Restorative Design Features for Hospital Staff Break Areas: A Multi-Method Study

Health Environments Research and Design Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 16-35

  Nejati, Adeleh ^a   Shepley, Mardelle ^b   Rodiek, Susan ^a   Lee, Chanam ^a   Varni, James ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

break spaces; built environment; fatigue; health; nurse; policy; quality of care; rest break

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; COWORKER; EMPIRICISM; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NARRATIVE; PRIVACY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SATISFACTION; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; NATURAL SCIENCE; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; SUNLIGHT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; NATURE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIVACY; SUNLIGHT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84951793847     PISSN: 19375867     EISSN: 21675112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1937586715592632     Document Type: Article

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