Treatments may last from fifteen minutes to an hour, and usually result in a relaxed state of well-being. Nurses, other hospital staff and community volunteers have been trained by a certified instructor to provide Healing Touch treatments to patients at Bartlett Regional Hospital. Healing Touch is available to any interested patient. The world's first Touch Research Institute was founded at the University of Miami's Medical School to further explore and document the benefits of touch therapy. Hands-on touch therapy is used by more than 30,000 nurses in medical settings each year, and the procedures are documented as legitimate nursing techniques.
Patients participate in their healing in many different ways.
Bartlett Regional Hospital has a lending library of audiocassettes that offer guided imagery and relaxation to patients. Topics include asthma, chemotherapy, diabetes, general wellness, high blood pressure, depression, stroke and headaches. The tapes run 15 to 20 minutes per side. Portable cassette players are also available to borrow. Please tell your nurse if you would like more information on our audiocassette lending library.