...Healing Hospital: Grand Canyon University: HLT-310-V 09/18/2015 When one thinks of a hospital, they automatically think of a place that people go to get better or get well if they have fallen ill or are suffering from a lengthy illness. While many people do get better or "get well" while in the hospital, do the patients truly heal? A hospital should not only be a place where wellness occurs, it should be a place of healing. Most hospitals focus on helping their patients overcome an illness or get well, but the best hospitals are those who help their patients to heal. These special hospitals that provide an atmosphere that caters to both the spiritual healing as well as the physical healing of it's patients are referred to as "healing hospitals". A healing hospital is one that helps to heal the patient as a whole person. It is a hospital that goes beyond scientifically treating a specific ailment and aims to heal the patient's physical body, mind, and soul. These hospitals are designed to be aesthetically appealing, quiet, and all around therapeutic. The staff members in these types of hospitals are trained to care not only for the patient but for the patient's family members as well. The importance of a holistic healing approach are encouraged and expected. Laurie Eberst, a registered nurse from Gilbert, Arizona, was instrumental in creating just such a hospital (Eberst 2008). Ms. Eberst's mother had previously been a patient in a hospital...
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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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...Health Care Insurance The hospital honors major third-party coverage such as Medicare, Medicaid, Workers Compensation and other public assistance. Your third-party coverage may require prior approval of your hospitalization. Failure to obtain prior approval may result in reduced benefits requiring additional uninsured or personal charges. The admitting office can assist you in obtaining prior approval for your hospitalization. We accept commercial insurance and we participate in most managed care plans. Please provide Registration with all information necessary to bill your insurer, including your subscriber name, number and effective date. Under Medicare law, health care services that can be paid for by Medicare are subject to review for compliance with medical standards. Review responsibilities for this hospital are conducted by Medco Peer Review at 513-421-6112. All information gathered for Peer Review purposes shall remain confidential. Any recommendations/decisions that may affect your hospitalization will be communicated to you by Medco Peer Review. What if I don't have insurance? If you do not have third-party coverage, your patient admissions counselor will advise you on ways of paying your bill. The Jewish Hospital helps needy patients apply for public assistance. Discounts are based on family size and income. Financial counseling is available Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you would like a counselor to visit you, ask your nurse. For assistance after you...
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...Healing Hospital – A Daring Paradigm The healing hospital model is a new paradigm that focuses treatment on both the physical and spiritual needs of patients. In fact, it is intent on ensuring that the patient achieves whole body wellness, and not only disease management. As such, it advances the concept that for healing to be complete, the physical needs should be addressed in concurrence with the patient’s spiritual and emotional needs. With regards to the spiritual needs, the concept draws ideas from the Bible. For instance, 1st Corinthians 12:9 clearly indicates that human beings were given the spirit of healing to meet spiritual needs. To achieve this goal, the concept applies three principal components to include, adopting loving care as a culture, meeting physical needs, and an integrated work technology and design. On the other hand, the concept is faced by challenges that hinder its effectiveness and efficiency (Chapman, 2005). This paper discusses the components and difficulties of a healing hospital as a daring paradigm. As earlier indicated, a healing hospital has three principal components. This is because it lays emphasis on the healing environment, ensuring that care provision is not limited to medication and medical procedures, but also to how the patients and their families are involved in the process of treatment. In essence, the concept introduces a new paradigm whereby the body is believed to constitute a spirit, mind and physical form that must be taken...
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...the true benefits it has. Many sources claim cryotherapy to have many uses that it really does not have. One of the most common assumptions is that cryotherapy decreases swelling because it is used to often on injuries with swelling, when in fact in does not. Although, one could draw the conclusion that cryotherapy continued use is because of the benefits it has. If it had no effect on the feeling of the patient whatsoever that probably would have stopped the use of cryotherapy a long time ago. It is important to understand the facts when it comes to cryotherapy. Cryotherapy should continue to be used to help with DOMS because of its effects on sensory motor neurons and pain, but it should not be used as a primary treatment to help the healing of musculoskeletal...
