The Benefits of Awe

Florence Nightingale wrote about the importance of giving her patients fresh air. She said that really ill patients were like plants and that they turned their heads to the light. There are some studies just showing that fewer mistakes are made in hospitals where nursing staff can take a break in a nature garden, for example. So anything we can do to get the doctors and nurses to feel also like they can be sharper and less stressed is good for the patient.