Open AccessDeveloping family-friendly signage in a South African paediatric healthcare setting
Author(s) -
Angela Leonard,
Anchen Verster,
Minette Coetzee
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v37i2.1250
Subject(s) - signage , nursing , thematic analysis , data collection , medicine , psychology , medical education , qualitative research , business , advertising , sociology , social science
Multiple renovations and changing flow in a tertiary children's hospital in Cape Town resulted in numerous signs being posted in the corridors and units, making wayfinding extremely complex. A request from nursing management prompted the formation of a learning collaborative of nurses from all departments to improve wayfinding signage.
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