Verification of concentration/communication/refreshment spaces aimed at improving the productivity of ward nurses

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K01912
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 07080:Business administration-related
• Research Institution: Nagoya Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Mine Sudo 名古屋工業大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (20581812)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 松田 早里 (保科早里) 東京女子医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (80646612)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 病棟看護師 / 疲労 / ストレス / 知的生産性 / コミュニケーション / 集中 / リフレッシュ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We introduced a rest room and a rest spot to the staff station of the ward and verified its effectiveness. Nurses who had been working for less than 3 years increased from 0.05 to 0.50. As for communication before the rest spot, "1 second to 10 seconds"conversations increased by 40.0%.
A concentration booth was introduced at the ward nurses' staff station to verify its effectiveness. The percentage of respondents who answered that "concentrating on work" was more suitable for concentration than before the introduction of the booths increased by 38%. "Relax" increased by 18% on the side that is more suitable for relaxation.

Free Research Field

建築環境工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで、短期的な視野で看護業務の生産性が研究・実施されてきたが、本研究では知的労働者としての持続可能な働き方を提案し、実証した。短期的にはリフレッシュ、コミュニケーションは生産性が低いものととらえられがちであったが、本研究では、長期的な視座から新たな働き方を提案した。これは、SDGｓという観点から意義のあるものであると考えられる。