...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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...it’s synthesized and constructed under the frame work of another theorists Martha Rogers. Parse’s theory is structured around three abiding themes which are Transcendence, Meaning and Rhythmicity. With meaning, Parse establishes that humans usually will find meaning from their situations based on their experiences. As such human beings choose freely especially in regards to their experiences and further give meaning through “lived experiences as they constantly co-create with their environment” ( Parse 1987). With Rhythmicity, human beings co-create with their environment thus creating patterns. Here, humans “reveal, conceal, enable and separate from their experiences as different situations arise in their lives and continue to forge ahead thus facilitating patterns, ways of live, meanings to events that they have experienced” (Nursing science: Major paradigms, theories, and critiques...
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...Healing Hospital: A Running head: HEALING HOSPITAL: A DARING PARADIGM 1 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Ruth Casanova Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT 310V March 25, 2012 Healing Hospital: A Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Introduction The healing hospital paradigm is a hospital model that focuses on the recovery and 2 wellness of the patient as a whole. Unlike traditional care models that mainly focus on cures for ailments by way of medications, procedures and other medical interventions, healing hospitals take into consideration the whole person; body, mind and spirit as well as the environment in which they are cared for as an integral part of the healing process. In these hospitals, a holistic and family-centered care approach is crucial. There are 3 major elements that are basic to a healing hospital: a culture of fundamental love, an environment that fosters healing and aids in recovery and finally an integration of technology and an efficient work design to deliver safe and timely care. This paper will present the elements that comprise a healing hospital, the role that spirituality plays in the recovery of health as well as potential challenges that may impede progression towards the future implementation this model of care. Elements of a Healing Hospital A healing hospital is more than the physical building and the grounds that surround it. A healing hospital is a complete entity that is comprised of the patients, their...
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...Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Grand Canyon University Foundations of Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V April 25, 2013 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Hospitals where patients and family are not only healed physically but wholly are referred to as healing hospitals. In other words, the idea of a healing hospital is a holistic approach to treatment which includes meeting the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the patients and families (Eberst, 2008). The concept of healing hospital is based on the belief dating back to ancient times that love forms the core of healing (Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, 2013). The hallmark of a healing hospital is the creation of an environment that reduces stress and other health risk factors and addressing the physical, emotional, cognitive and spiritual concerns of the patients and family resulting in the healing of body, mind and soul. Unlike the traditional hospital, the healing hospital has incorporated a strong healing culture of compassionate care as well as the use of technology to assure the security and privacy of the patient and promote healing (Eberst, 2008). There are three key components to a healing hospital. First is a healing physical environment which is a combination of a beautiful and desiring environment with compassionate care (Eberst, 2008). The design of the hospital is one with quiet environment to remove stress and promote sleep which in turn promotes healing through cell regeneration. The...
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...Running head: HEALING HOSPITAL: A DARING PARADIGM Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm John Thompson Grand Canyon University: HLT 310V February 12, 2012 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Hospitals are constantly trying to improve. They are looking for ways to reduce costs, streamline treatments, more efficiently use staff, and improve patient satisfaction. In regard to its patients, a hospital’s role is to promote healing. “Although hospitals have long been thought of as places to cure disease, new ideas about what hospitals should be and how they should function are creating new challenges for hospital designers and caregivers” (Research Design Connections, 2004, ¶ 1). The healing hospital paradigm is a new concept that some hospitals are implementing to achieve a healing environment. This paper will: explore the reasoning behind this new model; discuss components of healing hospitals, including their connection to spirituality; and identify the challenges of implementing such a paradigm. Reasoning for Healing Hospital The healing hospital model both provides and reaps many benefits. The paradigm not only benefits the patient but also the healthcare team and the community in which it serves. It has been shown to result in “patient satisfaction, improved outcomes, caregiver satisfaction with increased chance for a positive sense of meaning in work and community satisfaction” (Zarren, n.d., p. 5). The institution that implements the healing hospital...
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...Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Introduction It has been well documented that when people are asked where they would prefer to die, the most common answer is, "At home." The sad fact is that most people draw their last breath at a hospital or some other type of health institution (Gomes, Higgins, 2006). The hospital environment has not been traditionally known as a spiritual place that promotes a loving, pleasing and compassionate environment. Although, a hospital is known to provide a cure for many physical ailments, it is not an environment that adequately promotes the ability to deal with a patient's death or the patient's healing process. The differences between the healing process and a cure is that in the Western medicine philosophy, the intention is to eradicate the disease. The patient is seen as a series diagnoses and symptoms, while in the healing process, the intention is that the patient return to a state of holistic wellness and recovery (Gomes, Higgins, 2006). The following few paragraphs will attempt to describe a new concept that hospitals have adopted in order to promote a spiritual place that will effectively create an environment that allows a patient and their family to better deal with the death or the healing of a loved one. Most importantly the environment also includes components of healing and spiritualism that will help meet the demands of tending to their heart as well as their head. The challenges of adopting such a paradigm of healing processes...
