...The holistic healing approach is often overlooked. Our bodies have capable ways of healing it back to normal without succumbing to addiction. With a little help from herbs that are naturally grown in soil, it can help with the healing process. Narcotics such as morphine and heroin, are natural because they are made from the poppy seed pod. However, because of the positive high from heroin, it creates such a dependence that people rely heavily on upon. People feel the need to relive this experience over and over. On the other hand, Turmeric is all natural as well, but its healing properties consist of just that, healing. There is no high created from it like there is from heroin. Turmeric is a spice that helps protect the body from free radical damage to cells....
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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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...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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...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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...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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...Healing hospitals promoting Spirituality Brittany Henson Grand Canyon University-HLT310-V June 7, 2015 There are many healing hospitals in the United States. The goal or mission of a healing hospital is to ensure the patients are safe and comfortable, and creates an environment to remind the staff of why they chose a career in the health care field. It is important for the healthcare providers to be able to provide holistic care to all patients at all times. This type of care ensures that the patient needs are being met. Having a healing environment is vital to patient outcome and treatment. True healing environments are constructed in ways that help patients and families cope with the stresses of illness (Eberest, 2008, pg.77). In order to promote healing a hospital has to have a quiet environment so the patients can an adequate amount of sleep. During sleep cells regenerate and therefore promote healing in the body. Also having a healing environment means being free from excess noise in the facility. A noisy environment may cause a patient to be fearful and have an increase in anxiety. It is important for staff to communicate using indoor- voices so patient are able to get adequate rest. Integrating work design and technology in a healing hospital is significant because it contributes to patients having individualized care. Healing hospitals promote work design and technology to increase patient confidentiality. “A good healing hospital offers highly technical advancement...
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...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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...participation in religious observation, where desired. This article reveals the authors and Christianity’s perspective in comparison with the Buddhist, Muslim, and Hindu faiths approaches to healing. Cultural and spiritual diversity must be embraced in the healthcare setting in order to provide holistic healing. Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity Spirituality is part of the human experience that is difficult to comprehend. Each person embraces their spirituality in their own manner. Spirituality is multidimensional and there is evidence that it plays a beneficial role in medical care and healing. Individuals derive this spirituality through their relationship with their families, themselves, and their faith experience (Anandarajah & Hight, 2001). The purpose of this paper is to acknowledge this writers spiritual perspective on healing and its critical components. After presenting a Christian perspective and approach to healing, the Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim faith perspectives will be compared to the Christian approach to healing. The conclusion will include a summary of the information obtained from these comparisons and ideas of applying it to this author’s health care practice. Authors’ Spiritual Perspective on Healing The core of this authors’ perspective on healing is founded on her faith and trust in God. This author understands a balance of seeking medical advice for physical ailments from doctors and also trusting God to heal. The Bible...
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...Running head: HEALING HOSPITAL Healing Hospital Norma Bracamonte Grand Canyon University HLT-310V Spirituality in Nursing September 28, 2011 Spirituality of a Healing Hospital Spirituality in the healing hospital environment commences with the initial point of contact with the staff. The staff not only includes nurses, patient care technicians, and management, it involves every person who is working within this hospital. The standards must be met to be named a healing hospital, all staff must adhere to a culture which not only serves the patients but serves the community as well. All management must commit to allow their staff the time and provide the resources that are needed to heal the body, the mind and spirit as one. In this paper we will examine the model involved in the concept of a healing hospital and in what way spirituality aids in the assistance to heal a patient from the innermost standpoint. Included in this discussion will show in what manner a healing hospital provides better service and environment to their patients. Components of a Healing Hospital In order to create an environment that will build a solid foundation to promote spirituality in a hospital situation, the staff and management must be cultivated on which features are needed. Spiritual health is defined as “a state of well-being and equilibrium in that part of a person’s essence and existence which transcends the realm of the natural and relates to the ultimate good” (O’Brien, 2003...
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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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...Effects of Music Therapy in Preoperative, Intraoperative and Postoperative Care Virginia A. Ostrowsky Nova Southeastern University 1 EFFECTS OF MUSIC THERAPY 2 Effects of Music Therapy in Preoperative, Intraoperative and Postoperative Care Music Therapy has been used as a way of healing without medication for centuries. In the 1800’s traveling music groups played for injured veterans returning from war. Doctors and nurses noticed the positive effect music had on their healing process. In the 1900’s music was used along with anesthesia to calm patients during surgery (Nilsson, 2008). Today, music therapy is used in the clinical setting in many areas, especially in hospitals “to reduce patient pain, anxiety and stress”, in preoperative, perioperative and postoperative settings (Nilsson, 2008, p. 780). Furthermore, it can create a positive mental attitude and a sense of well being to promote emotional as well as physical healing (Economidou, Klimi, Vivilaki & Lykeridou, 2012). Music Therapy Music therapy is an area of health care that uses music as a therapeutic way to encourage healing of the mind and body. Listening to music stimulates all areas of the brain (Nilsson, 2008). It affects our emotions and can arouse feelings immediately. Thaut (1990) notes the body has a neurophysiological response by encouraging relaxation through the autonomic and central nervous system. Stimulating the brain’s limbic system with...
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...A Healing 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...
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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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