SNHP | Senior Nursing Poster Session (Virtual)
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
Major
Nursing
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Neely Chandler
Presentation Format
Event
Abstract/Description
This evidence-based project has a focus on determining non-medical interventions we can perform to improve the overall patient experience. More specifically, we capitalized on how the patient’s physical environment (and environmental factors) directly impact patient healing. Throughout this paper, we highlight small differences to drastically promote healing, increase positive patient outcomes, decrease the length of stay, and increase patient satisfaction. Some positive changes to make include exposing the patient to natural light, playing music, avoiding crowded rooms, adding natural scenery to the room, minimizing noise, putting medical equipment out of the patient’s sight, and adding artificial plants to the rooms. Throughout our research, we discovered that when manipulating many of these factors, hemodynamic values like systolic and diastolic blood pressure were dependent on the patient's environment. Other values like pain, use of narcotics, length of stay, stress, and trust in healthcare providers were positively impacted when our recommended environmental factors were changed. In educating staff and providing evidence of how the environment directly impacts patient healing, the goal is to make our suggestions universal across many facilities and units.
The Influence of a Patient's Environment on Healing
This evidence-based project has a focus on determining non-medical interventions we can perform to improve the overall patient experience. More specifically, we capitalized on how the patient’s physical environment (and environmental factors) directly impact patient healing. Throughout this paper, we highlight small differences to drastically promote healing, increase positive patient outcomes, decrease the length of stay, and increase patient satisfaction. Some positive changes to make include exposing the patient to natural light, playing music, avoiding crowded rooms, adding natural scenery to the room, minimizing noise, putting medical equipment out of the patient’s sight, and adding artificial plants to the rooms. Throughout our research, we discovered that when manipulating many of these factors, hemodynamic values like systolic and diastolic blood pressure were dependent on the patient's environment. Other values like pain, use of narcotics, length of stay, stress, and trust in healthcare providers were positively impacted when our recommended environmental factors were changed. In educating staff and providing evidence of how the environment directly impacts patient healing, the goal is to make our suggestions universal across many facilities and units.