6. WHY not enough nurses?
INCREASINGLY COMPLEX DEMANDS
COPING with EXTREME STRESS
VERBAL ABUSE
PHYSICAL ABUSE
INJURIES
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
STEREOTYPES of the PROFESSION
7. What can be done?
INCREASINGLY COMPLEX DEMANDS
COPING with EXTREME STRESS
VERBAL ABUSE
PHYSICAL ABUSE
INJURIES
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
STEREOTYPES of the PROFESSION
8. cold, corporate and generic
deprived of positive distractions
remote from nature
dull and depressing
no place to relax
What are the INGREDIENTS of a
stressful environment?
9. raises blood pressure
saps energy
lowers commitment
increases potential for mistakes
encourages early retirement
What is the IMPACT of a
stressful environment?
15. “When Ms Nightingale began
nursing in 1851, hospitals were
squalid places with horrid
working conditions…
16. “…in relative terms,
today’s health care institutions
are not much better, and the
work environment of nurses
continues to be
disgracefully bad”
Andre Picard
The Globe and Mail
18. We cannot address every issue that weighs on the nursing
profession, but we can create places of comfort and inspiration.
Farrow Partnership Architects Inc.
www.farrowpartnership.com