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MSN 510 Week 2 Assignment: Ergonomic and Human Factors
Evaluation of Workplace
West Coast University
MSNC 510 – Advanced Nursing Technologies & Collaborative Care
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Ergonomic and Human Factors Evaluation of Workplace
Ergonomics is an essential puzzle piece in creating comfortable, body-
focused, accessible workplace environments. Specifically in healthcare,
ergonomics plays an important role to structure effective workspaces adapted for
a variety of physical and cognitive capabilities to further provide essential staff and
patient support (McBride, 2022). Furthermore, Commandeur (2020) states that
ergonomics places a heavy emphasis on “methods to reduce fatigue by designing
tasks so that they fall within peoples’ work capacities.” By understanding the
layout, equipment and human capacity of a workplace, ergonomics can influence
a decrease in unnecessary workplace stress while promoting staff and/or patient
comfortability and task efficiency. Lastly, ergonomics cannot be executed to its full
potential without evaluating the human factors component of its diagram to
provide comprehensive user-centered designs.
In my current workplace as an outpatient nurse, the execution of ergonomic
architecture heavily influences the quality of care I deliver to patients as a
healthcare provider. Daily tasks include providing pre-op and post-op teaching,
requiring extensive documentation in Epic (EHR system). In addition, the physical
ergonomic conditions of the workplace include furniture layout, EHR system,
spatial/proximity (e.g., room dimensions), breakroom design, computer
MSN 510 Week 2 Assignment: Ergonomic and Human Factors
Evaluation of Workplace
West Coast University
MSNC 510 – Advanced Nursing Technologies & Collaborative Care
, 2
Ergonomic and Human Factors Evaluation of Workplace
Ergonomics is an essential puzzle piece in creating comfortable, body-
focused, accessible workplace environments. Specifically in healthcare,
ergonomics plays an important role to structure effective workspaces adapted for
a variety of physical and cognitive capabilities to further provide essential staff and
patient support (McBride, 2022). Furthermore, Commandeur (2020) states that
ergonomics places a heavy emphasis on “methods to reduce fatigue by designing
tasks so that they fall within peoples’ work capacities.” By understanding the
layout, equipment and human capacity of a workplace, ergonomics can influence
a decrease in unnecessary workplace stress while promoting staff and/or patient
comfortability and task efficiency. Lastly, ergonomics cannot be executed to its full
potential without evaluating the human factors component of its diagram to
provide comprehensive user-centered designs.
In my current workplace as an outpatient nurse, the execution of ergonomic
architecture heavily influences the quality of care I deliver to patients as a
healthcare provider. Daily tasks include providing pre-op and post-op teaching,
requiring extensive documentation in Epic (EHR system). In addition, the physical
ergonomic conditions of the workplace include furniture layout, EHR system,
spatial/proximity (e.g., room dimensions), breakroom design, computer
