...create a healthy community. There are very few hospitals that have truly made it their mission to heal and not just treat the signs and symptoms of illness." A healing physical environment. This concept takes into consideration not only how we care for patients, but also how our staff engages with families as caregivers. We have learned that by creating a loving, compassionate, and aesthetically pleasing environment, we are able to help patients and families cope with stress and illness. Mercy Gilbert Medical Center promotes a quiet environment that supports healing for patients, in addition to providing a calmer, more stress free environment for staff and The second component of a healing hospital enables the staff at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center to work more efficiently while providing additional privacy and security for patients. Utilizing the most advanced technology available today also assists in providing a healing environment. The third and most critical component of a healing hospital is embracing a culture of Radical Loving Care, a philosophy championed by healthcare industry leader Erie Chapman. By embracing this \philosophy, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center has developed a strong culture of compassionate care, taking healthcare workers back to their roots and reminding them why they went into...
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...Health care provider and faith diversity Diana Nguyen Grand Canyon University HLT-310V Spirituality in Health Care Andre Mooney May 11, 2013 Health care provider and faith diversity Abstract: Spiritual healing is defined as the practice of laying on of hand or of distant healing ((Brown, 1998, p. 171). Spiritual healing is a term known to many. However, it means different things and affects different ways to different people depending on their religion backgrounds and beliefs. Within three diverse faiths that are less well-known than the mainstream faith such as Shintoism, Buddhism, and Baha'i, the author will compare the philosophy of providing care from the perspective of each of these three faiths with that of the Christian perspective and the author own personal perspective. Shintoism Shintoism is the religious beliefs and practices of Japan. According to Shouler, Shinto is an optimistic faith in believing that all humans are fundamentally good and evil is caused by evil spirits. It is a form of animism and involves the worship of kami which mean “sacred spirit”. Shinto is created by combining two works: “Shin” means God or spirit and “to” means way or path. Shinto beliefs are in the mysterious creating and harmonizing power of kami and in the truthful way of kami. The kami began as the mysterious forces of nature associated primarily with permanent features in the landscape, such as unusual mountains, rocky cliffs, caves, springs, trees and stones("Shinto...
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...HOSPITAL: A DARING PARADIGM Healthcare can be a very demanding field where professionals are overworked and burnt out which in turn impacts the care of the patient. Patients’ deserve to have compassionate and loving care while they are ill and in an extremely vulnerable state. The concept of the “Healing Hospital” is traditionally based on the belief that healthcare must grow from deep compassion (Baptist Healing Trust, n.d.). The hospital environment is generally a place for diagnosing and treating of illness and disease with the implementation of technology and pharmaceuticals. The concept of focusing on the person as a whole is often missed or not even thought of when a patient is seeking medical care or is hospitalized. Patients are placed in a very vulnerable situation upon admission to the hospital where they are losing their personal freedom and dignity. The Healing Hospital is about compassion and skill accompanying the use of new technology and drugs (Chapman, 2011). Components of a Healing Hospital The “Healing Hospital” as described in Radical Loving Care is not made of just walls, windows and mortar, but exudes the culture of love and caring (Chapman, 2011). The three fundamental components of this hospital are a healing physical environment, the integration of work design and technology, and the culture of radical loving care. When these components intertwine with the framework of the Golden Thread, they merge together to create an environment that strikes a balance...
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...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 for the patients’...
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...of cultures, traditions and views on health care, it is important to recognize that a particular cultures view on health is not wrong but just simply their view point on health. Since the Unites States has a large collection of cultures and races it is expected to have some of these cultures join together. In this paper we will introduce three different families and their views on health when intertwined with their culture. Family A is an interracial family the mother from Mexico and the father is African American. Family B is an intercultural family the mother is American and the father is from the United Kingdom. Family C is also an intercultural family the mother from the Philippines and the father from Hawaii. Cultures and traditions will change and advance; this paper will explain the differences and similarities of each family focusing on their views on health maintenance protection and restoration. Family A Family A is a family from Goodyear, Az. The mother is from Nogales Mexico, the father is of African American decent. Family A will enlighten the reader of how health is view in this household focusing on the mother tradition with some similarities to that of the father’s culture. The Mother grew up in Mexico until age 5 then migrated to the United States. Her mother is from Nogales, Sonora Mexico, Sonora being a state in Mexico. Nogales being a border town has a large number of tourist and tourist activities. Medical care in Nogales is a huge contributor to tourism...
