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The Blueberry Spa Project
NUR 863: Professional Nursing Care Across the Lifespan
U.K. College of Nursing
Blueberry SpaBlueberry Spa
The Blueberry Spa
• A service learning project for sophomore nursing students providing patients at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital regular opportunities for spa services
The SpaThe Spa
• The Beginning– In January, 2003
with financial support from an Elsie Bowle Ewing Grant the Blueberry Spa opened.
Student Objectives
• Experience the therapeutic use of self
• Practice healing touch
• Experience the “art of nursing”
Spa Activities
• 5 sessions have been held
• 7 - 8 patients have attended each session
• 5 – 6 nursing students participate each session with 2 CON faculty/CHRH staff supervising
Spa Outcomes
Patients report• an increased
sense of well-being• improved
relaxation• a decrease in
discomfort, anxiety, and pain
Spa Outcomes
Students experience the positive outcomes from therapeutic use of self and healing touch.
New Objectives
• Students from Nursing and other Allied Health disciplines will work cooperatively and collaboratively to provide spa services.