Date post: | 21-Oct-2014 |
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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.