The Employment of Natural Art as a Means for Enhancing the Patient Experience - A Process Improvement Project
Journal Title: Journal of Nursing Today - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
This article gives an account of the staff, working at a cardiac stress lab, in a process improvement initiative, employing natural art in the form of light paneling for enhancing the patient experience by decreasing the anxiety that patients experience when undergoing cardiac stress testing as well as other cardiac procedures. The article gives a brief history of the use of aesthetics in health care as well as research done to substantiate the results of aesthetics that has been employed to improve not only the patient experience, but also the health of the patient as well. The article also details the process used in choosing the right art scenes employed as well as the responses from the patients and the staff as well.
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James R. Wittenauer
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