Healing hospital: A Daring Paradigm Thania Arellano Grand Canyon University: HLT 302 “A healing hospital is a place characterized by thousands of small and wonderful things and a few big ones. At the center is love. More than anything else, supports a strong culture of caring. It expresses the deep passion of both patients and caregivers” (Chapman, 2003). Healing hospitals focus on patient-centered care. Healing hospitals focus on patients on a holistic manner. To build this type of care
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When choosing a hospital in which to receive care there are elements that are important to each individual. Knowing that honest, compassionate, and respectful individuals will care for the patient is important to those who are making that choice. There are certain aspects within a hospital that make it a healing hospital. The care given by the healing hospitals is different because of important changes that they have made. The changes that facilities and individuals make to not only include,
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complex combinations of both biomedical and spiritual healing modalities. Many Sri Lankans have adopted informal guidelines according to their belief systems that dictate which medical healing modalities they seek when illness arises. In order to investigate the ways in which biomedical and spiritual thought intersect in Jaffna, this research will be conducted through certain interviews, observation of patient-doctor interactions, Point Pedro Hospital, Jaffna District. The main objectives of this research
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Running head: THE HEALING HOSPITAL The Healing Hospital Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT 310V The Healing Hospital A traditional hospital is an institution that is devoted to the delivery of comprehensive health care to patients, utilizing conventional medicine with the intent of diagnosing, treating, and curing disease through scientific evidence based procedures and interventions. Traditional medicine is focused on the biomedical science of addressing the
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Concept Comparison and Analysis Across Theories Paper The power and strength of disciplines are heavily reliant on the development of concepts that are empirically validated and relevant to clinical practice (Mitchman &Weaver, 2008).Those concepts are then studied within a theoretical framework that is applicable to the concepts and their attributes. Concepts are continuously compared and analyzed between theories to ensure applicability and enhance the spectrum of evidence –based knowledge
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Utilization of a systematic approach within a professional practice that includes focusing on the patient and the theoretical works provide perspectives of the patient (Tomey & Alligood, 2006). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the meta-paradigm of nursing, grand
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other. The emergence of new diseases, rapid increase of chronic illnesses opened the door for Dr. Larry Dossey a noted physician to introduce and provide his framework for Western medicine. In this framework, he focused on three areas of health and healing. The Mechanical /physical body (Era1), The Mind/Body (Era 2), and The Body/Mind/Spirit (Era 3). The Eras most significant to me are those of Era I and Era3. Era I also known as the Mechanical Era (1860’s) viewed health and illness as physical in
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as well as environment and nursing are part of her defined paradigm and are elaborated on in her theory. Nightingale’s (1859/1992) Notes on Nursing presents the first nursing theory that focuses on the manipulation of the environment for the benefit of the patient (George, 2011). After witnessing unsanitary conditions caring for soldiers during the Crimean War, Nightingale gained knowledge on the role that environment plays in the healing process. According to Johnson & Webber (2005), Nightingale’s
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impact on our nursing practice. Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring was developed in 1979 and continued to evolve over the years. It emphasizes the humanistic aspects of nursing in combination with scientific knowledge. The framework of this paradigm brings meaning and focus to nursing as a distinct profession. The conceptual elements of her theory are ten Carative Factors, Transpersonal Caring relationship, Caring moment and Caring Consciousness with a focus on: person, health, nursing and environment
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Historical Development of Nursing In the world history, the development of nursing is regarded as the most fantastic journey mainly because of its high dependence on talented independent women, rather than a patriarchal society. Much of the evolution that took place in the ancient periods is lost to us, but during the Christian era, where Jesus Christ propagated the philosophies of love and mercy, there was significant growth in the community works (Donahue 80). Christian women came together in
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