Developing, validating and testing a ward environment assessment tool
| Autor: | Isaiah Oluremi Durosaiye, Karim Hadjri, Champika Lasanthi Liyanage, Evangelia G. Chrysikou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Medical education
K900 030504 nursing Leadership and Management business.industry Attitude of Health Personnel 030503 health policy & services Job description Post-occupancy evaluation Risk Assessment Occupational safety and health Test (assessment) 03 medical and health sciences K290 Health care Humans Environment Design 0305 other medical science business Human resources Nursing management Psychology Construct (philosophy) Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of nursing managementREFERENCES. 28(3) |
| ISSN: | 1365-2834 0966-0429 |
| Popis: | Aims\ud To develop, validate and test a ward environment assessment tool (WEAT) for post-occupancy evaluation\ud of hospital wards from the perspectives of ward nurses, using Person-Environment fit theory.\ud \ud Background\ud It is argued that as the needs and expectations of various user groups of healthcare facilities would vary,\ud so would the tools to measure the suitability of the architectural design features of these healing\ud environments for different groups of users. However, a review of relevant literature revealed that there is\ud a dearth of assessment tools to appraise the adequacy of healthcare facilities for nursing staff.\ud \ud Methods\ud Extant literature was reviewed to construct WEAT. Twenty ward nurses were interviewed to obtain user\ud perspectives on the ward environment. Post-occupancy evaluation of three hospital wards was undertaken\ud to validate and test WEAT.\ud \ud Results\ud WEAT: A new post-occupancy evaluation tool was created.\ud \ud Conclusions\ud WEAT measures the impacts of ward environment on nurses in four personal constructs; namely physical,\ud cognitive, sensory and universal.\ud \ud Implications for Nursing Management\ud WEAT is an innovative management decision-making tool for ward managers, who may use its results to\ud argue for workspace redesign with facilities managers, explore job readjustments with occupational health\ud nurses, and review job description with human resource managers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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