...Healing Hospital Healing: adjective tending to cure or restore to health (Merriam-Webster. 2015). When a person hears the word healing they might only associate the word with physical healing. However, when a Nurse hears the word healing they consider not only the physical person, but their spiritual and emotional wellbeing. Until recent years the Medical community has focused on healing the body and neglected other aspects of a person’s health and wellbeing. Thanks to organizations like Healthy People 2010 a better understanding has occurred, in which now the importance of treating the person as a whole is understood. Efforts to make changes in which a patient is treated are in full effect thanks to this better understanding. However, with all these changes coming to the forefront all at once it has become challenging for the Medical Community. The Purpose of this paper is to illustrate the components of a Healing Hospital and the challenges that come along with implementing those components. Supporting the Physical as well as Emotional Wellbeing Practitioners main focus when treating a patient is to acquire a diagnosis, and then treat or cure that diagnosis then send the patient home. This is all well and good however, they could be potentially leaving out treating the emotional wellbeing of a person. Which could lead to the patient recovering but later on returning for medical attention because either the issue has returned or become worse. For example, a young...
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...A Healing Hospital has many great qualities to it and really does improve the healing process of a patient. Love is believed to be the center of healing. A Healing Hospital is to give a loving service to others in need (Chapman, 2010). A Healing Hospital has been forgotten with the growing technology and medications for everything in the hospitals of today. The Healing Hospital needs compassion and skill as well as new technology and medications (Chapman, 2010). Having the honest support of management and leadership is needed to achieve a Healing Hospital and giving the appreciation to the staff providing the care to the patients. There is three main components that the Healing Hospital embraces. The three ideas are a healing physical environment, integration of work design and technology, and a culture of Radical Loving Care. The healing physical environment must provide to the patient and family a loving, nurturing, and compassionate aesthetically pleasing environment (Eberst, 2011). Having these qualities help the patients and families deal with the illness and stress that accompany the illness. It is not only caring for the patient but how we interact and care for the families and caregivers. The medical facility that creates and promotes a quiet atmosphere also help to provide a less stressful and calmer work environment for all physicians, staff members, and promotes and supports healing for patients. Reducing overhead pages, loud cleaning equipment, long hallways...
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...Running head: HEALING HOSPITAL Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Maria Grand Canyon University Foundations of Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V September 30, 2012 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Introduction In this modern era many hospitals in this country have turned their attention to patient’s feelings and spiritual beliefs along physical signs and symptoms of disease. Spirituality and religion recognizes that a person is more than the physical, cognitive, and emotional self. Judaism and Christianity tend to see the person as a tripartite unity of body, mind, and spirit (Marks, 1999). There are hospitals that are called “Healing Hospitals” where they integrate spirituality and healing in their hospital mission. According to Edelman & Mandle Spirituality is defined “as life purpose and connection with others, affects health”. Healing Hospitals are looked as Healing communities. Zarren indicated that” Healing is a journey toward wholeness or wellness. Community is a body of people living in the same place under the same laws and can also be defined as joint ownership. If a hospital exists as Healing Community, then all members of the community have the opportunity to heal”. This essay will discuss elements of a healing hospital and its connection to spirituality, overcoming barriers and complexities of the hospital environment while establishing a healing atmosphere, and a version of the Bible that adopts the concept of a healing hospital. Healing...
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...This paper describes the components of a healing hospital and their relationship to spirituality. I will also state the challenges of creating a healing environment in light of the barriers and complexities of the hospital environment. Lastly I will include biblical aspects that I believe support the concept of a healing hospital. First off, I feel components of a healing hospital are compassion, safety, trust, respect, support and creating positive outcomes in people’s lives and health. “A Healing Hospital is a concept where a continuous chain of loving care is carried throughout the organization with kindness and skill from every caregiver (including leaders) to every patient and to one another” (Chapman, 2003, p. 10). The workers need to envelope the spirit and integrate compassion, real love, and selflessness when they are with each individual patient as well as with their co-workers. Caring needs not only be from staff to patients, but also between staff members themselves and so forth. As far as spirituality goes in a healing hospital it begins with the top dog and continues down to upper management, then middle management, then lower management, and down to employees. To give patient care you must possess passion for each patient and their care. To me passion for patient care is having passion for that person fully from their mind, body, and spirit. To also help provide any patient needs whether it be spiritual, physical, or emotional. It is always important to provide...
