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A Day in the Life of a Med Surg Nurse

EARN Cares

Medical-Surgical Nursing is the Foundation of Hospital Nursing Medical-Surgical Nursing is the foundation of hospital nursing. Nurses who specialize in med-surg are the cornerstone of the healthcare system. Each shift brings opportunities to develop new skills and competencies and transition from novice nurse to expert. This doesn’t happen overnight, as nurses become experts over time.

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Designing Waiting Rooms in Surgical Environments

Clemson

Waiting rooms in healthcare environments have been previously studied to understand how factors such as aesthetics, privacy, comfort and incorporation of positive distractions impact user perception of quality of care. Though care partners of patients undergoing surgery often spend long hours in the surgical waiting rooms, no studies have examined how the built environment including the layout of the waiting area and design of seating could support their waiting experience.

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CU@HOME: Developing a technology-based intervention to assess the home and community environment to prevent falls in the home and support aging in place.

Clemson

The purpose of CU@Home is to understand the feasibility of using a technology-based intervention to proactively assess the home and community environment of older adults scheduled for joint replacement surgeries. The feasibility study is conducting an in-depth literature review; a series of interviews and focus groups with key stakeholders (primary care physicians and clinical staff, discharge planners, home health nurses, patients and families) to clearly understand all aspects of the problem;

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Human Factors Considerations in the Design and Implementation of Telemedicine-Integrated Ambulance-based Environments for Stroke Care

Clemson

This collaborative project examines the process flow, workload and usability issues associated with ambulance-based telemedicine to evaluate and provide the requisite treatment to stroke patients in transit to the hospital. The goal is to understand the cognitive, physical and temporal demands placed upon caregiving teams in geographically dispersed remote locations, and to evaluate the potential for user/design errors that characterize the use of Information Technology (IT) systems in high-stre

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Systems Evaluation of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Rooms

Clemson

The simulation team at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has conducted several simulation-based evaluations of physical mock-ups as part of the design process for a new 400-bed freestanding children’s hospital. These simulations have highlighted the specific human factors and workflow challenges posed by room design, especially in critical high-risk situations.