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Home as place for healing.

Elaine Sorensen Marshall¹

¹School of Nursing, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA. elainemarshall@georgiasouthern.edu

ANS. Advances in Nursing Science

|August 30, 2008

Summary

This study explores the nursing concept of environment and its relation to healing, emphasizing suffering, active patient and nurse presence, and the profound, private nature of healing. Home is examined as a healing place.

Area of Science:

Nursing Theory
Environmental Health
Healing Studies

Background:

The concept of environment is central to nursing but lacks theoretical and empirical exploration, particularly concerning healing.
Healing, as a nursing concept, requires deeper investigation into its relationship with the patient's environment.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the meaning of healing in relation to environment as a place.
To examine the role of home as a healing environment.
To consider implications for the study of home and future nursing research.

Main Methods:

This article presents a theoretical exploration of environment and healing.
It analyzes healing through the lenses of suffering, active engagement, and personal/spiritual dimensions.

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Home is critically examined as a potential healing space.

Main Results:

Healing is understood as grounded in suffering, requiring active patient and nurse presence.
Healing is characterized as a private, spiritual, and profound experience.
The concept of home as a healing place is explored, alongside situations where home is not conducive to healing.

Conclusions:

The environment, particularly as a place like home, significantly influences the healing process.
Further theoretical and empirical research is needed to understand the complex relationship between environment, home, and nursing.
Future research should address the multifaceted nature of healing within diverse environmental contexts.