So the purpose of this room is to give staff an opportunity to have a look around at what all of the inpatient rooms will be like in the new building.
That gives us an idea of size and space and how much space there is around each bed, and also gives them access to their, bathroom areas.
So, far the staff have been very positive. They've really enjoyed looking at the spaces.
They've liked looking at the new beds that we're going to be purchasing for the redevelopment.
And they've enjoyed just having an understanding of exactly the size and nature of the rooms. Just being able to see the prototype room gives us a true understanding.
Moving it from the two dimensional, image on a piece of paper into the 3D real life image.
The spatial awareness and the understanding of how everything fits together
is just fabulous.
When you come to have a look at the room and see all of those plans in real life.
We're trying to collect feedback from staff around, what their impression is of the room.
We've asked them to look particularly at the equipment in the room and the relationship of the call bells to the patient bedside, the colours of the walls.
There's a bit of an option for, colour scheme in this room.
We've asked them to look at the bathrooms and the showering amenities and look at the, rails that have been placed in position, and also look at where the call bells are in.
Each of the spaces of the patient will be using.
So the feedback that we've had from the staff, looking at this space is the clinical functionality. Looking at the beds and how they would work in everyday practice.
Also the bedside tables and just the general layout of the room and how it would work in relation to patient care.
Staff have come back from the prototype room and have fed back some very positive,
comments, relating to the bedside table, especially, and also the colour of the room
and the scheme and the layout. And so far it's all been very positive.
One thing that's really resonated with the staff is the windows and the views that they're so not only the staff, but the patients will also see and the natural light that
they will be getting that will come into the room.
And, you know, it's all part of that care factor.
The purpose of the prototype room is basically giving all staff and anybody else who is interested, the opportunity to have a look and have a see also have a bit of a play
with the equipment and make choices and inform choices and be part of the process.
From the beds to the bedside tables to the colour on the walls. And be a part of, you know, the build.
As an occupational therapist, the benefit of myself being able to see this room has been huge.
You can say all the improvements from the current hospital, such as increased circulation space, the bathroom has more rails and more room for equipment,
and it really just increases the ability for patients to increase their independence.
It makes it safer for staff to be able to attend to their clinical duties.
And it's just all around it's really, really positive experience.
The key functionalities that I can really see in this room as an occupational therapist is really, the beds are a fantastic thing to be able to see on your beds that we'll be getting can see the different functionalities of the high low versus a bariatric bed.
We can see how the bariatric equipment fits in these rooms, such as the chair I'm sitting on.
So lots of really great benefits with this new room.
