Research Participation Opportunities
Contribute to building the evidence base for nursing leadership by participating in research studies and surveys.
Current Research Studies and Surveys
Unit Layout, Visibility, and Teamwork in ICU Nurses
While recent efforts to support healthy work environments have been instrumental in informing work environment change, they give little consideration to elements of the built environment that could facilitate the situational awareness essential to intensive care work and support restorative activities such as breaks. Research is needed to move the built environment into the toolbox of interventions to improve staff, patient, and organizational outcomes. This study is a step toward moving beyond the work environment as a social construct by understanding the built environment as an intervention that facilitates desired work and behavior, rather than a barrier. Understanding how unit layouts impact ICU nurse teamwork may provide useful information to healthcare leaders who are working to allocate scarce human resources, design professionals engaged in hospital building or renovation projects, and the nursing profession. Survey status: open.
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Access to the AONL membership for research participation is available for the purpose of academic and practice research that conforms to generally accepted norms and standards for survey research and informs health care leadership, workforce or health services.
To apply, please use the Application Checklist and complete this form. Send the completed form and all required documents to rhughes@aha.org.