Ava: Nemschoff’s New Award Winning Patient Recliner
Last week in officeinsight while discussing the Herman Miller publication, “Nurses as Leaders in Healthcare Design,” OI Editor Mallory Jindra called nurses “…the eyes and ears, the workhorse and the expert, and the heart and soul of the healthcare industry.” This week, I give an example of how nurses can inform the design of products intended for use in healthcare facilities. The recliner is an important furniture staple of the patient room. As with many functional items that have become ubiquitous, the design of recliners has settled on (many would say “settled for”) a residential design that was developed by La-Z-Boy to make watching TV more comfortable. That design is driven by the fact that the mechanism permitting the chair to recline is bulky, somewhat complicated and needs a robust part to attach to. The standard solution is to attach it to the arm frame. Since that particular recliner form …
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