None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study is a prospective, observational study to be conducted in the (CRGH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU), over a 2 month period. The aim is to determine the minimum patient room size and optimum room configuration required to provide patient care in the Intensive Care Unit. Nursing staff from which written informed consent has been obtained will have their movements recorded during an 8 hour shift, noting their position in the room or bedspace, along with distances walked and time spent in each location, relative to the configuration of the room. Direct nursing care will not be scrutinized; only the nurse’s location in the bed area will be examined. Measurements for different room and bedspace configurations will then be compared to determine the most efficient room layout in terms of flow and distances walked. Room configurations will then be changed to determine if flow and distances walked, and staff satisfaction changes. A questionnaire will be administered asking consenting staff on their satisfaction ratings for the various room configurations.
Interventions
Alteration of configuration and location of furniture and equipment in an ICU room for the duration of the nursing shift observed
Sponsors
Intensive Care Unit
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
All nursing staff from Concord Repatriation General Hospital Intensive Care Unit
Exclusion criteria
Nil
Outcome results
None listed