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Patient Experience Measurement Ignores Mental Health: Suggestions For Healthcare Organizations, Mona Shattell Phd, Rn, Faan, Andrew Gallan Phd
Patient Experience Measurement Ignores Mental Health: Suggestions For Healthcare Organizations, Mona Shattell Phd, Rn, Faan, Andrew Gallan Phd
Mona Shattell
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“It’S The People That Make The Environment Good Or Bad:” The Patient’S Experience Of The Acute Care Hospital Environment, Mona Shattell, Beverly Hogan, Sandra Thomas
“It’S The People That Make The Environment Good Or Bad:” The Patient’S Experience Of The Acute Care Hospital Environment, Mona Shattell, Beverly Hogan, Sandra Thomas
Mona Shattell
A review of contemporary nursing research reveals a tendency to focus on select aspects of the hospital environment such as noise, light, and music. Although studies such as these shed light on discrete aspects of the hospital environment, this body of literature contributes little to an understanding of the entirety of that world as the patient in the sickbed experiences it. The purpose of the study detailed in this article was to describe the patient’s experience of the acute care hospital environment. Nondirective, in-depth phenomenological interviews were conducted, then transcribed verbatim, and analyzed for themes. Against the backdrop of “I …