Designing health care environments: Part I. basic concepts, principles, and issues related to evidence-based design

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 280-288

  Cesario, Sandra K ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FURNITURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ECOLOGY; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; INTERNET; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS' ROOMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349762097     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20090522-09     Document Type: Article

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