Healthy buildings: Impact on nurses and nursing practice

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Guenther, Robin ^a,b,c   Hall, Anna Gilmore ^d,e  

^a American Institute of Architects   (United States)

^b Guenther 5 Architects   (United States)

^c Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Healthcare Committee   (United States)

^d Health Care Without Harm ^*

^e Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E)

Author keywords

'Green' building; Hospital design; Nursing recruitment; Nursing retention; Performance; Sustainable design; Sustainable hospitals

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548454027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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