EVERYONE BENEFITS FROM

Nursing Focused Design

Farrow Partnership Architects Inc. www.farrowpartnership.com

Howʼs your health lately?

Feeling fine?

Howʼs your health lately?

Feeling fine?

Thatʼs good, because if you get sick...

Howʼs your health lately?

THERE ARE

NOT ENOUGH

NURSES

WHY not enough nurses?

INCREASINGLY COMPLEX DEMANDS

COPING with EXTREME STRESS

VERBAL ABUSE

PHYSICAL ABUSE

INJURIES

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

STEREOTYPES of the PROFESSION

What can be done?

INCREASINGLY COMPLEX DEMANDS

COPING with EXTREME STRESS

VERBAL ABUSE

PHYSICAL ABUSE

INJURIES

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

STEREOTYPES of the PROFESSION

What are the INGREDIENTS of a stressful environment?

cold, corporate and generic

deprived of positive distractions

remote from nature

dull and depressing

no place to relax

What is the IMPACT of a stressful environment?

raises blood pressure

saps energy

lowers commitment

increases potential for mistakes

encourages early retirement

How can DESIGN reduce STRESS?

physically?

emotionally?

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PHYSICAL STRESS

built-in patient lift devices

ergonomic workstations

minimize walking distances

non-toxic materials

protect personal safety

DESIGN CAN REDUCE

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EMOTIONAL STRESS

views to nature

natural materials and themes

spaces for social interaction

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DESIGN CAN REDUCE

Design can affect nurses’

well-being, morale and

capacity to their

best work.

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Nurses make all the

difference.

We depend on them when

we’re in a vulnerable

state.

“When Ms Nightingale began nursing in 1851, hospitals were

squalid places with horrid working conditions…

“…in relative terms, today’s health care institutions

are not much better, and the work environment of nurses

continues to be disgracefully bad”

Andre Picard The Globe and Mail

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Nurses deserve a working

environment that is

energizing, life-affirming,

and professional.

Farrow Partnership Architects Inc. www.farrowpartnership.com

We cannot address every issue that weighs on the nursing profession, but we can create places of comfort and inspiration.