Evaluating quality of life in residential care buildings
2007
Building Research & Information
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 35
Pages 514-528
Author(s): Torrington, J.
Added December 2017
The impact of architectural design upon the environmental sound and light exposure of neonates who require intensive care: An evaluation of the Boekelheide Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery
2007
Journal of Perinatology
Journal Article
Author(s): Stevens, D. C., Khan, M. A., Munson, D. P., Reid, E. J., Helseth, C. C., Buggy, J.
Added December 2016
Centralized and Decentralized Nurse Station Design: An Examination of Caregiver Communication, Work Activities, and Technology
2007
HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 1
Pages 44-57
Author(s): Gurascio-Howard, L., Malloch, K.
Patients need to be close to a nurse (RN) for easy access to care and to save travel time. Centralized nurse stations are placed in one location to serve a group of patient rooms.
Added August 2015
Job Satisfaction and Intention to Quit Among Nursing Home Nursing Staff: Do Special Care Units Make a Difference?
2007
Journal of Applied Gerontology
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 26
Pages 95-112
Author(s): Robison, J., Pillemer, K.
Research regarding the impact of special care units (SCUs) on the experience of staff provides a somewhat inconsistent picture. Several studies have examined the effect on staff of working in a facility that has an SCU without including a comparison with staff who work on conventional units. These studies have found generally positive results, including lower turnover among nurses. Despite the promise of SCUs, the degree to which they differ in important outcomes from conventional nursing home care has not been firmly established. Some comparative studies have found no clear differences in resident outcomes for SCUs.
Added November 2014
Hospital outpatient perceptions of the physical environment of waiting areas: the role of patient characteristics on atmospherics in one academic medical center
2007
BMC Health Services Research
Journal Article
Author(s): Tsai, C. Y., Wang, M. C., Liao, W. T., Lu, J. H., Sun, P. H., Lin, B. Y., Breen, G. M.
Added September 2014
Mapping the Nursing Process: A New Approach for Understanding the Work of Nursing
2007
Journal of Nursing Administration
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 34
Pages 101-109
Author(s): Potter, P., Grayson, D., Boxerman, S., Sledge, J., Wolf, L., Evanoff, B., Marshall, J.
Over the last 10 years, hospitals have tried to reconcile patients’ demands for high-quality, safe care along with payers’ demands for lower costs. As a result, many hospitals are looking for ways to streamline work processes, gain productivity, reduce costs, and maintain quality. Human factors engineering (HFE) techniques, drawn from the sciences of industrial engineering, ergonomics, and mathematics, have been used to analyze clinical care processes and restructure patient care delivery.
Added January 2014
The Effect of Environmental Design on Reducing Nursing and Medication Errors in Acute Care Settings
2007
The Center for Health Design CHER
Report
Author(s): Chaudhury, H.P., Mahmood, A.P.
Added October 2012
A psyched-up sector
2007
Modern Healthcare
Journal Article
Issue 18
Volume 37
Pages 32-33
Author(s): Zigmond, J.
Added October 2012
Why did outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome occur in some hospital wards but not in others?
2007
Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication Of The Infectious Diseases Society Of America
Journal Article
Issue 8
Volume 44
Pages 1017-1025
Author(s): Yu, I.T., Xie, Z.H., Tsoi, K.K., Chiu, Y.L., Lok, S.W., Tang, X.P., Hui, D.S., Lee, N., Li, Y.M., Huang, Z.T., Liu, T., Wong, T.W., Zhong, N.S., Sung, J.J.
Added October 2012
Is Your Hospital Hospitable?: How Physical Environment Influences Patient Safety
2007
Nursing for Women's Health
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 11
Pages 506-11
Author(s): Stichler, J.F.
Added October 2012
Nursing's Contributions to Innovative Hospital Design
2007
Journal of Nursing Administration
Journal Article
Issue 10
Volume 37
Pages 425-8
Author(s): Lamb, G., Connor, J., Ossmann, M.
Added October 2012
Family members' experiences of the intensive care unit waiting room
2007
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 60
Pages 384-388
Author(s): Kutash, M., Northrop, L.
Added October 2012
Open general medical wards versus specialist psychiatric units for acute psychoses
2007
The Cochrane Library
Journal Article
Author(s): Hickling, F.W., Abel, W., Garner, P., Rathbone, J.
Added October 2012
Living the situation stress-experiences among intensive care patients
2007
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 23
Pages 124-31
Author(s): Fredriksen, S.T., Ringsberg, K.C.
Added October 2012
Moving to a purpose built acute psychiatric unit on a general hospital site--does the new environment produce change for the better?
2007
The Irish Medical Journal
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 100
Pages 391-3
Author(s): Feeney, L., Kavanagh, A., Kelly, B.D., Mooney, M.
Added October 2012
My First 50 Years of Critical Care (1956-2006)
2007
American Journal Of Critical Care: An Official Publication, American Association Of Critical-Care Nurses
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 16
Pages 12-16
Author(s): Bryan-Brown, C.W.
Added October 2012
Best practices in OR suite layout and equipment choices to reduce slips, trips, and falls
2007
AORN: Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 86
Pages 384-398
Author(s): Brogmus, G., Leone, W., Butler, L., Hernandez, E.
Added October 2012
How to build a cath-lab operating room
2007
The Heart Surgery Forum
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 10
Pages E344-E348
Author(s): Bonatti, J., Vassiliades, T., Nifong, W., Jakob, H., Erbel, R., Fosse, E., Wekkala, K., Sutlic, Z., Bartel, T., Friedrich, G., Kiaii, B.
Added October 2012
Pediatric Patient Safety in the Prehospital/Emergency Department Setting
2007
Pediatric Emergency Care
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 23
Pages 412-8
Author(s): Barata, I.A., Benjamin, L.S., Mace, S.E., Herman, M.I., Goldman, R.D.
Added October 2012
Family presence during CPR: A study of the experiences and opinions of Turkish critical care nurses
2007
International Journal of Nursing Studies
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 44
Pages 83-92
Author(s): Badir, A., Sepit, D.
Added October 2012
