Healing Hospital Culture

Traditional hospitals using standard medical treatment and Western-educated personnel tend to treat the patient's physical being while ignoring other equally important aspects of the patient and the caregiver. Fortunately, healing hospitals have transformed the concept of healing through the principle of "Radical Love." Recognizing the equal importance of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing for all members of the hospital environment, Radical Love enhances the entire wellbeing of the entire community.

What are the challenges of creating a healing environment in light of the barriers and complexities of the hospital environment?

But down to its most fundamental level, patients’ needs is nothing more than the presence of someone that could offer them the great comfort they long for. Nonetheless, it is sad to see that this humanistic aspect is fading away and being corroded by the rapidly modernizing health care settings.

For my book review assignment, I decided to choose the book titled “The Other End of the Stethoscope: 33 Insights for excellent patient care”. This story deal with Marcus and how he experiences the good and the bad of patient care after suffering severe injuries from a drunk driver. The reason I decided to choose this book is because this book provided a great perspective from the patient point of view of how a patient is cared for and treated in the hospital setting. One of the most important themes from the book was to understand the relationship between the caregiver and the patient, which is patient care. Marcus states the relationship between the health care provider and the patient are similar to that of a relationship between a parent and a child. The patient depends on us and looks to us for support and comfort. One of the fundamental components of forming good patient care is to be compassionate. Compassionate care could mean the difference between life and death for a patient. From reading this book, I understand that giving compassion to someone can take all shapes and forms. As a healthcare provider, we could make such a difference for a patient in need. You could have such a huge impact on patient, even if you only deal with one for a few minutes. Simple ordinary gestures of kindness such as telling a patient you are here for them or a simple smile can give a patient a good impression of the kind of care he or she will receive. For Marcus, it was the medical

The healing hospital paradigm focuses on the removal of stress and other health risks in the hospital environment for both patients and visitors. These factors are intrinsic to the hospital setting and not the ailments being treated within. For example, stress for patients is generated through painful therapeutic procedures, loss of social life, change in financial status due to the healthcare expenditures, etc. Minimization of these stressors ensures that the patient’s well-being is maintained while the comprehensive care and attention aspects

Founded more than 40 years ago as a tool for hospitals to outreach for patients in remote areas. It is currently incorporated into the progressing operations of physician facilities, home health agencies and in patient’s homes.

Healing and health services are defined and acted upon in many different ways in the world today. Although in the United States we predominately focus on biomedicine or conventional health care practice, it is only one of many different types of healing. Thru time we have progressed between several different eras of healing. The first era being in the 1860’s which predominately looked at biomedicine type therapy. The second era taking shape in the 1950’s and

The first and foremost duty of the hospital is to provide healing to the patients who have reached there with an intention of a healing either of physical or mental sickness. As far as the hospitals are ready to provide this service the hospitals are doing a great service to the humanity. The famous doctor Carolyn C. Ross describes the difference between heal and cure. The definitions aren 't that different apparently.

A particular emphasis on the different areas of nursing, such as patient-centered care has captured the interest of many. The need for patient-centered care has grown, in part, from the evolving medical atmosphere in the United States (Reynolds, 2009). Nurses and other health care providers no longer are solely in charge of care. Patients demand to be active partners in the health care process (Reynolds, 2009). In patient-centered care, the needs of the patient and patient satisfaction are the priority (Reynolds, 2009). It does not focus exclusively on the sickness, but rather, on the patient and the patient’s psychological, spiritual and emotional needs. Patient-centered health care attempts to engage patients and their families in the active participation of the decision-making methodology. This is accomplished by supplying them with knowledge about the patient’s health condition. Patients critique the standard of healthcare they receive. They evaluate based on social graces and more importantly bedside manner. Most are incapable of evaluating a nurse’s level of skill or training, so the qualities they can assess become of the utmost importance in satisfying patients and providing patient-centered care (Reynolds, 2009).

rganizing the delivery of health care around the needs of the patient may seem like a simple and obvious approach. In a system as complex as health care, however, little is simple. In fact, thirty years ago when the idea of “patient-centered care” first emerged as a return to the holistic roots of health care, it was swiftly dismissed by all but the most philosophically progressive providers as trivial, superficial, or unrealistic. Its defining characteristics of partnering with patients and families, of welcoming―even encouraging―their

First of all, I recognized that I was dealing with humans, and not just dealing with a disease process and application of the nursing process in the aspect of restoring patient health. I was dealing with emotions, and families, and cultural beliefs that influenced individual’s aspects of care. I started to see that health did not just incorporate healing the disease, but also recognized the importance of making sure patient’s felt that their

All appliances should be up-to-date, the environment should not be loud, and it should be spacious and quiet. Good lighting is also important. But it’s not just the surrounding environment that is important to a healing environment. A healing environment is one in which “the social, psychological, spiritual, physical, and behavioral components of health care are oriented toward support (K.Smith, et. Al. 2009). Each day we need to ask God to open our eyes to see him acting, our ears to hear him speaking to us—through our patients, through those with whom we work, through the often confused or evil situations in which we find ourselves. We do this by taking time to let God first speak to us in his Word so that our vision is clearer and our hearing more acute. We do this through private and corporate worship. We do it through hearing the counsel of other nurses who also walk with God. These are all ways to heed Paul’s words to

There are many hospitals across the country that help cure the sick, they carry the most incredible physicians, surgeons, pediatricians,nurses,and support staff to ensure that the patients have the best

As a result of modern-day health professionals’ haste, their patients feel unworthy of their time. It is important for health providers to understand the influence that their treatment of patients has on their patients’ mindset and their desire to recover. Chochinov (2007:184) states that ‘how patients perceive themselves to be seen’ is a direct measure of their dignity. It is vital that health care providers are cautious of how they interact with their patients. They must take extra care not to undermine the worth of their patients as this can result in the patient feeling as though he/she is a burden; and especially in the case of terminal illness- that he/she does not deserve to live. Health care providers should strive to uphold the dignity of their patients by treating them as equal, respecting them, and always remembering that they are fellow human beings. The conservation of the patient’s dignity by the health professional encourages the patient to co-operate, as well as display a positive attitude towards

The current organisational culture of the ARC is close to a role culture, Handy states that role cultures more familiarly exists in hospital organisational structures - which include an Emergency Department, Medical-Surgical Services and so on. The organisation is controlled by the policies and procedures; employees operate based on their job descriptions (Handy, 1993). The current organisational culture of the ARC is close to a role culture, Handy states that role cultures more familiarly exists in hospital organisational structures - which include an Emergency Department, Medical-Surgical Services and so on. The organisation is controlled by the policies and procedures; employees operate based on their job descriptions (Handy, 1993). The