HEALING HOSPITAL: A DARING PARADIGM Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V Healing hospitals should be the focus of America’s healthcare system instead they are on the decline. The typical hospital focuses on getting the patients in and getting them out as quickly as possible to save money and make a profit. They do not focus on providing a healing environment that is patient and family friendly‚ unlike healing hospitals. The lack of a friendly
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V January 20‚ 2013 Introduction In our quest for providing a wholesome and healing environment for patients today‚ some hospitals have focused on holistic approaches that encompass the body‚ mind and soul to incorporate external environment. The model of healing hospital paradigm takes recovery and wellness of a person’s total being into account. Contrary to traditional way of curing diseases‚ this model concept embellished
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Diana Josh GCU Spirituality in Health Care HLT- 310V June 23‚ 2013 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Today in our society the culture of hospital mainly concentrates on treating symptoms and curing patient physically rather than treating patients as whole. A holistic approach is invented in healing hospital. This paradigm encompasses healing person as a whole by upholding harmony of mind‚ body and spirit. According to Erie Chapman the president and
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm November 24th‚ 2013 HLT-310V Spirituality in Health Care- Grand Canyon University Spirituality is not always or only defined by ones religious values and religious affiliations. The definition itself could be different from person to person or even between cultures. It’s more about understanding and learning who you are and making that connection to yourself. The value of connection carries on to the health care professions too and this where
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Healing Hospitals “The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole. No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul. Let no one persuade you to cure the head until he has first given you his soul to be cured‚ for this is the great error of our day‚ that physicians first separate the soul from the body.” -Plato Most hospitals today focus mainly on technology‚ medical interventions and treating symptoms of a disease. Care can be a very impersonal experience
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Grand Canyon University: HLT - 310V April 5‚ 2014 Introduction In today’s society‚ technological advancements in healthcare has changed the way hospitals provide care and support a comforting environment. Technology has taken over our lives‚ to the point where many have become dependent on the use of these devices; including healthcare environments. With the use of bedside continuous monitoring‚ computerized charting‚ robotics in operating rooms‚ and
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Healing hospitals are being built with the intention of providing patients with a calm‚ quiet‚ visually pleasing‚ and stress-free therapeutic environment‚ while providing advanced technologies and excellent care. The healing hospital paradigm focuses on providing holistic care by improving the patient’s physical‚ mental‚ and spiritual well-being (Eberst‚ 2008). When new hospitals are being built‚ the focus is on how many beds it will hold‚ where they will be located
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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
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Stacy Hibler Grand Canyon University: HLT-310 5/11/2015 When I foster the thought of a healing hospital in today’s society and technology driven world‚ I think of a loving‚ caring environment‚ pleasant surroundings‚ compassionate doctors and nurses‚ knowledgeable staff‚ and the latest‚ most advanced medical equipment available. I am an advocate for those that are passionate about patient care. My philosophy is to care for each patient and address all of their
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Jodi Subcliff Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V Emory Davis November 10‚ 2013 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm There are many different opinions about what the components of a healing hospital should be. According to Eberst (2008)‚ these components are: “a healing physical environment‚ the integration of work design and technology‚ and a culture of “Radical Loving Care” (Eberst‚ 2008‚ p. 77). Arizona Medical Center was
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