Healing Hospital Research Paper
Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm
Linda Ellsworth
Grand Canyon University
Foundations of Spirituality in Health Care/HLT310v
October 1, 2014
Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm
The word “healing” comes from an Anglo-Saxon word Haelen, which means to make whole (Zborowsky, 2008). Healing hospitals strive to promote harmony of the spirit, body, and mind. These environments help to reduce patients’ anxiety and stress in effort to help the body heal itself. Florence Nightingale spoke of this when she spoke of the importance of natural light, fresh air and quiet for healing. These principals are not new but were forgotten in mainstream western medicine. Spirituality has made a comeback in contemporary medicine and healing hospitals are a great example of …show more content…
This program contained several components to address healing, which include: improvement of technology, physical design features, and the culture of care. First, technology was updated to make access for physcians easier, separate elevators for patient transport were installed, and the patient rooms had state-of-art entertainment systems installed (Grand Canyon University, 2014). Second, physical buildings were designed to promote the comfort and decrease the stress level for patients (Grand Canyon University, 2014). Lastly, a culture of care was established. The author of this paper worked at Mercy Gilbert Medical in Gilbert Arizona where they employ the radical loving care model. This hospital was named the best in the country in 2008’s list of the Top Ten Healing Hospitals by the Baptist Healing Trust (xxxxxxxxxx, 2009). The environment in this hospital was very different from any other healthcare institution that the author has worked for in the past. One of the things that stood out the most was during orientation, a priest blessed all of our hands in a ceremony, that each of us would have healing hands. This hospital also had a program that trained
Linda Ellsworth
Grand Canyon University
Foundations of Spirituality in Health Care/HLT310v
October 1, 2014
Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm
The word “healing” comes from an Anglo-Saxon word Haelen, which means to make whole (Zborowsky, 2008). Healing hospitals strive to promote harmony of the spirit, body, and mind. These environments help to reduce patients’ anxiety and stress in effort to help the body heal itself. Florence Nightingale spoke of this when she spoke of the importance of natural light, fresh air and quiet for healing. These principals are not new but were forgotten in mainstream western medicine. Spirituality has made a comeback in contemporary medicine and healing hospitals are a great example of …show more content…
This program contained several components to address healing, which include: improvement of technology, physical design features, and the culture of care. First, technology was updated to make access for physcians easier, separate elevators for patient transport were installed, and the patient rooms had state-of-art entertainment systems installed (Grand Canyon University, 2014). Second, physical buildings were designed to promote the comfort and decrease the stress level for patients (Grand Canyon University, 2014). Lastly, a culture of care was established. The author of this paper worked at Mercy Gilbert Medical in Gilbert Arizona where they employ the radical loving care model. This hospital was named the best in the country in 2008’s list of the Top Ten Healing Hospitals by the Baptist Healing Trust (xxxxxxxxxx, 2009). The environment in this hospital was very different from any other healthcare institution that the author has worked for in the past. One of the things that stood out the most was during orientation, a priest blessed all of our hands in a ceremony, that each of us would have healing hands. This hospital also had a program that trained