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...type of care will need. Many times a person and their family will turn to hospice care. The meaning of hospice is to provide care to a person who is terminally ill. Hospice does not speed up or postpone death. Hospice is a type of care that provides services to improve the quality of life for the patient and family. Hospice exists in the hope and belief that, through proper care and the encouragement of a caring and sensitive team, patients and their families may be free to achieve some level of mental and spiritual preparation for death that is comfortable to them. The goal is to help keep the person as pain and symptom-free as possible while offering spiritual and supportive counseling to the patient and family members. To receive hospice care, a physician has proclaimed that death can be expected within six months if the disease follows its normal course. This does not indicate that the care can only be provided for six months; hospice can provided the service as long as the person physicians and hospice team certifies that their condition remains life limiting. Hospice care is a family-centered team approach that includes, a doctor, nurse, social worker, counselor, religious leaders, home health aide, trained volunteers and bereavement counselors. They work together focusing on the dying person’s needs. They provide the terminally ill patient comfort, and dignity. Some specific services that are providing as a part of hospice team is palliative care which includes...
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...PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF SPIRITUAL Prevalence and Associated Factors of Spiritual Needs Among Patients With Cancer and Family Caregiver December 11, 2011 Prevalence and Associated Factors of Spiritual Needs Among Patients With Cancer and Family Caregiver Problem Statement Identify cancer patients and their caregivers spiritual needs and measure the prevalence of these spiritual needs. The patients and their caregivers can have similar spiritual needs that may require care. However, a nurse’s help with these spiritual needs, may not always be wanted. So how does the nurse identify the spiritual needs? If and when these needs are identified, how is the nurse to approach these needs? Study Purpose This study is significant to nursing because it reveals “nurses must be educated to recognize and nurture various spiritual needs” (Johnston Taylor, 2006, p. 734). Research Questions 1.) How prevalent are the spiritual needs of patients with cancer and family caregivers, from their perspective? 2.) What demographic and illness-related factors are associated with type and frequency of perceived spiritual needs? 3.) What are the patients’ and family caregivers’ expectations regarding nurses addressing their spiritual needs? ((Johnston Taylor, 2006, p. 730) Hypothesis/Hypotheses The study hypothesis is all people have spiritual needs, but the importance varies as do their beliefs. The desire for nurses to assist in these spiritual needs vary according to what...
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...demands. She keeps a notebook record of her sister’s care, including medication, times of care, intake and output, and personal assessments. In addition, sister is threatening to file a complaint against the hospital staff and the doctors. Her demand is that her sister is not receiving proper care. Burkhardt & Nathaniel 2011, “The principle of beneficence is one that nurse to act in ways that benefit patients” (p. 61). Which means demonstrate beneficence by helping patient to reach their highest level of wellbeing. Miss G is religious person. During my care of Miss G, I assessed her physical, as well as, her spiritual needs. I built my nursing framework for her care based on nursing code of ethics. As a nurse I practices providing care with...
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...shape but I am ok with my body weight and the way it looks. Social health: Social health is how well you interact with others. Me I am very much in social health I love talking to anyone and everyone Intellectual health: Intellectual health is basically how educated you are, are you able to make responsible decisions? How fast can you think on your feet? Environmental health: How conscious are you when it comes to the earth? Do you do your part in taking care of our planet? I on the other hand do my part by not littering and trying to stay green and organic. Emotional health: How well can you express emotion? How well can you understand your own emotions and express them? Are you emotions appropriate or do you over react? Me sometimes I have nervous breakdowns after weeks and weeks of stress and emotion overload. Spiritual health: This is basically just believing in something more and being spiritually well balanced and living a life based on the concept of doing well. Me I am spiritual but not religious in any way I believe that things always happen for a reason and all you can do is try your best every day. Part 2 In approximately 125 to 200 words, describe health and wellness in your own words using the ideas and concepts for each of the six dimensions of health. Health and wellness to me is when a single person puts complete focus on trying to fully healthy. To be fully happy you have to focus on your mind, body, and...
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...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 families, and the entire healthcare team. The patient’s care encompasses all aspects of life; these include the physical, psychosocial, spiritual cultural and emotional...
