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Covid-19 highlighted the extreme burnout our healthcare workers can experience.

“I didn’t have the time to treat that person (covid patient) as I would a normal patient. It was a revolving door of new patients dying. Most of the time we were by ourselves in a room.”

— Missy, Travel Nurse

1. American Nurses Association Backgrounder, 2011 ANA Health & Safety Survey: Hazards of the RN work environment.

2. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Caring for Our Caregivers, Facts About Hospital Worker Safety, September 2013. Available at https://www.osha.gov/
dsg/hospitals/documents/1.2_Factbook_508.pdf Accessed September 26, 2017.

A device designed to aid those who dedicate their lives to caring for others.

 

Research

The process of discharging a deceased patient in the hospital (graphic : Ellie Cassedy)

Through our interviews with funeral directors, travel nurses, and an ergonomic specialist, we decided to address the nursing side of Covid deaths.

Preparing a decedent for discharge often requires two people.

This is not possible in most Covid cases as nurses are understaffed and have to perform duties by themselves.

Prototyping

User Testing

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