Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm for a Healing Environment

Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm
Doctors and nurses in health care facilities are obligated to provide the best possible care to their patients. They are supposed to not only attend to their patients without prejudice or discrimination but also to offer a conducive environment that would foster the treatment process. As a result, health caregivers worldwide have changed their patient, caring approaches and have embraced the healing hospital's ideologies. The concept thrives on the notion that the hospital environments should be developed in a manner that they offer therapeutic effects to the patients. Healing hospital environments have been attributed to accelerate recovery and reduce stress levels among the patients (Clancy, 2013). Additionally, the healing hospital environment helps to improve patient outcomes and increases satisfaction ratings on the services received. Patient rooms characterize the healing hospital environment with nature interiors and exteriors, soothing colors, pleasant sounds and comfortable rooms with sizeable sitting areas for family and friends (Gross, 2008).
Some healthcare gurus have shared that there is a distinct relationship between the components of a healing hospital and spirituality. Firstly, a healing hospital offers a physical healing environment characterized by quiet rooms that allow for the fast regeneration of cells. The quiet environments also enable the doctors and nurses to embark on their caregiving duties peacefully and offer the patients the opportunity to deal with their conditions stress-free. Spiritually, many religious individuals often seek solace in quiet places where they pray to atone for their sins and seek forgiveness (Powell, 2010). These actions can be compared to the effects of the quiet environment in the healing hospitals. The second component of a ...