[...] to be on.  Maria Lorena Lehman of SENSING ARCHITECTURE echoes this sentiment in her online piece, “Using Design to Make the ‘Waiting Room’ a Good Thing”. This issue is easier to deal with in a pediatrics waiting room, since the patients are a select [...]

Yes! I think the design of a hospital can be so much better… to help patients and their visitors. Needless to say, it can also go a long way toward helping the medical team do their job with less unnecessary stress. There are so many things that can be done from a design standpoint for hospitals that, for one reason or another, never get resolved. And sadly, the patients suffer — along with the medical team that has so many demands upon them. I think if hospital designers really took a hard look at hospitals from a “sensory design” perspective, they might suddenly see the “pain” that so often is made worse (instead of better) due to the building/environmental design.

Thanks for your comments…it’s good to read what you as an ER nurse “see”, as it can help designers to get a better inside view of what really is important to get right within a hospital.