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...According to medical dictionary, “spiritual healing is the use of spiritual practices, such as prayer, for the purpose of affecting a cure of or an improvement in an illness” (medical dictionary, 2011). Spiritual healings are commonly practiced, and now are greatly encouraged. However, today we have “healing hospitals” that follow the practices of spiritual healing. Erie Chapman and the Baptist Healing Trust envisioned a spiritual healing environment that focused on the healing of mind, body and spirit of patients. They believe that the healing hospital would also be beneficial for hospital employees by creating a productive work environment that supports the morals of employees. Spirituality can be anything in believing in a higher power that is immaterial or in other words, “not of this earth”. Spirituality also means a power that is beyond our five senses: sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste. Spirituality is also looked upon as a powerful component in healing. It is said that in the scriptures such as Peter 1, John and the Book of Psalms support the healing hospital paradigm since it presents an immaterial power that can heal all who believe in the higher power. This Higher power can heal all diseases, emotional distresses, and other disorders. However, the healing hospital paradigms not only care for the illness or disease of a patient but they also care for the emotional needs of the patients. I think that is why Healing Hospitals are so successful and popular. They care...
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...The Healing Hospital Jackie M. Long Grand Canyon University Foundations of Spirituality in Healthcare HLT 310V-0103 Andre Mooney 09/16/2011 The Healing Hospital Fighting for your health when you are not feeling well demands lots of rest, less worry and strain. One needs the love and affection from family and friends. Imagine a hospital that provided all of that. All the patient rooms would be filled with warm and tranquil colors, a separate space for family members to sleep, nurses and physicals who treated all patients with the same dignity and respect and love that they would give to their own family. The hospital grounds would have beautiful gardens so the patients can have a place besides the chapel to pray. Night time in the hospital would be a time for true rest; not a time that patients would be awakened through the night to run a blood test. Patient Education would be provided when it’s convenient for not only the patient but for the family as well. The hospital chaplain minister would be willingly available anytime day or night when needed. Nurses would not only be available for providing medical care but also available for emotional support at those times when the patient just needs someone to talk to. These are just a few of the characteristics that one would anticipate to experience at a Healing Hospital. The Healing Hospital is awarded its accreditation through the Healing Baptist Trust. To acquire this designation, a hospital must embody three components:...
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...Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Bradley Smith Grand Canyon University: HLT-302 Due: 03/17/13 Healing hospitals are currently on the decline in health care America. Most health care providers have lost the true meaning of healing their patients holistically; both physically and spiritually. If healing hospitals started to come back, I believe that not only will the physical care of a patient increase. But patients will be happier and feel spiritually healed also. If healing hospitals were to make a comeback, hospitals and doctor’s offices would not seem so cold and unwelcoming to the patients. Even though there are challenges in creating a healing hospital, they are still a necessary component in the health care system for patients to feel spiritually healed when they leave. Components of a Healing Hospital Related to Spirituality Laurie Eberst, the president and CEO of Mercy Gilbert Medical Center describes a true healing hospital to, “include three key components: A healing physical environment, the integration of work design and technology, and a culture of radical loving care.” (Eberst, 2008). A Healing and Physical Environment When patients and their families enter the hospital, they are all under a lot of stress due to the illness of the patient. When a hospital provides aesthetically pleasing waiting rooms and doctor’s offices, it helps the patients and their families cope with that stress they are having. It is also important for a healing hospital...
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...Healing Hospitals: A Daring Paradigm Anna Hernandez Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V Richard Hudock July 27, 2014 Healing Hospitals: A Daring Paradigm Spirituality and religions, effects on health has become an increasing interest to scientist since the 1980’s. According to Smith (2006), spirituality has gained such a momentum that there are multiple articles and several textbooks on spirituality since the year of 1989. The consensus is developing that spirituality and religion are closely related to physical and psychological health and that spirituality and health are an important focus in nursing research (Smith, 2006). Spirituality, however, has many definitions. The majority accord that, it is defined as the manner by which persons seek meaning in their lives and experience transcendence-connectedness to that which is beyond the self (Smith, 2006, p. 41). Spirituality has two dimensions and is a highly complex concept. There are two components of spirituality that are generally described. The vertical, which describes the transcendent, is the connection between a patients (inner body) or something outside such as, a higher power or the divine (Smith, 2006). The horizontal component relates to the connection between persons. This consists of individual and social support that are, set in, the spiritual context by religious setting and spiritual relationships (Smith, 2006). The American Association of Critical Care Nursing (2006)...
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...Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Introduction Healing hospital paradigm is a model in health care provision that focuses on recovery and return to wellness of the whole body. This is contrary to the cure model used in traditional hospital which focuses on eradicating the disease. Healing health care focus of the need of the entire being rather than focusing on curing the physical ailment. This concept advances the idea that apart from addressing the physical needs, the healing process should also address the patient’s emotional and spiritual needs. The healing hospital paradigm is made up of three major components; these include; a culture of loving care, a healing physical environment and an integrated work design and technology. However, there are several challenges experienced when attempting to implement the healing environment in the traditional hospital environment. This paper will discuss the components of healing hospitals and the challenges involved in implementing the healing environment. Components of a Healing Hospital Healing hospital paradigm lays more emphasis on the patient’s healing environment. This includes the kind of care the patient is receiving and the conditions the patient is exposed to when receiving treatment (Samueli Institute, 2010). Under the healing hospital paradigm, provision of care is not only limited to provision of medical intervention procedures and medication but also come down to how medical caregivers engage the patients and...
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...Healing Hospital's Every hospital posts their mission statement where the public can read the promising words describing a caring compassionate health care team that is there for you. But when people show up looking for that compassionate caring help during their time of need they often find that the medical staff is sometimes rude, condescending or nowhere to be found. And if that doesn’t make you already feel helpless and scared, toss in some loud overhead messages such as “Code Blue to emergency”. Then you see someone being wheeled around on a gurney looking scared and sick sometimes with body parts hanging out that should not be because no one took the time to care about the patients’ modesty. If you are not aware that there is a difference between the hospitals that treat the signs and symptoms of your disease and a “Healing Hospital” you are not alone. “Healing Hospitals” believe that love and spirituality are key components for healing and believe healing the mind, body and soul of the patient instead of just treating the signs and symptoms of disease can help heal the overall disease that some suffer from. “Healing Hospitals” understand factors between disease and stress. Using modern technology for education, relaxation, and entertainment creates an atmosphere of health awareness and encourages healthy living for everyone involved at Healing hospitals from administrators to visitors (Mendocino Coast District Hospital, n.d.) (Geimer-Flanders, J., 2009). Specific...
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...Healing Hospital Introduction Health care delivery has always centered on holistic approach to patient care and all nursing education revolves around this concept of comprehensive nursing care and delivering a holistic nursing care to the patient. Addressing the patient as a whole not only means curing his disease but also respecting his social, physical, cultural and spiritual values. Healing hospitals are built keeping this in mind. Every human being is religious in one way or the other and leans on to the hope that his God will surely give him deliverance from this physical ailment’s hospital environment should facilitate this. Components of a Healing Hospital According to Chapman 2007 the healing hospital is a concept that more than anything else, it supports the culture of caring. Therefore love is the core of healing. A healing hospital is built on the olden belief that love is at the center of healing. The Healing Hospital represents a vision of true quality built on the most important belief of human existence- loving one another (Chapman, 2007). Their idea is supporting a strong background of caring for their patients and caregivers. Healing Hospitals employ the three symbols of loving services which are: 1. A Golden Thread that symbols faith in god to represent positive tradition of healing, 2. A pair of intersecting circles that symbolizes hope that flow into and out hearts when we experience loving encounters 3. The red heart that symbolizes love. Our...
