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RN Portfolio 7: Period Style

Futurism

This is an example of futurism, a scheme designed by State Architect Sosthène Weis between 1905 and 1910, was a future metamorphosis of Luxembourg’s Hotel Des Postes. This design shows that futurism means creativity ad innovation that allows design to be high and wide, glass and steel.

Art Deco

Art Deco was an introduction to geometric form and colors and stepped structures. Therefore, these earrings provide elegant curves, shapes and colors dominant in 1925 era. its elegance and beauty stands out with any outfit.

Late-Modernism 

The wall disney concert hall in downtown Los Angeles shows that modernism has dominated the world. This design gives us a sense of richness, elegance, light. 

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“RN Portfolio 5-6: Design and Culture”

This is a picture of the Miriam Hospital found by Jewish community in 1925 in providence, Rhode Island. This picture represents the Renaissance period as building portrait a heavy and solid look. 

This is the renovated and the new face of the Miriam Hospital today, which represents the Neoclassicism. The building is much more finer, the luxury glass wall gives a beautiful and a much lighter look. 

the furniture and decor in the picture defines the neoclassic style. The classic china is very modern compare the the old china which were long and tall. The china along with the decor and wall art blend together and create a fine fluidity.

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Portfolio #4: Scamper

At my job the rooms are very small which give me limited space to move around, some times I have to walk sideways to get to the patient. The poor design of the indoor environment and the multiple patient equipments don’t allow families to visit long with patient, at times family have to switch because the room doesn’t fit everyone at once. The rooms can only fit one chair and it’s not the very comfortable one, which does not encourage families to stay for long time. According to Naccarella (2016) “The three elements of workplace design that most significantly affected nurses were space, proximity and indoor environment quality (p. 6).” These three factors impact nurses performance as these are empirical for the nurses to get task done. 

Scampering

Using scampering, I would modify the rooms by making it bigger so that family has enough room to visit with patient, adding a comfortable chair/couch for visitors. place equipment where the wires are out of the way. Good lightening so that patients who has impaired vision have no trouble seeing at night. Also, use a more vibrant color that is happy and welcoming to patients and families. 

Changing the physical elements of the room can radically help patients not to feel so stressed, as being in the hospital can affect both the patients and family as well. For that reason, indoor environment must address patient and family needs. Nurses consequently, benefits from this design because not only we have more space but also our patients is happy spending longer time with family. This leads to job satisfaction, staff attraction and retention. 

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RN portfolio 3: Elements

Color and Line

As Aspelund (2015) cited, the the color involved four basic dimensions: hue, value, intensity, and temperature. these dimensions can produce an emotional response. For instance, the intensity ( low saturation of the colors) and the value (light color) of the wall paint and wall decoration gives me a sense of peace every time I’m in my bathroom. The hue colors gold, tan, and the wood cabinet merge together and give the bathroom a peaceful and cozy look. The lines on the shower door, connect and form a big circle and little starts which are the point where the circle connects.  

Pattern and Texture 

This work of art, a fine crochet lace stitches creates both visual interest and tactile sense. The soft fabric and elegant handmade touch repeats itself and form flowers, triangles, and circles. When combine with the decorations it creates an elegant look in the house although not very much used nowadays. It can be used in different places such as for couch, table, nightstand, etc. To do this, one need only a crochet hook and yarns. It’s very easy and fun to make .

Time and Experience

Crochet lace is one of my favorite design. I learned how to make it while in high school. The crochet lace in the above picture was made by me many many years ago when I had time to really seat down and enjoy what once used to be my favor hobby. Every time I use this peace of art in my house it brings me so much enjoyable memories. It reminds me of those excited afternoon that my friends and I sat outside in the tree shade to make this design. This particular one was part of a competition between my friends and I, therefore it has a strong sentimental value to me. It gives a sense that my friends although living in different country, still very close to me. 

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DINAMAP

Design- battery charged, must be plugged, mobile. use for adult, pediatrics, and neonatal. VS includes BP, HR, Temperature, pulse oximeter. each VS component has a wire that connects to the machine. works with the touch oaf a button. 

Needs- vital signs monitoring, enable more time for patient care, fast and use to use. 

