What makes a hospital a place of healing? Is it the staff who works there? Is it the building or the interior, or perhaps the landscape? This paper will discuss the components of a healing hospital and its relationship to spirituality. It will discuss the possible challenges and barriers of creating a healing environment.
A hospital must have all staff work together to promote a healing environment for its patients as well as the families and visitors who come thru its doors. These staff members include not only the doctors and nurses who care for the patients, but also the CEO and office staff all the way down to the groundskeeper. It is important that all of the employees of the facility work together to promote and live the hospital’s healing environment.
Components of a Healing Environment
This writer would like to discuss what components make a healing hospital environment, and give examples from hospitals that have been acknowledged as providing this environment. According to a recent article about Florida hospitals “evidence has shown that a hospital’s design can be therapeutic for patients as well as improve staff well-being and efficiency” (Keller 2013). The place to start would be when someone walks into the doors and is greeted by a concierge who can assist the family or visitors with anything from dinner or motel reservations, to where the patient is located in the hospital. A large lobby which resembles a hotel and has plenty of windows to bring the outside in makes the hospital more inviting. An elevator that is separate and strictly used by staff and patients so no chance meetings of neighbors or co-workers is also ideal for a patient. Wider hallways and floor to ceiling windows open up the space and bring the out...
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...only decrease the disease of the patients, but also of the families who care for them as well as the staff. By surrounding themselves with health, happiness, and faith, the community will be a happy and healthier place.
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... caring for everyone within the community, including their employees and stakeholders, creating a environment for more caring and healing for the patients and families.
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