Staff perceptions of work quality of a neonatal intensive care unit before and after transition from an open bay to a private room design

Work

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-227

  Smith, Thomas J ^a   Schoenbeck, Kathleen ^b   Clayton, Sandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Clayton Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care environments; Macroergonomics; Occupancy quality; Perceptual response survey; Task analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INTENSIVE CARE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EFFICIENCY; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749086003     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2009-0868     Document Type: Article

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