CRTKL has unveiled Microgrants Research Journal Volume II. The journal showcases a variety of studies that are part of the company’s Research MicroGrant Program.
One study highlighted in the journal is “Advancing Nurse Wellbeing.” Research for this study took a human-centric approach Read More …
A nurse once told me she spent 30 minutes in her car listening to music preparing herself to face the coming shift. Essential team members within the healthcare system, nurses are leaving the profession in droves, and today I wonder if that nurse is one of them. The biggest culprit of this turnover? Burnout. Symptoms include physical, mental and emotional exhaustion, job dissatisfaction, depression and for some, PTSD. Increased stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the issue. Read More …
A staff respite area in a healthcare setting is an essential place for staff — the hospital’s caregivers — to reset, rejuvenate and restore. This space provides a resting area where they can relieve from stress and take care of themselves after taking care of others. The area can also be a social hub for healthcare workers to connect, communicate and collaborate with each other. Read More …
While the need for healthcare staff respite was not a new idea before COVID-19, no one knew the extent of how necessary it would become. The uncertainties experienced throughout the pandemic emphasized the need for hospital design features that not only help prevent burnout, but actually nurture and nourish staff when they need it most. Read More …
Even as many of us ask whether, and when, to return to the workplace and address concerns from air quality to proximity to one another, healthcare professionals never stopped going to “the office.” And the coronavirus crisis has revealed the hospital setting as a critical workplace that deserves the same—and perhaps greater—attention to productivity, protection, comfort, efficiency and satisfaction. Read More …
In the past 10 years, the decentralized nurse station has gained popularity in new hospital design and construction for several hypothesized benefits: 1) to account for larger nursing unit size with the shift to all-private patient rooms, and reduce walking distance; 2) to place nurses close to the patient bedside, afford more direct patient care time and provide better patient care and Read More …
The recently published “Design Characteristics of Healthcare Environments: the Nurses’ Perspective” (World Health Design, January 2014) by Rana Sagha Zadeh, Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, Laurie Waggener and Laura Kennedy, sought to identify the most important characteristics of a work environment Read More …
Societal shifts, technology developments and the political landscape have greatly changed the way we live and the way we work within the past five years alone, and it’s often difficult to keep up with this ever-evolving nature — especially in the healthcare industry. Read More …