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...HEALING HOSPITAL: A DARING PARADIGM Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Jolly Joseph Grand Canyon University HLT-310V Spirituality in Health Care Professor: Patricia Mullen 11/06/2011 Healing is the process of restoring the wellness. It can also refer as curing or soundness. While healing process is underway, the person who gets healed is achieving a spiritual totality. Healing takes place when a person becomes ill. During this restoring process, the illness is completely eradicated and allows the patient to gain maximum health before the illness. Healing is required for those who are suffering from serious illness. Healing is the way to obtain wellness and restoration of spirituality. Eric Chapman, who is the chief executive officer of the Baptist Healing Trust in Tennessee, Nashville suggest a healing hospital, which is capable of healing the illness and restore the spirituality and emotional elements of one’s life (Chapman, 2007). Advancement in technology, physical facility design, and culture also played a big role in the healing hospital. A healing hospital has many vital components and these components of a healing hospital are related to the spirituality. According to the author of Radical loving care: Building the healing hospital in America, a healing hospital has three key components they are healing physical environment, the integration of work design and technology, and culture of radical loving care (Chapman, 2007). In addition...
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...Healing Hospital A Daring Paradigm Grand Canyon University HLT 310V Spirituality in Health Care July 07, 2012 Healing Hospital A Daring Paradigm Introduction A healing hospital is one concentrate on the recovery and complete welfare of a patient. Traditional type of health care concentrate on cures of illness by using medication and other type of medical procedures. But healing hospitals has focused on the physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of a person. This paper discuses about the various aspects that consist of a healing hospital, role of spirituality in improvement of health and the challenging factors of creating a healing environment. Healing hospital environments include patient, family members and the total health care members. The patient care involve in all aspects of patients life. The main attraction of healing hospital is the fundamental love and honor of everybody’s eminence. In healing hospital patients receiving compassionate care through a chain of love that happen in organization with trained health workers. There are some factors contributing to the successful foundation for a healing hospital. Responsibility is the main thing to build up a successful healing hospital. The leaders and workers are faithful and honor to their duties. The hospital system itself should undergo some changes in order to mix the clinical care and loving care. The third factor is respect that brings trust and acceptance...
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... Group Health Insurance Schemes of State Governments Over the last 50 years India has achieved a lot in terms of health improvement. But still India is way behind many fast developing countries such as China, Vietnam and Sri Lanka in health indicators. In case of government funded health care system, the quality and access of services has always remained major concern. The condition of health in a country like India is really bad, generally the expenses are borne by the individuals out of their pocket. The population living below poverty line is very large, and even the APL (Above Poverty Line) population is not able to bear the medical expenses. Below is the data of Indian population based on the economy: India’s Population by Different Expenditure Class, 2004-05 ( NCEUS, Ministry of Labor and Employment, 2009) We have a big poor, marginally poor and vulnerable sector, who are not able to bear their medical expenses.. Most of the low- and middle income economies till recently have relied heavily on Out-Of-Pocket (OOP) payments of households, which are regarded as 1 both inefficient and iniquitous. As a consequence, OOP causes financial catastrophe and impoverishment of vulnerable households. The underlying reasons are that the OOP payments preclude the conditions of prepayment, risk-pooling and cross-subsidization. So, to cater the health related needs of India’s large population we have to have some instrument. Therefore, the role of Universal Health Coverage...
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...Poverty and Social Classes Societal Problems There are three major sociological paradigms that directs the way society thinks. These paradigms are functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interaction. The first, functionalism, is a theory that suggests that each aspect of society serves its own purpose in order to make the society run. An example of functionalism would be that you have a government that imposes taxes on its citizens. Those citizens work in order to pay the taxes. The taxes are used to pay for a police force in order to protect the citizens. Each piece works for the other in order to make the society work. The next paradigm is conflict theory. Unlike the functional theory where everything has its purpose, this theory suggests people are essentially fighting over resources. An example of conflict theory would be how women have for years been fighting for equal pay for equal work. The third paradigm is symbolic interaction. This theory differs from the other two because it deals with individual people rather than a group of people. It teaches that people interact with one another through gestures and symbols and this sets the tone for relationships. These gestures and symbols also define the way people think and react in certain situations. An example would be two people from the United States meeting for the first time would be more likely to shake hands whereas two people from Japan may...
