March 4, 2013 Blossom Yen-Ju Lin, PhD; Yung-Kai Lin, MD, EMBA; Chi Wen Juan, MD; Suhsing Lee, PhD; and Cheng-Chieh Lin, MD, PhD
December 5, 2012 by Lu Yi, PhD and Hyun-Bo Seo, PhD, MArch
December 5, 2012 by Rana Sagha Zadeh, MArch, PhD; Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, MArch, MA, DArch; and Laurie Tranchina Waggener, BSRC, RRT, BID, IIDA, AAHID
December 5, 2012 by Jaynelle Stichler, DNSc, RN, EDAC, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN
Jaynelle Stichler, DNS, RN, NEA-BC, EDAC, FACHE, FAAN
May 15, 2012 Shari J. Welch, MD
Aim of This Paper
The universe of emergency department (ED) operations has seen an uptick in innovations in the past two decades (Beach, Haley, Adams, & Zwemer, 2003; Bertoty, Kuszajewski, & Marsh, 2007; Chan, Killeen, Kelly, & Guss, 2005; Choi, Wong, & Lau, 2006; Gorelick, Yen,...
October 31, 2011 Nancy Dendaas, RN, PhD
Background
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June 23, 2011 Debajyoti Pati, PhD, MASA, FIIA, LEED®AP
Background
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September 30, 2010 Stefnee J. Trzpuc, MS, CID, LEED AP and Caren S. Martin, PhD, CID, FASID
Introduction
Nurses are primary contacts for all those involved in a patient's care, creating a complex system of communication responsibilities (Leppa, 1996). The work environment of nurses is complicated, stressful, detail-oriented, and it significantly influences patient outcomes....
August 31, 2010 Terri Zborowsky, PhD, Lou Bunker-Hellmich, PhD, Agneta Morelli, MSc, and Mike O'Neill, PhD
Acknowledgment: This article was based on research funded by Ellerbe Becket and Knoll, Inc.
January 1, 2010 Yi Lu, PhD, Candidate
Acknowledgments: Special thanks to Dr. John Peponis, Dr. Craig Zimring, and Dr. Sonit Bafna for their constructive criticism, as well as for Dr. Bafna's generous editing of this paper.
February 1, 2009 Ann Hendrich, RN, MSN, FAAN, Marilyn P. Chow, DNSc, RN, FAAN, Sonit Bafna, PhD, Ruchi Choudhary, PhD, Yeonsook Heo, and Boguslaw A. Skierczynski, PhD
Funding Acknowledgment: Research for this article was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, Ascension Health, and Kaiser Permanente.
Acknowledgments: We are indebted to Wendy S. Goshert, National Time and Motion Study Coordinator, Health Evolutions,...
July 31, 2008 Terry Ritchey, RN, BSN, MBA and Debajyoti Pati, PHD, MASA, AIA
Background
Although nursing units account for less than half of the total area of most hospital buildings, their size and shape heavily influence the overall design of the entire structure and ultimately affect quality, financial, provider, and patient outcomes (Page, 2004). This paper will give...