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...Water therapy is an important part of the current Phoenix camp experience. Therefore, even with a move in the future to a new sight and facility, it is important to keep many of the core features intact for generations to come. Water therapy in particular holds a special place and for good reason. It has numerous positive effects, and deserves a spot to be showcased. Water therapy offers a very unique sensory experience for whoever is participating in it. It expresses an environment of exploration which can be extremely beneficial to a child suffering from traumatic experiences. In the case of the Phoenix center, it gives the children a chance to cool off and play carefree in a safe environment. It also encourages sharing which in turn can benefit both children involved and even those around them.This allows them to develop trust with their peers and form confidence that will ultimately help them face their struggles. It can also benefit handicap children or a child with health or mental issues. The sensations of the water can help with movement and feeling and help boost morale immensely. The Texas hill country region is home to an arid climate that becomes very sultry during the summer months. This can obviously take it toll on anyone that is out in it for too long which is why a water therapy area is needed and certainly welcomed. The facility and camp being near Marble Falls will benefit mightily from a water therapy area like this. It allows for safe playtime and a way...
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...head: Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Gift N Onwunali Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V 4/40/2012 Introduction Many people compare healing to cure. In an effort to fully describe the components of “Healing Hospitals: A Daring Paradigm”, how this “Paradigm” might influence our methodology in rendering care and the relationship of the concept to spirituality, it is important that I explain two key terminologies “healing” and “paradigm. Healing is restoration to a maximum health potential. Restoration does not necessarily have to bring something to its original state of affairs. Rather, the functionality can be used for its desired purpose. “When we heal people, we very often notice that the disease may not disappear. Yet, somehow we have the feeling that we did help that person” (Quanten, P. 2002). A paradigm means a certain way of thinking about something that is generally accepted. It can also mean a standard, or a routine method of achieving a result. Sometimes we may declare words such as “model”, “example” and “pattern” as synonymous with paradigm (Swarup, D. 2011). With that, we can then say that the concept of “Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm” is a concept of healing in a revolutionary pattern of care that is not our usual and traditional method of caring but generally accepted. Young and Koopsen indicated that the healing hospital paradigm is a holistic concept that that involves more than just curing a disease process. In the Healing Hospital...
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...This is my season under heaven my time to grow, to struggle, to trust and to fight. This is my time to be born, to be born to be just Kisha not daughter, not sister, not wife, not mom. Those are roles I know how to play. I can resume those roles at a later date, but now it’s time to look into the mirror of my heart. It is time for me to put away the persistent little voice that says “you can not do it”. This is time to only worry about “what I can do”. This is my time to plant the seeds of hope. I choose were to plant and I choose to rejoice in the harvest. This is my time to heal. This is my time for my family to heal. I will always embrace the power of healing. This is my time to tear down fear and walls of regret. I will clear the ground where they once stood and build new bridges that would shelter me from misfortune. No more time for mourning or for weeping I will embrace my life. Now is my time to laugh and smile. I will welcome the humor and absurdity of everyday living. This is my time to dance gracefully. This is my time to see myself through my journal of my life. It is my time to ponder on the bits of memory that this writing process has surprised me with. People, places and feeling that had been long forgotten. This is my time to search my mind, my heart, my soul for the stories that need to be...
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...Therapeutic Touch By Chelsie Boyce Let me begin by saying that after watching several videos (including those provided by you) and reading even more articles, I am more mixed about my acceptance of therapeutic touch. Before this assignment I would have said I was strongly against this practice, but now I am more open to the idea. However, I still believe that therapeutic touch is not a true form of medical healing. To begin with, the Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary states that this alternative medicine is a practice where the nurse or practitioner treats a patient by passing his or her hands over a person’s body to promote relaxation, pain reduction and or healing. I must say that the thought of someone’s hands hovering over my body kind of makes me giggle. I keep replaying a scene from Karate Kid over and over again in my head and thinking “yea right” if only it were that easy. After reviewing my resources, I am still very skeptical. Yes, some stated that patients believed they were doing better. But to me that was just it… a belief. Those who had a strong faith in this technique did show signs of relaxation and possible improvement, but I am not sure if the technique caused the reaction or the patient themselves invited the result. Just like Emily Rosa’s experiment supported, as nurses or practitioners we want to believe we can feel the energy being given off and that we are interacting with our patient. Yet, more times than not we are wrong. Along...
