Improv to Improve Healthcare

Healthcare organizations cry out for a tool to decrease untoward events and bridge the communication gap between professional clinician teams and clients. Discover how to guide your team to creatively problem-solve, build emotional and social intelligence, increase workplace safety and employee retention, and guarantee client satisfaction with the results-don't-lie Improv to Improve Healthcare system."In Improv to Improve Healthcare: A System for Creative Problem Solving," Dr. Candy Campbell blends her nursing, doctoral thesis, and improv theater education to share great truths served on a platter of fun! Poor communication affects all aspects of healthcare and patient safety, and leaders are seeking effective, new ways to interact and engage. Anyone who has ever been a patient or has had a loved one change for the good. Every healthcare leader, patient and family member should read and enjoy this!"

-LeAnn Thieman, Author Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul Series and SelfCare for HealthCare

"In this important new book, Candy Campbell travels seamlessly between her two great areas of expertise, the professional healthcare industry and the art of improvisation, weaving them together in a compelling narrative that starkly exposes a dangerous problem in the world of healthcare while simultaneously providing the solution. Her joyous and lighthearted approach makes it a fast, enjoyable and accessible read for anybody at all, regardless of their familiarity with improvisation, and her love and passion for the healthcare profession transforms her eloquent message into an impassioned call to action. Having brought applied improvisation to a wide array of industries over the course of many years, I have rarely seen it out to a more important purpose than the one described here. As Campbell helps the reader understand, it is literally a matter of life and death. I am deeply honored to be referenced in this book and highly recommend it to all."

-Kenn Adams, Artistic Director, Synergy Theater, Author, How to Improvise a Full-Length Play: The Art of Spontaneous Theater

"Candy uses her extensive and unique clinical, nursing education, acting and improv background to bring real-world communication scenarios to life for nurses. Perhaps more importantly, she explains, in depth, how communication is critical to save lives, with patients, staff, physicians, and others. A light and fun read, "Improv to Improve Healthcare" contains methods and tools that are easy to learn and quick to implement, which makes it accessible to everyone from student to administrator."

-Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN, The Inspiration Nurse and Award-Winning Author of Falling Together: How to Find Balance, Joy, and Meaningful Change When Your Life Seems to be Falling Apart

"In her newest book, Candy Campbell puts a different spin on healthcare communications; she introduces the reader to improv! Improv in healthcare - this is serious business! Yes, this is serious business, and yes, it is worthy of a brighter side - a side that links fun, joy, and the journey. Candy has done just that ... by putting joy in the journey and taking the reader through a series of sketches that warm the spirit, tug at the heart, and reinvigorate the caregiver. This is a must-read."

-Sharon M. Weinstein, MS, RN, CRNI-R, FACW, FAAN, CSPAward-winning author of B is for Balance and 12 Steps and Go for It ... Mastering Negotiations