The consumer movement in healthcare is prompting an equal balance of nurturing elements with therapeutic services. The idea is to create a healing environment in which patients, nurses, and other healthcare workers in every aspect of healthcare can come together in a holistic arena that embraces body, mind, and spirit. Whether that setting be in inpatient or outpatient settings, nursing homes, and health centers all should incorporate aesthetic, ergonomic, and other environmental factors into the traditional therapeutic healthcare system.
While a nurse can possess a great deal of knowledge and critical care skills, those are not the only factors that influence patient recovery. Many designs of a nursing care unit provide cold and sterile environment which depicts images of ill and patients that are surrounded by the latest equipment and monitoring devices. Although these images are designed to provide the patient some comfort in knowing that the hospital is well equipped and prepared, it usually raises …show more content…
Nightingale focused on sanitation and ventilation as being instrumental in bringing forth the body and mind connection. Her influence in the healthcare environment brought on changes to appeal more to the patient's visual perspective with the utilization of natural light, colors and the elimination of excessive noise. Historically patients were placed in an open area in beds that were lined against the wall, allowing patients to receive nursing care with minimal staff but that approach dehumanized the experience of the patient and exposed them to gruesome sights with no privacy. (Britannica) By changing the patient's environment to incorporate more natural light, use of color and better ventilation, Nightingale increased the patient's healing and decrease the mortality rate in the hospitals. (
While a nurse can possess a great deal of knowledge and critical care skills, those are not the only factors that influence patient recovery. Many designs of a nursing care unit provide cold and sterile environment which depicts images of ill and patients that are surrounded by the latest equipment and monitoring devices. Although these images are designed to provide the patient some comfort in knowing that the hospital is well equipped and prepared, it usually raises …show more content…
Nightingale focused on sanitation and ventilation as being instrumental in bringing forth the body and mind connection. Her influence in the healthcare environment brought on changes to appeal more to the patient's visual perspective with the utilization of natural light, colors and the elimination of excessive noise. Historically patients were placed in an open area in beds that were lined against the wall, allowing patients to receive nursing care with minimal staff but that approach dehumanized the experience of the patient and exposed them to gruesome sights with no privacy. (Britannica) By changing the patient's environment to incorporate more natural light, use of color and better ventilation, Nightingale increased the patient's healing and decrease the mortality rate in the hospitals. (