Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Analysis
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 awarded the honor of being a healing hospital by the Baptist Healing Trust, Nashville, Tenn. (Eberst, 2008). Eberst (2008) goes on to say that healing hospitals also offer a healing environment. This means that it is important that …show more content…
Most hospitals have pastoral care that is available to patients while they are in the hospital. If patients do not want to be seen by hospital pastoral care, they should be encouraged to be visited their own spiritual leader, depending on what their religious beliefs are. Dunn (2010) uses the term healing environment to describe the environment that the hospital staff works in. She suggests that good deeds such as, staff going out of their way to assist patients or family members, positive comments, and anything else that goes above and beyond job descriptions, should be recognized and posted where everyone can see it (Dunn, 2010). At the hospital where this author works, most of the units in the hospital have boards where good deeds are displayed. There are also boxes that patients and families can put cards in to recognize a staff member of their choice. Unit directors also go around and survey patients about their stay and the care that they are receiving. Patients can take the opportunity to recognize extraordinary staff members at that time also. Nurses are also recognized by Daisy Awards when they have gone above and beyond their normal job duties. Daisy Awards are a great way of letting everyone know when a nurse deserves to be recognized. A healing environment would also include working with …show more content…
This means that hospitals are not just treating the signs and symptoms of illness, they have made it their mission to heal patients. Some hospitals are doing this by creating healing hospital criteria. Healing hospital criteria includes giving patients and their families health education and information that encourages healthy living and helps to decrease stress. For example, in the surgery department, the healing process is started before the patient even undergoes surgery (Anonymous, 2009).
The mission statement at Mercy Medical Center is “Our mission as Mercy Medical Center is to work together and with others to continue the healing ministry of the Church, promoting the well-being of people in the communities we serve by living the values of compassion, respect, concern for those who are poor, excellence and stewardship” (Mercy Clinton, n.d.). This mission statement shows that spirituality is an important component of the hospital that this author works
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 awarded the honor of being a healing hospital by the Baptist Healing Trust, Nashville, Tenn. (Eberst, 2008). Eberst (2008) goes on to say that healing hospitals also offer a healing environment. This means that it is important that …show more content…
Most hospitals have pastoral care that is available to patients while they are in the hospital. If patients do not want to be seen by hospital pastoral care, they should be encouraged to be visited their own spiritual leader, depending on what their religious beliefs are. Dunn (2010) uses the term healing environment to describe the environment that the hospital staff works in. She suggests that good deeds such as, staff going out of their way to assist patients or family members, positive comments, and anything else that goes above and beyond job descriptions, should be recognized and posted where everyone can see it (Dunn, 2010). At the hospital where this author works, most of the units in the hospital have boards where good deeds are displayed. There are also boxes that patients and families can put cards in to recognize a staff member of their choice. Unit directors also go around and survey patients about their stay and the care that they are receiving. Patients can take the opportunity to recognize extraordinary staff members at that time also. Nurses are also recognized by Daisy Awards when they have gone above and beyond their normal job duties. Daisy Awards are a great way of letting everyone know when a nurse deserves to be recognized. A healing environment would also include working with …show more content…
This means that hospitals are not just treating the signs and symptoms of illness, they have made it their mission to heal patients. Some hospitals are doing this by creating healing hospital criteria. Healing hospital criteria includes giving patients and their families health education and information that encourages healthy living and helps to decrease stress. For example, in the surgery department, the healing process is started before the patient even undergoes surgery (Anonymous, 2009).
The mission statement at Mercy Medical Center is “Our mission as Mercy Medical Center is to work together and with others to continue the healing ministry of the Church, promoting the well-being of people in the communities we serve by living the values of compassion, respect, concern for those who are poor, excellence and stewardship” (Mercy Clinton, n.d.). This mission statement shows that spirituality is an important component of the hospital that this author works