Following are some links to articles with important information about a nurse's work environment:
For State Nursing Workforce Reports from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing follow this link:
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/
NsgWrkFrcReps.htm
Evidence-based design incorporates the use of evaluated design principles to build an environment that reduces stress and improves safety for patients, families, and providers, and thus accelerates healing. For the complete article from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website follow this link:
http://www.rwjf.org/portfolios/features/
featuredetail.jsp?featureID=
2273&type=3&iaid=137
ÒWhatever can keep the nurse closer to the bedside - increasing visibility, decreasing walking distances - is a best practice." For the complete article from the nurse.com website follow this link: