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The Role of the Physical Environment in the Hospital of the 21st Century: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity (Abstracts Table Supplement)

Author(s): Ulrich, R. S., Zimring, C., Quan, X., Joseph, A., Choudhary, R.
Added December 2022

Deliberate Perioperative Systems Design Improves Operating Room Throughput

Author(s): Sandberg, W. S., Daily, B., Egan, M., Stahl, J. E., Goldman, J. M., Wiklund, R. A., Rattner, D.
Operating rooms (ORs) are complex and sensitive environments that are typically expensive to operate and maintain. Minimally invasive surgical procedures are becoming increasingly more prevalent in many OR environments, while the costs of operating and maintaining OR environments are simultaneously increasing.
Key Point Summary
Added November 2018

Characteristics Associated with Low Food and Fluid Intake in Long-Term Care Residents with Dementia

Author(s): Reed, P.S., Zimmerman, S., Sloane, P.D, Williams, C. S., Boustani, M.
Research conducted on residents of different nursing homes shows that the older people who had been suffering with impaired mobility and cognition face serious malnutrition resulting from insufficient food intake and dehydration problems due to less consumption of fluid intake. The resident characteristics that contribute to food and fluid intake include cognitive status, ability to drink independently, and physical limitations such as difficulty swallowing.
Key Point Summary
Added January 2016

Intra-unit patient transports: time, motion, and cost impact on hospital efficiency

Author(s): Hendrich, A. L., Lee, N.
Transferring patients can be stressful and confusing for patients and their families. In addition, risks to the patient increase during transfers. Thus, many healthcare facilities are trying to reduce patient transfers by providing more flexible patient rooms.
Key Point Summary
Added May 2014

Design & construction. ED of the future

Author(s): Thrall, T.H.
Added October 2012

Design in Psychiatric Intensive Care Units: Problems and issues

Author(s): Pereira, S.M., Chaudhry, K., Pietromartire, S., Dale, C., Halliwell, J.
Added October 2012

Issues in clinical nursing: Consumer perspectives in adolescent ward design

Author(s): Hutton, A.
Added October 2012

Consumer perspectives in adolescent ward design

Author(s): Hutton, A.
Added October 2012

Better all round

Author(s): Henney, S.
Added October 2012

Isolation in the allogeneic transplant environment: how protective is it?

Author(s): Hayes-Lattin, B., Leis, J.F., Maziarz, R.T.
Added October 2012

Neonatal care. Challenging designs of neonatal intensive care units

Author(s): Floyd, A.
Added October 2012

Culture Clash: Transitioning from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Author(s): Evans, R., Madsen, B.
Added October 2012

The healing environment in our communities and healthcare settings: research excellence into practice

Author(s): Craft, N.
Added October 2012

Measurement of Nursing Care Time of Specific Interventions on a Hematology-Oncology Unit Related to Diagnostic Categoriess

Author(s): Colombo, A., Solberg, B., Vanderhoeft, E., Ramsay, G., Schouten, H.C.
Added October 2012

Inadequate Exposure to Patients in the Pediatric Emergency Department - In Reply

Author(s): Chen, E.H., Baren, J.M.
Added October 2012

Use of a Validated Model to Evaluate the Impact of the Work Environment on Outcomes at a Magnet Hospital

Author(s): Capuano, T., Bokovoy, J., Hitchings, K., Houser, J.
Added October 2012

Surveying patients as a start to quality improvement in the surgical suites holding area

Author(s): Bailey, J., McVey, L., Pevreal, A., Bailey, J.
Added October 2012

Good and Bad Experiences of Family Presence During Acute Care and Resuscitation. What Makes the Difference?

Author(s): Axelsson, A.B., Zettergren, M., Axelsson, C.
Added October 2012

Developmental care: changing the NICU physically and behaviorally to promote patient outcomes and contain costs

Author(s): Altimier, L.B., Eichel, M., Warner, B., Tedeschi, L., Brown, B.
Added October 2012

Making the Right Choice: Family Presence and the CNS

Author(s): Aldridge, M.D., Clark, A.P.
Added October 2012