosters and accept positive and negative feelings as you
authentically listen to another’s story. It assists with basic physical, emotional, and spiritual
human needs and creates a bonding time between staff. It serves as a centering moment to
pause before a patient interaction, intentionally bring focus to the present moment, and to be
open for a personal connection. Tea is served as individuals express Caritas moments and
experiences. The expectation of this event is to expand this to other departments.
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Inspired Contributor(s) 1 :
Rebecca Taylor-Ford
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-----Service Area: Napa/ Solano
Medical Center: VAL
Affiliation: PCS
-----Year Shared: 2013
Venue: Caritas Consortium
Format: Poster
ID #: W07
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Names as listed in Lotus Notes, otherwise personal e-mails indicated
Keyword TAGs:
Identifier
 Consortium2013-July, Napa
Solano, Vallejo, Patient Care
Services, Perioperative
 Team
Descriptor
 Caritas Consciousness,
Storytelling

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