Although environment is a core concept in nursing, it has had little theoretical or empirical attention, especially related to healing. This article explores the following aspects of the meaning of healing as they relate to environment as place: (a) healing is grounded in suffering; (b) healing is active and requires presence of the patient and the nurse; and (c) healing is private, spiritual, ...

During the last 2 decades, the effects of the physical and social environment on the healing process, recovery and well-being of patients, families and staff in hospitals have been proved.There is a growing recognition that healthcare architecture could do more by promoting overall wellness, and this requires expanding the focus to healing.The research on evidence-based design (EBD) has demonst...

With a view to investigate the contribution and role of environment within a wooden pyramid model on the wound healing suppressant effect of dexamethasone in rats, wound breaking strength, dry weight, hydroxyproline content and histology of granulation tissue of the dead space wound were studied in rats. The results indicate that the environment within the wooden pyramid not only promotes signi...

Effective management of wound exudate is key to promoting successful wound healing (White and Cutting, 2006). Wound exudate is produced in response to a complicated interaction between: wound aetiology, wound healing physiology, wound environment and compounding pathological processes (World Union of Wound Healing Societies [WUWHS], 2007). However, wound fluid is also known to assist healing by...

OSTOMY WOUND MANAGEMENT JANUARY 2009 www.o-wm.com Wound healing is an organized, four-phased system involving homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and maturation. If injured tissue follows these phases, the wound will close. However, this process is far from simple. A variety of physiological and environmental foes related to the individual’s past and present health status can divert the h...

Successful wound care involves optimizing patient local and systemic conditions in conjunction with an ideal wound healing environment. Many different products have been developed to influence this wound environment to provide a pathogen-free, protected, and moist area for healing to occur. Newer products are currently being used to replace or augment various substrates in the wound healing cas...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------SUMMARY. The purpose of this experimental study was to evaluate the efficacy of moist exposed bum ointment (MEBO) on epithelial tissue repair and to assess the debriding effect of partial-thickness bum wounds, compared with other local agents commonly used. Eighty bum wounds on ten Ladrace-Pietrenne youngi pigs were ...

In order to understand a patient's healing experience it is essential to understand the elements that they, the patient, believes contributed to their healing. Previous research has focused on symptom reducers or contributors through environment such as stress. A person's experience of healing happens over time not instantaneous. Therefore, in this study, the interviews with patients happened a...