Influence of Evidence-Based Design Strategies on Nurse Wellness.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to understand how specific evidence-based design strategies are related to aspects of nurse wellness.

Background: Addressing burnout among the healthcare workforce is a system-level imperative. Nurses face continuous and dynamic physical and emotional demands in their role.

From Competition to Collaboration: How a Multi-Firm Research Coalition Is Realizing Rigorous Facility Evaluation at Parkland Hospital.

This case study presents the process of developing a multi-entity Research Coalition to evaluate the new Parkland Hospital. The field of evidence-based design has made progress in systematically investigating relationships between healthcare facility design and a range of human outcomes. Yet healthcare facility evaluation is not typically included in the scope of building contracts.

Buildings, Barriers, and Breakthroughs: Bridging Gaps in the Health Care Enterprise.

Health care architecture and design are critical resources that are often underestimated and overlooked. As we seek to extract every available resource at our disposal to serve patients and sustain the bottom line, it is vital that we consider the influence the building imposes on the patient and caregiver experiences. Buildings impact both caregiver behaviors and the economic enterprise and are, therefore, the business of health care executives.

If I were a band-aid, where would I be? Researching the use and location of supplies on two patient units.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the use and storage of supplies in the neonatal intensive care and women's health units of Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas.

Background: Construction of a new Parkland Hospital is underway, with completion of the 862-bed, 2.5-million square feet hospital in 2014.

Lessons learned: clinicians' post-occupancy perspective of facility design involvement.

Objective: The research was conducted to determine clinician knowledge needs for competent involvement with the facility design process as well as to gather lessons learned on building stronger design teams.

Background: As clinical stakeholders are invited to the healthcare facility design table, the question arises as to the ability of professionally diverse team members to translate each other's comments and ideas accurately. In the past, hospitals were designed by a handful of hospital leaders and architects.