Nursing Mission Statements

The mission of Westminster Canterbury Richmond (WCR) is “As a faith based charitable organization, we will provide services, specific to need, in a compassionate, professional, holistic manner, through an inspiring environment and dynamic leadership for our residents, employees and others we serve.” I quoted their mission statement because for the past two and half months that I was there I truly believed that Westminster Canterbury lived through their mission. Reminiscing back on to my internship, it was an overwhelming experience because I didn’t think I would learn so much in so little time. I also learned a lot about myself because I was thrown into new projects and places everyday. Debra, my supervisor, took me under her wing and taught

I got to attend a class to see how CNAs put residents’ information into a system called Answers on Demand (AOD). A lot of the meetings I got to sit in on had nurses in them and since nurses are the ones taking care of the residents on a daily basis, I get to learn how they form bonds with them. I didn’t get to spend any one on one time with a nurse and that’s the only thing I regret not taking advantage of. I got to spend time with the Director of Clinical Services and she informed me of what she provides to the clinical team and an overview of what she does. In the social services area, I got to work closely with the independent living social work team because they were under Resident Services. I got to observe the independent living weekly meetings and the combined social work meetings bi-weekly. I spent time in Assisted Living and Parsons Health Care (PHC) care planning meetings, so I got to see how the meetings were conducted with the residents/families and staff. When I sit in on the meetings, I get to see the process of how the social work team will get the resident to transition through the continuum of care. For food service, I met with the Director of Dinning and he gave me a general overview of the dinning facilities with WCR. Then I met with the Supervisor of Parsons Health Center and she showed me the main kitchen where all the residents’ food is made. Next, she showed me how the food is delivered to each dinning room in Assisted Living (AL) and PHC. After the food gets to the dinning rooms, they are then taken out the insulated carts and then temperature checked. Then the residents get to pick out what they want for their meal and the staff will serve it to them, making sure to check their dietary