A new book by the Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design and Herman Miller Healthcare offers nurses' perspectives on healthcare design, according to Health Facilities Management.
"Nurses as Leaders in Healthcare Design: A Resource for Nurses and Interprofessional Partners" is dedicated to helping leaders tap into one of the most unrealized resources in the planning and design of clinical environments: the nurses.
It focuses on clinicians' roles in designing healthcare environments to optimize outcomes.
Topics addressed in the book include:
• Why design matters: Maslow's hierarchy for healthcare design
• Nurse-led innovation in healthcare design
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