scholarly journals Adapting and Creating Healing Environments: Lessons Nurses Have Learned from the Covid-19 Pandemic

Nurse Leader ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie D. Gregory ◽  
Jaynelle F. Stichler ◽  
Terri Zborowsky
Keyword(s):  
Healing Environments

The Psychological Supportive Design Features in Hospitals: Case of a Public Jordanian Hospital in Amman

2021 ◽  
pp. 193758672110295
Author(s):  
Nadine Al-Bqour ◽  
Shaher Rababeh ◽  
Rama Al-Rabady
Keyword(s):  
Interior Design ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Design Features ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Hospital Design ◽  
Third World Country ◽  
Responsive Design ◽  
Healing Environments ◽  
Supportive Design

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop a practical framework that combines the psychological supportive design features in hospitals’ healing environments, also, to examine the implementation of these features in a Jordanian public hospital. Background: Positive psychological feelings are the hidden powerful treatment in hospitals. Although that Jordan represents a third-world country, it is counted as one of the most sought-after healthcare locations in the Middle East for its distinguished healthcare serveries (Private Hospitals Association, 2019). Nevertheless, the architectural and interior design of the healthcare facilities in Jordan usually ignores the inpatients’ psychological needs. Also, there is an absence of practicing a set of psychological supportive design features to guide the hospitals’ design in Jordan. Method: Design features are obtained from the main theories in the field of supportive healing environments. A large Jordanian public hospital was selected to be assessed in terms of these features within the developed practical framework. This study adopts a mixed methodology; data are collected using different methods, mainly literature review, site inventory, and inpatients’ questionnaire. Results: The studied hospital remains moderately considerable in terms of the psychologically supportive design features. However, the nature connectivity aspect is not satisfactorily considered in the studied hospital design. Conclusion: This study suggests a responsive design that fosters interaction and integration with surrounding nature in order to increase levels of connectivity with nature. The studied design features in this study could work as guiding principles for Jordanian hospitals’ designers.

Creating Optimal Healing Environments

2018 ◽  
pp. 371-389
Author(s):  
Terri Zborowsky ◽  
Mary Jo Kreitzer
Keyword(s):  
Physical Environment ◽  
Community Hospital ◽  
Healing Environment ◽  
Ambient Environment ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Designed Environment ◽  
Healing Environments ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Dynamic Interplay

An optimal healing environment is created through the deep and dynamic interplay between people, place, process and culture. Over 1,000 papers have been published linking the physical environment to outcomes related to patients and staff. Integrative nurses are well positioned to be leaders in the planning of healing spaces. This chapter defines “healing environment”; describes research on the impact of the designed environment; and discusses the effects of such factors as nature, daylight, positive distractions, aesthetics (including color), and an ambient environment on health and wellbeing. A case study of an optimal healing environment using North Hawaii Community Hospital is presented.

Creating Optimal Healing Environments

2014 ◽  
pp. 84-100
Author(s):  
Terri Zborowsky ◽  
Mary Jo Kreitzer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Health Care Quality ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Healing Environment ◽  
Care Processes ◽  
Healing Environments

Creating an optimal healing environment requires attentiveness to the built environment as well as care processes, culture, and competencies of care providers and leadership. There are over 1,000 studies that link the physical environment to outcomes such as health care quality, patient safety, reduction of stress and improvements in patient safety. Key design elements highlighted include access to nature, access to daylight, positive distractions, and the ambient environment.

scholarly journals Research on Constructing a Healing Environment for the Street Spaces of a High-Density City: Using Street Spaces in Macao’s Old City Area

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (13) ◽  
pp. 4767
Author(s):  
Lingchao Meng ◽  
Chun Zhu ◽  
Kuo-Hsun Wen
Keyword(s):  
High Density ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Healing Environment ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Healing Environments ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Objective Research

It is commonly recognized that street spaces in high-density cities are able to cause negative impacts in terms of residents’ physical and mental health. This research intends to investigate and analyze how residents use street spaces in a high-density city in order to construct a healing environment for these street spaces. The research was conducted in Macao’s old town by using spatial syntax methods to define the research areas, and implemented on-site observations that evaluated the age of the residents in the space and the conditions of their usage of the space. The study collected data through expert grading and employed the Analytic Hierarchy Process to calculate the weight of each indicator in order to attain accurate and objective research outcomes. The evaluation results indicate that the current Macao street spaces are poor healing environments. By analyzing the effective factors for constructing a healing environment in these street spaces, so that residents can get more space for healing when they use it, the paper aims to provide a model example for those who are involved with city governance, planning and design.

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