Horticultural Therapy in Healthcare - A Therapeutic Treatment Modality
This continuing nursing education course is designed to assist healthcare professionals in designing a horticultural model to be used in a variety of settings. The value of using horticulture as a therapeutic model includes maximizing the social, cognitive, physical and/or psychological functioning in an individual, thus leading to an improved general health and well-being. Also, included are various types of gardening approaches to benefit an individual with special needs.
This is a video-style course with text content located at the end of the chapter.
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Objectives
Upon conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the influences on the profession of horticultural therapy.
- Define horticultural therapy.
- Discuss the types of settings horticultural therapy is used.
- Give examples of 3 types of horticultural therapy programs and goals for each type.
- Identify the people horticultural therapy serves.
- Recognize the benefits of horticultural therapy for both the individual and the community.
- Explain the process of treatment planning, selecting activities to meet treatment objectives, and the purpose and importance of recording outcomes.
- Identify gardening styles best suited for an individual with special needs.
Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Shaping the Field Horticultural Therapy
- What Is Horticultural Therapy
- Definition
- Horticulture as a therapeutic modality
Chapter 3: Settings for Horticultural Therapy
- Health care settings
- Human service settings
- Health promotion and wellness
- Community development
- Types of Horticultural Programs
- Vocational programs
- Therapeutic programs
- Social or wellness programs
Chapter 4: Setting Goals in the Different Programs
- Five Focuses of Horticultural Activities
- Understanding the People Served
Chapter 5: Benefits of Horticultural Therapy
Chapter 6: Understanding the Process – Treatment Teams
- Treatment Teams
- Examples of interdisciplinary teams
- Treatment planning
Chapter 7: Understanding the Process – Assessment, Goal Setting, and Objectives
- Assessment
- Goal-setting
- Objectives
Chapter 8: Understanding the Process – Intervention and Termination
- Intervention
- Termination
Chapter 9: Understanding the Process – Activity Planning
- Activity planning
Chapter 10 – Understanding the Process – Activity Selection to Meet Treatment Objectives
- Activity selection to meet treatment objectives
- Types of Program or Facility
- Needs Assessment
- Situational Assessment
Chapter 11: Understanding the Process – Additional Considerations for Activity Planning
- Additional considerations for activity planning
- Staffing
- Risk Management
- Poisonous plants
- Temperature
- Flexibility
Chapter 12: Understanding the Process – Evidence-Based Practice and Session Review
- Evidence-based Practice
- Session review
Chapter 13: Understanding the Process – Planning for Seasonality, Resources, and Criteria for Selecting Activities
- Planning for seasonality and efficient use of horticultural resources
- Seasonal calendar
- Planting calendar
- Coordinating outdoor with indoor horticultural programming
- Criteria for selecting horticultural activities
Chapter 14: Understanding the Process - Documentation
- Documentation: the professional process of recording outcomes
- What is documentation?
- General guidelines for documentation
Chapter 15: Before You Begin
Chapter 16: Types of Gardening Styles
- Gardening in a raised bed or planter box
- Variety of containers
- Planting in a suspended garden
- Vertical gardening
Chapter 17: Special Considerations for the Disabled
- Choosing the right tools
- Choosing the right position
Chapter 18: Tools for Gardening
- Hand tools
- Cushioning handles
- Cushioning hands
- Aids for extra support/Adapting tools
- Long-handled hand tools
Chapter 19: Conclusion
- References
- California Bill 241
- Implicit Bias in Healthcare
- What is Implicit Bias?
- Implications of Implicit Bias in Healthcare
- How to Reduce Implicit Bias
Price: $18.00
Contact Hours: 1.5
Course Author
Golden Tradewell
During her 24 years of teaching in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program at McNeese State University, Dr. Tradewell developed a Transcultural Nursing course and brought students to Yucatan, Mexico.
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