{"id":89,"date":"2012-10-01T00:36:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T00:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arts-health.com\/mirrorresearch\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2013-02-19T18:17:34","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T18:17:34","slug":"mirrors-in-hospitals-sandy-cesario","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/therapeuticmirrorresearch.org\/?page_id=89","title":{"rendered":"Mirrors in Hospitals (Dr. Wyona Freysteinson &#038; Dr. Sandra Cesario)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freysteinson, W.M. &amp; Cesario, S. (2008) Have we lost sight of the mirrors? The Therapeutic Utility of Mirrors in Patient Rooms. <em>Holistic Nursing Practice, 22<\/em>(6), 317-323.<\/p>\n<p>Armed with a tape measure, Dr. Freysteinson measured the mirrors in ten hospitals. The results suggested there were few mirrors for the bedbound. Mirrors within the bedside tables were missing or often impossible to open. For the wheelchair bound patients, mirrors were often too high on the wall to\u00a0allow one\u00a0to view\u00a0one&#8217;s own face. In two of the ten hospitals, the mirrors were so high on\u00a0the\u00a0wall, that they provided one with a view of one&#8217;s face.\u00a0A chair or\u00a0stool would be needed to see one&#8217;s\u00a0own chest.\u00a0In an international survey study, nurses from around the world reported that frequently there are more mirrors in hospital lobbies and elevators than there are in patient rooms.\u00a0Can you imagine what it may be like to have your first view of your post-operative body in an elevator mirror while surrounded by strangers? Nursing must begin to research\u00a0mirror-viewing experiences\u00a0so that we may better determine the size, shape and position of\u00a0mirrors in our healthcare agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freysteinson, W.M. &amp; Cesario, S. (2008) Have we lost sight of the mirrors? The Therapeutic Utility of Mirrors in Patient Rooms. Holistic Nursing Practice, 22(6), 317-323. Armed with a tape measure, Dr. Freysteinson measured the mirrors in ten hospitals. The results suggested there were few mirrors for the bedbound. Mirrors within the bedside tables were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":86,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapeuticmirrorresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapeuticmirrorresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapeuticmirrorresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapeuticmirrorresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapeuticmirrorresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/therapeuticmirrorresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280,"href":"https:\/\/therapeuticmirrorresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions\/280"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapeuticmirrorresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapeuticmirrorresearch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}