An empirical examination of patient room handedness in acute medical-surgical settings

Health Environments Research and Design Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-33

  Pati, Debajyoti ^a   Cason, Carolyn ^c   Harvey, Thomas E ^a   Evans, Jennie ^b  

^a HKS Architects   (United States)

^b Clinical Solutions and Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based design; Medical surgical unit; Same handed room; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860251488     PISSN: 19375867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193758671000400103     Document Type: Article

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