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- Title
Nurses' perceptions of the transition to 100% single-occupancy patient rooms in a university hospital in the Netherlands: an uncontrolled before and after study.
- Authors
Pruijsten, Ralph; Ista, Erwin; Maben, Jill; van Heel, Liesbeth; van Dijk, Monique
- Abstract
Background: To improve patients' privacy, comfort and infection control, newly built hospitals increasingly offer 100% single-occupancy patient rooms. Our study examines how nurses perceived the transition from a hospital with multi-bedded patient rooms to one with solely single-occupancy patient rooms designed according to principles of a healing environment. Methods: In a single-centre, before-after survey study, nurses completed a questionnaire of 21 items in three domains: perceived patient safety and monitoring, nurses' working conditions and patient environment. Before-measurements (n = 217) were compared with two after-measurements in the new hospital, respectively after one (n = 483) and two years (n = 191). Results: Nurses considered the single rooms in the new hospital worse for visibility and monitoring but this had improved somewhat after two years. In either setting, the majority perceived working conditions (walking distances and designated rest area) as unfavourable. The patient environment in the new hospital was generally perceived as much better than in the former hospital. Conclusion: The transition to solely single-occupancy patient rooms was largely considered positive by nurses in terms of patient environment. However, monitoring of patients and working conditions remain a concern. When designing new hospitals, attention should be paid to optimal working conditions for nurses. To improve monitoring of patients, we recommend the use of remote-sensoring.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; HOSPITALS; NURSES' attitudes; HOSPITAL patients; HOSPITAL building design &; construction; HOSPITAL utilization; TRANSITIONAL care; TIME; WORK; INFECTION control; PSYCHOLOGY of nurses; ROOMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; JOB satisfaction; EXPERIENTIAL learning; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DATA analysis software; PATIENT safety
- Publication
BMC Nursing, 2024, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1472-6955
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12912-024-01758-7