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...Care Theory Compare and Contrast Paper Jean Watson’s Theory of human caring is based on transpersonal relationships and developing a caring environment that offers the development potential while allowing the person to choose the best course of action. Through interactions with others we learn how to recognize ourselves in others. Watson believes that through these interactions humanity is preserved. John Paley’s article A Slave Morality: Nietzchean themes in nursing ethics criticizes Watson’s theory that caring is central to nursing. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast John Paley’s article to Jean Watson’s Commentary on Shattle M (2004) Nurse-patient interaction: A review of the literature. A discussion of Watson’s background and care theory; John Paley’s background, and a brief discussion Friedich Nietzschen’s major philosophical beliefs. Jean Watson’s background Jean Watson was born in West Virginia in 1940. She graduated from the University of Colorado where she earned her BSN, MS, and in 1973 her PhD. Dr. Watson is widely published and has received many awards and honors. She is a distinguished professor of nursing and endowed chair in Caring Health Science. She is also a fellow at the American Academy of nursing. Watson’s research specialized in loss and human caring. She developed the Theory of Transpersonal Caring, which is also referred to as The Caring Model in the late 1970’s. Her theory evolved over many years, but the principles have remained...
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...and can be done in the future to enhance the quality and quantity of practicing registered nurses. In an article published in 2004 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, it was stated that “hospitals with low nurse staffing levels tend to have higher rates of poor patient outcomes such as pneumonia, shock, cardiac arrest, and urinary tract infections. Major factors contributing to lower staffing levels include the needs of today’s higher acuity patients for more care and a nationwide gap between the number of available positions and the number of registered nurses (RN’s) qualified and willing to fill them” ( www.ahrq.gov, 2004). It is interesting that the same issues that are being faced today were an issue in 2004. “A persistent shortage of nursing staff across the United States challenges the belief and values of the profession. Many nurses find it difficult to carry out their ethical obligations to patients due to the insufficiency in staffing. Because of this shortage, many nurses complain that they experience emotional distress and job dissatisfaction and end up not providing quality care to their patients. As such nurses end up in an ethical dilemma, whereby they must choose between caring for their own welfare or the needs of their patients” (Lowrie, 2013 p. 1). Registered nurses acknowledge that staffing issues are an ongoing concern, and that staffing...
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...Health Promotion is the provision of information and/or education to individuals, families, and communities that-encourage family unity, community commitment, and traditional spirituality that make positive contributions to their health status. Health Promotion is also the promotion of healthy ideas and concepts to motivate individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. According to the World Health Organization, Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health. Health promotion represents a comprehensive social and political process, it not only embraces actions directed at strengthening the skills and capabilities of individuals, but also action directed towards changing social, environmental and economic conditions so as to alleviate their impact on public and individual health. Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over the determinants of health and thereby improve their health. Participation is essential to sustain health promotion action. The Ottawa Charter identifies three basic strategies for health promotion. These are advocacy for health to create the essential conditions for health indicated above; enabling all people to achieve their full health potential; and mediating between the different interests in society in the pursuit of health. These strategies are supported by five priority action areas as outlined in the Ottawa Charter for health promotion: * Build healthy public...
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...Health is defined based on three dimensions: physical, mental and social health; a fairly recent modification from the 18th century viewpoints (Ware,1987). Health is perceived differently according to the different models of health that help in guiding and understanding of health and health issues. In relation to the following essay, two models; biomedical model and social model will be discussed and compared in terms of their relevancy in the modern times. The second half of the essay will focus on the effectiveness of the social model in explaining the increasing prevalence of health conditions related to the obesity epidemic. During the early part of the 20th century, infectious diseases predominated as the highest cause of mortality in both developing and non-developing counties affecting 42% of the world’s population (Tulchinsky and Varavikova,2000; Boutayeb and Boutayeb,2005). This is the era that was heavily reliant on the biomedical model to diagnose illness which focused primarily on the proximal causes of disease (factors that act directly to cause a disease) and was confined to the objective measures for disease treatment (diagnosis solely based on medical facts without considering other possibilities)(Johnson,2012). Since the leading causes of death at those times were infections based i.e. pneumonia (11.8%), T.B. (11.3%) and diarrhoea (8.3%) (National Office of Vital Statistics,1947), the biomedical model’s germ theory which stated that all diseases were caused...
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...HEALING HOSPITAL: A DARING PARADIGM Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Sibil Johnson Grand Canyon University :HLT 310 Prof.Maria Quimba March 31st,2012 Introduction The healing paradigm focuses on the holistic approach to healthcare and healing. The concept is based on the ancient tradition love is the foundation of healing. The mission of the healing hospital is to provide high quality care with compassion, reduce stress to patient and family due to illness and improve quality of life in the community. Erie Chapman introduced the concept of Radical Love for healing in healthcare .There are three major elements essential to achieve the ultimatum of a healing hospital. At Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, commitment through the Radical Loving Care philosophy and a healing environment. An environment that helps patients feel safe and comfortable, one that reminds staff why they chose healthcare as their profession, and one that not only creates a healing facility but also a healing culture. Components of Healing A Healing Physical Environment The physical environment of a healing hospital designed in a way to reduce stress and to improve patient comfort. Examples are carpeted hallway, no overhead paging except emergencies, nursing staff carries wireless phone for communication to physicians, special silencer to cleaning machines. The focus is on promoting quiet surroundings that helps in healing. Reduction in noise provides calmer and...
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