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... The caring theory was grounded on a humanitarian perspective and is found on a humanistic approach toward human caring programs and experiences. It acknowledges that life with individuals and their community to the surrounding environment are somehow connect and affects wellbeing of everything involved. The nature of the theory caring implies that it embraces reflective investigations as well subjective and interpretative inquiries. The nursing profession uses nursing theories as the framework and foundation for practice. Many people find nursing theories to be meaningless and of no use to the profession until they learn the history and meaning behind nursing theories. Nursing theories aid nurses by improving patient care and enhancing communication between members. “The theory of human caring was initiated by Jean Watson in the late 1970s. Jean Watson was a nursing professor at Colorado University. Dr. Jean Watson is Distinguished Professor of Nursing and holds a Chair in Caring Science at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She is founder of the original Center for Human Caring in Colorado and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She previously served as Dean of Nursing at the university Health Sciences Center and is a previous president of the National League for Nursing” (Watson, 1979, p. 8). The Human caring theory evolved around 1985 through 1988. She revisited Nightingales fundamental understanding of nursing, Watson gives...
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...Hospitals Healing Hospitals HLT-310V July 16, 2012 Modern hospitals operate under financial restrictions, resulting in intervention-centric care that generally does not go beyond meeting the bottom line of financial obligations. As a result, morale issues among hospital staff and mediocre working conditions tend to be the norm, leading to compromised health care provision. Change is sorely needed, especially considering the current, dismal state of the health care system. Embracing the radical paradigm of hospitals as nurturing, healing communities can and will help improve outcomes. The core idea of a healing hospital is that love is at the center of healing. From this basis, the healing hospital is a place where “patients, their families and friends, caregivers… and the community can all journey towards wellness” (Zarren, n.d.). Healthcare providers in a healing hospital still use the latest in scientific and medical methods, but what distinguishes them from their brethren in other hospitals is that they provide equal attention to spiritual demands, i.e. they must tend to both the heart and the head. The healing hospital concept embraces three key components. The first is a “healing physical environment.” This concept not only takes into consideration patient care, but also how hospital staff engages with families as caregivers. Hence, the hospital environment is designed to be as welcoming, loving, compassionate, and aesthetically pleasing...
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...the integration of work design and technology, and a culture of radical loving care (Eberst, 2008). Spirituality is the religion or the individual’s identified experience in relation to their reality. The healing hospital philosophy incorporates the physical body with the spiritual mind and spirit of the individual to provide the best care possible. A healing physical environment provides care to the mind, body, and spirit. This begins with the right culture in place. Health care professionals must contain the core beliefs of compassion for the patient, a servant’s attitude, and a recognition and action towards meeting the patient’s emotional and spiritual needs. The facility’s design must take into the consideration the three components of the individual. It needs to allow easy access for the patient, provide privacy and protection, and promote complete wellness for the individual. Technology is important as health care advances into the future. It can provide better access to education to the patient, timely service enabling quicker treatment and increased time available to address the emotional and spiritual needs of the patient, and better diagnostic and interventional treatments to treat both mind and body. Healing environments in hospitals are challenged by cynicism and spirituality, business and economics, and the bureaucracy and leadership in hospitals. Cynicism infects the health care workplace as some people don’t believe that creating a healing environment improves...
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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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...culturally appropriate, holistic care. One of the ways to learn about a person’s heritage is by using the Heritage Assessment (HA). The HA tool has 29 questions and is a reliable method used to collect data on the patients’ traditional heritage. This paper will discuss the usefulness of the Heritage Assessment (HA) tool, this student’s summary of personal learning, this student’s cultural heritage common health traditions, in addition to the differences in health traditions from three different cultures in relation to health maintenance, protection, and restoration. We have to understand our own cultural beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices that are relevant to health and illness before we can understand others (Jarvis, 2012). People have different views on health and illness which is influenced by their cultural beliefs. According to Jarvis (2012), to be culturally competent, one must have knowledge of one’s own personal heritage, the heritage of the patient, nursing profession, and health care system. The Heritage Assessment is a useful tool to build cultural competency by collecting relevant data to assist the healthcare providers to provide better care. The tool assists healthcare providers to bridge the gap to better understand the patients’ belief system resulting in a better healthcare experience for all participants involved. For example, if the family is the support group for a patient, then we need to include family members in the patient’s care. From the HA tool...
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