Constrains- VS readings may be inaccurate compared to manual, wires may be a safety hazard in patient rooms. wheels make noise which is bothersome to patient especially at night shift while patients are sleeping. this leads to patient dissatisfaction. 

3 physical object or sample for the audience would be:

Have the audience connecting the wires to the machine

Taking vital signs on each other using the Dinamap

provide a brochure that includes the design, function, and hygiene between patient care

How would you use these in the kind of situations described in either DiNardo 2015 or Eagle 2016?

According to Eagle (2016), as nurses we know what we could live with and what could impact patient care as we are in and out of patient rooms. For instance, to reduce noise and increase patient satisfaction, I would make the dinamap wheel of a different material such as plastic. 

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[Not healthcare-related, but to do with ergonomics, well-being, and moving it up the hierarchy of design needs, so hitting several bases from the readings and viewings. ~KA] 

I love my kayak, but a small yet critical design problem is that the cargo hold is behind me, so I can’t reach stuff while I’m on the water. The design does not account for the limitations of body-movement (ergonomics!) I am, however, inspired by hunger! Or rather: simply by the need for being able to get my lunch–or at least a snack– without going ashore!! A small hatch in the front so I can reach a lunchbox or dry-bag without having to twist around or blindly fumble behind me, would be good. It should be about 18″ forward and only needs to be about 12″ across. It should be such that it can be unlatched and locked again with only one hand. There should be a water-tight seal around the lid. The lid itself could have a small net on it so things could be stored there as well. There could even be a net-bag in the hatch to keep things from falling into the kayak itself. This improves functionality, safety, and well-being. (Considering Michaels Graves’ talk here…) It also changes the overall kayaking experience by allowing longer stretches of paddling without going ashore. It may not be more “proficient” but it´s at least more “user-friendly” (See “Hierarchy of Design Needs”)

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The hospital where I work at has this toilet design that a lot of our patients find convenient  but most chose not to use it becasue they’re not comfortable using it. The patient rooms are very small, and therefore we don’t have enough space for bathrooms. I personally wouldn’t use this toilet if I was a patient there. Our rooms then become even crowded because patient always request bedside commode and that takes extra space. We have patients who come for peritoneal dialysis and these patients can’t use those rooms, so they’re sent to B-side where bathrooms are available to prevent them from acquiring infection. A patient told me that it feels awkward when she washes her hand on that sink, “I feel like my hands are dirty even after I wash them because there is a toilet under the sink”.

To change this design and make our patient more comfortable during their hospital stay, I would use the first step in the SCAMPER and completely substitute this design. A smaller bathroom can perfectly be built in the room that fits just the toilet and a sink. That’s how B-side rooms are. It will also make the room more appealing to patients. 

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The hospital where I work at has this toilet design that a lot of our patients find convenient  but most chose not to use it becasue they’re not comfortable using it. The patient rooms are very small, and therefore we don’t have enough space for bathrooms. I personally wouldn’t use this toilet if I was a patient there. Our rooms then become even crowded because patient always request bedside commode and that takes extra space. We have patients who come for peritoneal dialysis and these patients can’t use those rooms, so they’re sent to B-side where bathrooms are available to prevent them from acquiring infection. A patient told me that it feels awkward when she washes her hand on that sink, “I feel like my hands are dirty even after I wash them because there is a toilet under the sink”.

To change this design and make our patient more comfortable during their hospital stay, I would use the first step in the SCAMPER and completely substitute this design. A smaller bathroom can perfectly be built in the room that fits just the toilet and a sink. That’s how B-side rooms are. It will also make the room more appealing to patients. 

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The design of the light switch is the issue at my house. Every light switch is located behind the door instead of being in the opposite side. My husband and I bought this house two years ago and we always wonder who had this brilliant idea? If I’m coming home and it’s dark I use my phone’s light to get behind the door in order to turn the lights on. We have been wanting to change this design but something always comes up and it gets postponed. We finally made the decision to work on it in a couple of months and we can’t wait to have it fixed. It’s driving everyone insane.

Solution

The solution in this case is very simple, we just need to change the light switch to the opposite side. Like every other house, that’s how it should be.