When reading the title you are probably wondering, how does
that happen? Well let me explain it to you.
Most people probably think that wherever you are, the bigger
(the room) the better. Well when in a recovery, it is proven to be the
opposite. When the room is smaller,
things are more approachable and easily.
There’s a window so that nurse can keep an eye on the
patient and the patient can see other people walking other than just nurses,
but with a curtain for private situations.
Higher corridor-to-patient visibility may have contributed to
higher patient satisfaction because it’s likely to support nurses in responding
to patients’ needs, while increased legibility in wayfinding makes it quicker
and easier to travel to patient rooms.
The color of the rooms change the mood of the patients, so
when being an interior designer you learn what each color mean and the common
reactions they give to people. In a hospital, it isn’t too common to see the
color blue, because that one is normally linked with sadness. When putting
colorful artworks inside and outside, it brings life to the place, and that’s
what hospitals are adopting now.
Some of these changes make patients improve, reducing the
amount of medicine and the how long they are there for.
For more information: http://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/article/increasing-patient-satisfaction-decreasing-patient-room-size?page=3
I've always wondered why hospitals look the way they do. It doesn't sound surprising to me that putting in vibrant colors that bring out positive emotions are helping the patients. I don;t understand how it's taken so long to finally get this going. I'm sure anyone who's spent time in a hospital bed could tell you that grey and blue aren't making them feel any better.
ReplyDeleteAs an aspiring doctor, I found this post very interesting about how design can aid in patient recovery. I enjoyed how you explained who the layouts are they way they are. I'm just wondering how do colors reduce the amount of medicine the patient needs. also what colors are the best to use.
ReplyDeleteThis was really interesting to know, I wonder why doctors let nurses wear blue uniforms they should change that as well.
ReplyDeleteAs your article is talking about the effect of Interior Design to patients. I remember many years ago, I read an article about an American experiment, and it is about how the walls' color of a room will affect people' s mood. Like yellow, red, green, blue, black and mixed color. It might have some similarities and connection with your case. Also, both remind me the Russian famous psychologist Pavlov 's Conditioned Salivary Responses experiment.
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ReplyDeleteThis was a very interesting article to read. If blue symbolizes sadness I think that nurses should not be able to wear that color or others that are associated with negative feelings.
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