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...Healing Hospital Environment and their relationship to spirituality Human caring facilitates healing. Healing should be accompanied by love and compassion for the sick persons or their families. Healing is a life-long journey of becoming fully human that involves the totality of our being. It connects our body, mind, emotion, spirit, social and political context, as well as our relationships with others and with the Divine. Healing does not necessarily mean being happy or getting what we think we want out of life; it means growth, often with pain. In the health care field spirituality plays an important role in healing, and to give a sense of well being. Spirituality enables an internal tranquility, a meaning, comfort and hope in everyone’s life. Most humans discover spirituality through religion and religious activity. At the same time, some people attain and relate spirituality through art or music, or a relation with nature or through ethics and principles. Of course, people may have different opinions if we ask whether there is a connection between spirituality and healing. However, since mind, body and spirit are intertwined, the health of any of these factors would influence health of other factors. As a personal concept, spirituality is generally understood in terms of an individual’s attitudes and beliefs related to transcendence or to the non material forces of life and of nature (O’ Brien, 2011, p.5). Spiritual practice relates to a person’s faith and behaviors...
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...Healing hospital: A Daring Paradigm Thania Arellano Grand Canyon University: HLT 302 “A healing hospital is a place characterized by thousands of small and wonderful things and a few big ones. At the center is love. More than anything else, supports a strong culture of caring. It expresses the deep passion of both patients and caregivers” (Chapman, 2003). Healing hospitals focus on patient-centered care. Healing hospitals focus on patients on a holistic manner. To build this type of care for a healing hospital starts with something as simple as the hospital design. The design of the hospital is very important. Weather there will be a lot of light or not, spacing, and how that space it utilized. “Historically, healthcare facilities have been designed to accommodate medical equipment and building mechanics - not people” (Whitemyer, 2012). What used to be sterile, bland, clinical environments are turning into warm, welcoming, user-friendly spaces. Single patient rooms are important, because the patient and the family need a sense of privacy, they can make the room more home-like for the patient. “Manufacturers have created traditional looking bed headboards that hide medical gas outlets” (Whitemyer, 2012). Single-patient rooms include improved infection control. Healing hospitals offer a unique form of care called radical-loving care. Radical loving care means that every single employee treats the patients with loving care. Every leader treats the staff with love...
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...A Healing Hospital Yashate Manning GCU Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V Pauline King January 27, 2013 A Healing Hospital Love and compassion, along with providing services to others is just a few components of a healing hospital. Often time the hospital is where patients are at their weakest state, both mentally and physically. This environment is a place where diagnosis and treatment of illnesses are implemented with the use of pharmacologic and technical means. It’s vital that the focus remains on the patient as a whole; therefore the physical and spiritual issues must be equally addressed. Patients could be placed in a defenseless circumstance upon admission to the hospital; therefore they may feel a sense loss of their personal freedom or dignity. The patient is the main focus of care and love is at the center of a healing hospital (Chapman, 2011). A Healing Hospital focus on compassion and skill accompanying the use of new technology and drugs aimed to enhance patients’ outcomes (Chapman, 2011). Healing hospitals consist of staff that’s highly skilled, knowledgeable, caring, and showing of much empathy to the patients they serve. It’s evident that love, an essential component of a healing hospital, according to Chapman, 2011 “ a healing hospital is built on the ancient tradition that love is at the center of healing”. The patient’s spiritual condition is a vital part of their overall medical state and requires careful assessment at all times. “Spiritual...
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...from a perspective of healing and spirituality. This presentation will identify the three key components of a healing environment and address some of the challenges: 1) Physical Environment, 2) Social Environment, and 3) Complementary and Alternative Medicine. A Healing Physical Environment Patients want to be within an environment that promotes healing. Healing environments decrease stress and promote optimal well being. Psychological stressors set in motion physiological changes in the body, which arise both physiological and behavioral reactions increasing susceptibility to physical illnesses (Leserman et al, 1998). To promote a healing environment, care must be taken to reduce noise, utilize calming color schemes, and provide a way for patients to connect with nature. NOISE REDUCTION Studies show that noise reduction is linked with increased healing and recovery and can decrease a patient's length of stay," said Zareh Sarrafian, chief operating officer at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Thus, a noisy, confusing hospital room might leave a patient not only feeling worried, sad, or helpless but also might raise his or her blood pressure and heart rate and increase muscle tension (Blomkvist, 2005). In addition, hormones released in response to stress could suppress the patient’s immune system, causing wounds to heal more slowly (Kiecolt-Glaser, 1995). Mercy Gilbert is a hospital in Gilbert, AZ that clearly models a healing hospital that promotes a quiet...
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