Nursing Focused Design 2

EVERYONE BENEFITS FROM Nursing Focused Design Farrow Partnership Architects Inc. www.farrowpartnership.com

Howʼs your health lately?

Howʼs your health lately? Feeling ﬁne?

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THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH NURSES

WHY not enough nurses? INCREASINGLY COMPLEX DEMANDS COPING with EXTREME STRESS VERBAL ABUSE PHYSICAL ABUSE INJURIES PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT STEREOTYPES of the PROFESSION

What can be done? INCREASINGLY COMPLEX DEMANDS COPING with EXTREME STRESS VERBAL ABUSE PHYSICAL ABUSE INJURIES PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT STEREOTYPES of the PROFESSION

cold, corporate and generic deprived of positive distractions remote from nature dull and depressing no place to relax What are the INGREDIENTS of a stressful environment?

raises blood pressure saps energy lowers commitment increases potential for mistakes encourages early retirement What is the IMPACT of a stressful environment?

minimize walking distances protect personal safety Kensington Eye Clinic photo: Tom Arban © Farrow Partnership Architects / Bishop Strahan School/ /photo: Shai Gil DESIGN CAN REDUCE PHYSICAL STRESS ergonomic workstations built-in patient lift devices non-toxic materials

© Salter Farrow Pilon Architects Inc., of which Farrow Partnership Architects is a successor firm / Thunder Bay Regional views to nature natural materials and themes spaces for social interaction DESIGN CAN REDUCE EMOTIONAL STRESS Health Sciences Centre/ photo: Peter Sellar dedicated off-stage spaces places for art and music uplifting and inspiring aesthetic

Nurses make all the difference. © Farrow Partnership Architects / Wellesley Central Place/ photo: Tom Arban We depend on them when we’re in a vulnerable state.

“When Ms Nightingale began nursing in 1851, hospitals were squalid places with horrid working conditions…

“…in relative terms, today’s health care institutions are not much better, and the work environment of nurses continues to be disgracefully bad” Andre Picard The Globe and Mail

Nurses deserve a working environment © Farrow Partnership Architects / Credit Valley Hospital / photo: Shai Gil that is energizing, life-affirming, and professional.

We cannot address every issue that weighs on the nursing profession, but we can create places of comfort and inspiration. Farrow Partnership Architects Inc. www.farrowpartnership.com

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Nursing Focused Design 2

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