title: The Model of Whole-Person Caring: creating and sustaining a healing environment.
abstract: At Three Rivers Community Hospital, Grants Pass, Ore, the theoretical Model of Whole-Person Caring has resulted in quantifiable and sustainable results in the areas of increased patient and employee satisfaction and decreased nursing turnover, and serves as the foundation for a comprehensive healing environment. The model is a useful framework for healthcare education and its utilization as the theoretical construct for The New England School of Whole-Health Education illustrates its congruency in an educational setting.
authors.affiliation: luciat@csufresno.edu
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thornton
mesh_terms: D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000592:standards; D006694:Holistic Health; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D009922:Oregon; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods