Francesca’s boss is constantly on the lookout for new ideas. Just last month, he sent her on a two-week fact-finding trip. Her job was to visit 16 different production facilities in 7 different industries and to use what she saw to develop new and more efficient ways to run her company’s manufacturing process.
Last week, Swanita approached her boss in tears. “But I’ve been sitting at the same desk for 20 years!” she exclaimed. “How will I be able to do my work if you put me all the way across the office from the people I’m supposed to support?”
The nurses of Interim Nursing, a home health care service, pride themselves on their ability to handle whatever situation they encounter, no matter how unexpected. Last week, one of the nurses walked into a house expecting to find a patient with a mild heart condition. Instead, she found someone who was very close to having a full-blown heart attack, complicated by diabetes. Quickly assessing the situation, she stabilized his blood sugar and called the ambulance, which arrived just in time.
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