Finding Solace in a Cup of Tea

For the past 10 years, the Tea for the Soul staff support program has offered nurses and medical care staff a quiet respite from their demanding schedules.

With funds provided by the UCLA Auxiliary, chaplains prepare and deliver it to individual nursing units and invite staff to take a few moments rest and restoration with a cup of tea, a cookie or muffin and restful music. The chaplain is available at the tea cart to lend support and guidance to staff, if desired.

Staff feel valued for all the service they provide to the sick and dying patients with the gift of this Tea for the Soul time in honor and recognition of their demanding and often heartbreaking work.

For those who care to, some staff write prayers and place them in a basket on the tea cart for the chaplains to take to the Spiritual Care Department Tuesday morning prayer time for staff and patients. For more information, please call x57484.