Adapting and Creating Healing Environments: Lessons Nurses Have Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic

doi:10.1016/j.mnl.2021.10.013

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Volume 20, Issue 2, April 2022, Pages 201-207

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The purpose of this article is to discuss how nurse leaders influenced facility design decisions, quickly evaluated the outcomes, and rapidly adapted the environment based on their own observations, assessments, changing regulatory requirements, and the needs of patients, nurses, and the caring workforce. Nurses must validate their clinical voice in the future design of healthcare environments based on the adaptations discovered and instituted during COVID-19. Many lessons were learned and physical adaptations made during the pandemic. While the pandemic spotlighted the emotional and physical stress and strain on nurses, it is important to consider all adaptations made in the physical environment to improve care delivery.

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Debbie D. Gregory, DNP, RN, is senior clinical consultant at Smith, Seckman, Reid, Inc., in Nashville, Tennessee. She can be reached at [email protected]. Jaynelle F. Stichler, DNS, RN, NEA-BCr, EDAC, FACHE, FAAN, is founding co-editor emerita of HERD Journal, research consultant at Caster Institute for Nursing Excellence, Sharp HealthCare, in [San Diego, CA], and professor emerita at the School of Nursing, San Diego State University, San Diego, California. Terri Zborowsky, PhD, RN, EDAC, CPXP, is design researcher at HGA in [Minneapolis, MN].

: Note: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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