Spotlight on Barbara Peace
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." This Tanzanian saying holds a special place in the heart of Barbara Peace, director of the Magnet Program at Cook Children’s.
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
This Tanzanian saying holds a special place in the heart of Barbara Peace, director of the Magnet Program at Cook Children’s.
"This really is what I try to live by because we truly can go farther in life when we take like-minded people along with us," Barbara said. "And this journey to Magnet re-designation from the American Nursing Credentialing Center is a perfect example of how far we can go together."
It was almost exactly one year from the time Barbara transitioned into a new role to start writing the Magnet application to our virtual site visit. So, that motto of hers actually checked off both the "fast" and "far" boxes.
"Normally, it’s a 17-month application process and we only had three-and-a-half months, plus the site visit preparation went from the average of 12 weeks to only seven weeks for us," she explained. "It’s easy to see that there is no way this would’ve been possible without everyone’s help."