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A Novel Approach to Addressing an Unintended Consequence of Direct to Room: The Delay of Initial Vital Signs

Author(s): Basile, J., Youssef, E., Cambria, B., Chacko, J., Treval, K., Hahn, B., Ardolic, B.
Added November 2018

The Architecture Of Safety: An Emerging Priority For Improving Patient Safety

Author(s): Joseph, A., Henriksen, K., Malone, E.
Added November 2018

Impact of Nurses Taking Daily Work Breaks in a Hospital Garden on Burnout

Author(s): Cordoza, M., Ulrich, R. S., Manulik, B. J., Gardiner, S. K., Fitzpatrick, P. S., Hazen, T. M., Mirka, A., Perkins, R. S.
Added November 2018

Modern forensic psychiatric hospital design: Clinical, legal and structural aspects

Author(s): Seppänen, A., Törmänen, I., Shaw, C., Kennedy, H.
Added October 2018

Sensory Reduction on the General Milieu of a High-Acuity Inpatient Psychiatric Unit to Prevent Use of Physical Restraints: A Successful Open Quality Improvement Trial

Author(s): Yakov, S., Birur, B., Bearden, M. F., Aguilar, B., Ghelani, K. J., Fargason, R. E.
Added October 2018

How Patients and Nurses Experience an Open Versus an Enclosed Nursing Station on an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

Author(s): Shattell, M., Bartlett, R., Beres, K., Southard, K., Bell, C., Judge, C. A., Duke, P.
Added September 2018

The Physical and Psychosocial Environment’s Influence on Patients’ and Staff’s Perceptions of Person-Centered Care in Forensic Psychiatry

Author(s): Alexiou, E., Degl'Innocenti, A., Kullgren, A., Falk, H., Wijk, H.
Added September 2018

Sustainability of a person-centered ward atmosphere and possibility to provide person-centered forensic psychiatric care after facility relocation

Author(s): Alexiou, E., Wijk, H., Ahlquist, G., Kullgren, A., Degl’ Innocenti, A.
Added September 2018

Ecopsychosocial parameters and mental health: The complexities of the psychiatric ward

Author(s): Chrysikou, E.
Added September 2018

Therapeutic uses of security: Mapping forensic mental health services by stratifying risk

Author(s): Kennedy, H. G.
Added September 2018

Sustained Effectiveness of the Mental Health Environment of Care Checklist to Decrease Inpatient Suicide

Author(s): Watts, B. V., Shiner, B., Young-Xu, Y., Mills, P. D.
Added September 2018

Safewards: A new model of conflict and containment on psychiatric wards

Author(s): Bowers, L.
Added September 2018

Safewards: The empirical basis of the model and a critical appraisal

Author(s): Bowers, L., Alexander, J., Bilgin, H., Botha, M., Dack, C., James, K., Jarrett, M., Jeffery, D., Nijman, H., Owiti, J. A., Papadopoulos, C., Ross, J., Wright, S., Stewart, D.
Added September 2018

Well-Being and Safety among Inpatient Psychiatric Staff: The Impact of Conflict, Assault, and Stress Reactivity

Author(s): Kelly, E. L., Fenwick, K., Brekke, J. S., Novaco, R. W.
Added August 2018

Objective and subjective evaluation of psychiatric ward redesign

Author(s): Whitehead, C. C., Polsky, R. H., Crookshank, C., Fik, E.
At the time of this study, relatively little research had been done to explore the potential benefits of incorporating architectural designs geared specifically towards improved patient well-being in psychiatric treatment environments. A “psychoenvironmental” model incorporating therapeutic architectural designs into psychiatric healthcare environments was developed before the publication of this study; however, this particular model had not yet been examined empirically.
Key Point Summary
Added August 2018

Suicide-specific Safety in the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

Author(s): de Santis, M. L., Myrick, H., Lamis, D. A., Pelic, C. P., Rhue, C., York, J.
Added August 2018

Aligning Facility Changes to Modernize and Improve Emergency Department Care

Author(s): Adkins, E., Foran, M., Gill, M., Delatore, L., Moseley, M., Terndrup, T. E., Walsh, J.
Added August 2018

Does the redesign of a psychiatric inpatient unit change the treatment process and outcomes?

Author(s): Urbanoski, K. A., Mulsant, B. H., Novotna, G., Ehtesham, S., Rush, B. R.
The overall “atmosphere” of a psychiatric treatment facility could be defined through the availability of patient autonomy and support from peers, the presence of aggressive behavior within the ward, and the general sense of ward organization and rule enforcement.
Key Point Summary
Added August 2018

The Importance of Specific Workplace Environment Characteristics for Maximum Health and Performance: Healthcare Workers’ Perspective

Author(s): Zadeh, R. S., Shepley, M. M., Owora, A. H., Dannenbaum, M. C., Waggener, L. T., Chung, S. S. E.
Added August 2018

Psychiatric ward design can reduce aggressive behavior

Author(s): Ulrich, R. S., Bogren, L., Gardiner, S. K., Lundin, S.
Added July 2018