Work & Stress · 1992 · 21 citations · 6 references
Health ProfessionsMedical-surgical NursingNursing AdministrationHealthcare AdministrationHealthcare Organizational BehaviorHospital AdministrationHealth Care OperationsHealth Workforce OrganizationHospital Operations ManagementHospital Organizational StructureHospital SystemsPractice OrganizationHealthcare Workspace DesignHospital Bed DesignHospital OperationsHospital Organizational DesignHospital Workflow DesignNursing OrganizationNursing UnitPhysical Work Environment
Abstract The effectiveness of health care delivery in hospitals is determined, in part, by the design of the physical environment and by the spatial organization of work. This paper presents an analysis of the spatial and temporal organization of the work of nurses in the medical and surgical units of French hospitals. In both cases the units were designed around a ‘U’ shaped configuration. The data from these analyses focused on the number of trips undertaken by nurses in completing the various aspects of their work. The results, it is argued, are useful towards the redesign of the units.
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New technology and human error
Barry Kirwan · Applied Ergonomics · 1988 · 646 citations
Terry A. Cox · Applied Ergonomics · 1980 · 286 citations
Jan Gulliksen · 2007 · 26 citations
Architecture, Systems Engineering, Human-computer Interaction +6