Transcript ICU Observation

ICU Observation
Group 4
Amyruth Stevens
Chauncey Myshkin
Leang Chhun
Ross Westlake
Way Finding
Subtle way finding
aids are often
overlooked by
visitors.
Older areas of the
hospital have incongruent way
finding systems.
Privacy
Balancing need
for sight-lines
and patients
wants
Lighting
Patients often lack
access to control
lighting conditions.
NICU
Warm and dark
Isolation/Privacy
difficult
Nurses
open to new technology
more then processes
wants to deal with
patients not machines
wants to check vitals and
have it record itself
Unused Storage Space
Piedmont does not allow
any supplies to enter a
patient room without
being charged/used for
that stay making all in
room storage obsolete
Northside has unused
drawer space taking up
room in ICU rooms.
Layout
Needed materials
and supplies can end
up blocked due to
poor layouts, such as
the nurses cart
needing to be placed
behind the door.
Greeting or Nurses Desk
The lack of a
nurses desk or
greeter upon
entry can create
confusion.
Shift-change
Patients feel
disturbed by the
noise from shiftchanges as well
as nurses
conversing
Charting
Nurses are
preferred to chart
in real time but
some still wait till
the end of their
shift
Doors
Doors need to be
large to
accommodate
movement but
require a large
footprint
Solution
Redesign door to fold
in on itself
Alarms
Despite all alarms being
actionable often less
noticed
Inerferance
(extra nioses: phones,
TVs, loudspeakers)
Difficulty identifying
Importance
Hard to hear over the
general humm
Solution
Develop lighting add on for alarms,
for situations in which the hospital
cannot fully integrate into building
Trashcans
Trashcans create
obstacles and are
often left
unaccounted in the
room layout/design
blocking need areas.
Solution
Integrate the nurse trash receptacles
and haz-mat
waste receptacle for needles into a
easily accessed, cleanable, and
serviceable unit which can be integrated
into the design of the room and better
serve nurses.