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...Analysis of a Case Study of Trauma in the Workplace By David M. Noy Sr. University of the Rockies Abstract This paper examines a case study performed on an organization merging two business units into a single entity. The result was the employees from the smaller of the units felt a loss of identity, confidence, and of hope and meaning. The organization realized six months after the merger that there were unresolved issues that had traumatized the employees affected by the merger and how the organization worked with the employee to allow healing and the ability to move on and embrace the new direction of the organization. Introduction Trauma is a real thing within the organizational structure and does affect the emotional well-being and perception of the employee and how the employee views the organization. Organizations engage in restructuring all the time and at times the restructuring comes from the top down and the employee must adapt to the restructuring or fail within the new structure of the organization. This organizational restructuring can cause trauma to the employees who are involved with the restructuring. Case Study In today’s society, we read about cases of workplace violence and visibly see the trauma that the victims experience. Unresolved emotional trauma in many organizations blocks peoples’ capacity and ability to perform (de Klerk, 2007). The de Klerk, 2007 case study looks at how mergers, downsizing, outsourcing, restructuring, and continual...
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...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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...feminine practice by the society of then [2] [3] [4]. At the time, his mother used her magic to act as the village's healer, though her magic could obviously go far beyond this, all the while Leda was taught the reins of his mother's craft. Leda showed extreme promise in the magic department, possibly due to the nephilim thing, steadily learning all he needed to act as a somewhat of an assistant by the age of seven. His involvement in his mothers "business" made him somewhat of an outcast, as the kids his age all either helped their parents with farming or hunting or other such similar and more mundane occupations. That, and his mother was considered to be somewhat crazy by the village as a whole, who were sceptical about her knack from healing coming from actual seiðr as most believed all it was old wives tales and superstition taken to extremes. Ledan also had earned the social stigma attached to boys and men learning magic. MANIFESTING HIS POWERSEDIT BabaLeda007 A young Ledan upon hearing about his mother's deception. Ledan first began to come into his powers at around age seven, where he found himself able to move small objects with his mind as well as move or affect larger ones when he was angry or scared (usually breaking/destroying them). He kept this a secret from Thyrvï for as long as he could, as he believed she, even as a witch, would think he was some kind of monster. However, when Thyrvï found out about his powers, after an argument they had, during which his powers...
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...Running Head:HEALING HOSPITAL: A DARING PARADIGM Healing hospital : A Daring Paradibm Ancy Thomas Grand canyon University HLT 310, Spirituality in Health care july, 2012. HEALING HOSPITAL: A Daring Paradigm As I ventured reading about the Healing Hospitals, I became very appreciative and enthusiastic about the very concept. It only made me realize that we have come one full circle to integrate and merge spirituality, alternative and complimentary medicine with traditional practices to enrich patient care. In today’s world that is so commercialized, this integrated approach revitalizes the very intension of the medical mission by considering the subject as a whole person. It does not renounce the modern medicine but recognizes the spiritual components of healing and wholeness. None of us would disagree with the fact that compassionate care is a golden thread for complete cure. Characteristics of Healing Hospital:(components of healing hospitals) ‘Healing Hospital’ is a formalized approach to healing and it has three vital components as follows: 1.A healing physical environment 2.Integration of work design and technology and 3.A culture of radical loving care. This is a holistic approach that meets not only patient’s physical needs but their emotional and spiritual needs as well. As per wftv.com news(Feb, 2008), Parrish Medical Center was the #1 Healing Hospital for third straight year, and its CEO George Mikitarian was awarded too...
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...buildings, the size of the twin towers, because of a terrorist attack. I’m actually surprised that these people want to talk about their scars or the way they feel to the public. I guess it’s kind of like the Holocaust survivors; they wanted people to know their story so that it never happened again. Every one of these survivors have different ways of dealing with the pain of the attacks, they all have different ways of healing the scars, they all have different ways of going back to their “normal” lives. So I couldn’t say that any of them did a better job at healing than the others, I can’t say that I like one of the survivors stories better than the others, because they’re all different, yes they went through an awful tragedy, yes they were nearly burned alive and they fought for their lives every second, but they all have different ways of handling the outcome of what happened to them. Lauren Manning, to me, seems to have a strong family support and they seem to help her with everyday tasks that she used to be able to do herself. Elaine Duch seems to be healing...
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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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