Vilken säng skall jag nu välja? Patienters och personals uppfattning om "förtätade" vårdrum
Engelsk titel: Which bed am I to choose? Patients` and health care personnel`s opinions of "cramped" nursing rooms
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Författare:
Laitinen K
;
Gardulf A
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 2
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 00016454
Sammanfattning
In five wards at Huddinge University
Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden,
rooms originally built for the
care of two patients have been
rebuilt to contain three
patients instead. This was done
mainly as a result of an increasing
demand for beds at the
hospital. The mean area per room
was increased by 3,7 m2
, but the
area per patient in these new,
3-bed settings decreased by
2,3 m2
. The aim of the present
study was to investigate the opinions
of the patients and the healthcare
personnel regarding these
3-bed settings. The data were
collected by using group or telephone
interviews. Nine patients
from three of the wards (5 women,
4 men, aged 50-86 years) were
included in the study. Head nurses,
nurses, assistant nurses, cleaners,
doctors, physiotherapists and the
occupational therapist from the
five wards were interviewed. The
hygiene nurse and one person
from the hospital security department
were also interviewed. The
results showed that the 3-bed settings
were regarded as narrow and
limited, both to be and to work in.
The access to toilets and bathrooms
and the visiting space became
restricted. The interviewed personnel
worried about the integrity of
the patients and the security
aspects of the 3-bed settings. Especially
for the staff in the wards, i.e.
the nurses and assistant nurses,
problems arose in many daily situations,
above all, in connection
with the transport of the patients
and in the intimate bedside care.
The new 3-bed setting had consequences
for both the patients’care
and the healthcare personnel’s
working environment that are
worth listening to when hospital
premises are being planned.