Laughing is as important as a dietexercise for a healthy living. Studies show that having a sense of humor increases the resistance against diseases. A group of twenty nurses at AcibademHospital who believe in the importance of humor for treatment have received 'hospital clown' training.
''A laughter is equal to one kilo of chop steak.'' this proverb told by our ancestors century ago, is a fact proven by the scientific researches today. Studies in the last 20 years related to the benefits of the humor for treatment shows how important laughinga sense of humor for the human health. The scientific evidence indicating that joyhappiness strengthen our bodies' resistance against diseases is also increasing every other day.
Nurse patty wooten is one of the people who experienced the positive effects of laughter for health personally. Speaking on the advantages of humor in the meeting entitled ''laughter is a powerful medicine'' at Acibadem Hospital Kadiköy, nurse wooten said: '' humor is an ability to find something to get cheerful about in difficult times. Our sense of humor gives us 'cognitive sharpness' which helps to find happinessjoy anywhereanytime. Humor supports our ability to pull back from the emotional stress, which is very similar to the reaction shown by our immune system stimulated by humor.” Wooten is also acting as 'hospital clown' in the AcibademHospital.
Humor for treatment hospital clown
Since the significance of laughter for human body soul has been proved, the concept of humor towards treatment has been maturing as well. It is obvious today that positivism of patients during their sickness doesn't always depend on their characteristic features. The 'hospital clowns' in hospitals attend this purpose. Patty wooten describes the duties of hospital clowns: ''the objective of the hospital clown is to provide an opportunity of joy, laughter pleasure for the patients, their families hospital personnel. The clowns invite the patient, visitors hospital personnel to a magical world where the absurdity pleasure are at their highest. Our first objective is to amuse the audience with clowning.''
Acıbadem nursing services director Saliha Koç on the other hand, by expressing that ''clinical results have revealed that the patients are actually have less pain complaints in need of less anesthesia more talkative more cooperative in medicine treatment'', has pointed out the new applications at Acıbadem.
''A group of 20 nurses at Acıbadem healthcare group, who believe in the importance of humor for medical treatment, have participated in an extensive training program for acting as a clown nurse inside the hospital. At the end of a 15 hour training program which mainly consist of the show, interactive study, make-up costume design stages, the clown nurses get the opportunity to test their acting abilities by visiting the patients hospital personnel.
Patients have more fun...
Patients at Acıbadem are showing their appreciation of the new application. Rasim Gülmen (79) tells us that he is truly enjoying the clowns. ''While i am staying in bed after my chest surgery, they always boost my morale up when they come to visit me. They should come more often!'' Hayriye Atay, who stays with her sun as visitor says that she now really enjoys this application which she founded it a little bit strange at first. ''We are here for a couple of days. They are a source of motivation in this hospital atmosphere.''. The happiness amazement of 1.5 year old Taha Yuşa Bayraktar who is at the hospital for allergic conditions shines in his eyes when he sees the clowns. Taha's mother Eda who plays, cheers together with them, tells us that there is no other better service than this for children.
Laughter strengthens the immune system.
People who think positively can beat diseases more easily. Our immune system is made up of more than 30 trillion cells which attack the bacterium, viruses cancer cells. These cells have different names functions, but the researches have shown that these cells become stronger when the person is in a positive mood the same cells weaken considerably when the mood turns to negative. Studies carried out in psychoneuroimmunology have brought forward that different chemical substances are secreted for different emotional experiences. These chemical substances by ''attaching'' themselves to the receivers on the surface of immune cell can increase lower the capacity of cells to protect the immune system. For this reason, while the negative feelings weaken the immune system, positive feelings strengthen it.
''The objective of the hospital clown is to provide an opportunity of joy, laughter pleasure for the patients their families hospital personnel.''
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