Kerrie Cardon, RN, AIA, ACHA
Professional Biography:
Kerrie has over twenty years of comprehensive experience in the design and planning of all types of healthcare facilities. Prior to her work as a registered architect, she worked as a Registered Nurse in Intensive Care/Coronary Care Units, in the Emergency Room, and on Orthopedic, Pediatric, and Medical/Surgical floors. Using her extensive knowledge in the medical fields, Kerrie brings her expertise to the design and planning of healthcare projects. Using extensive healthcare insight enables her to translate complex medical processes into functional and operationally efficient spaces. Kerries years in the nursing profession instilled in her a passion to create healing environments for patients, families and staff. She has devoted her design career to affecting change in traditional healthcare environments through operational planning and innovative design.
Speaking Engagements
Enhancing Safety Through Design: The Impact of the Physical Environment on Medication Errors, Healthcare Design Annual Conference; Roundtable Discussion; November 2011
Medications: Process & Design Impacts Patient Safety, Healthcare Design Annual Conference; November 2010
Enhancing Safety Through Design, Health Facility Institute 21st Annual Conference; October 25, 2010
Touchstones on Transforming the Future of Health Facility Design, South Sound Chapter NWONE; May 21, 2010
Holistic Medicine: The Continuum of Care, Health Facility Institute 20th Annual Conference; October 2009
Caring for Caregivers Through Planning and Design, Center for American Nurses Annual Conference; LEAD Summit June 2009
Planning for a Safe and Efficient Healthcare Environment, AIA Minnesota Annual Conference; December 2008
Caring for Caregivers: Process and Facility Redesign, Healthcare Design Conference; November 2008
The Emergency Department: Form Follows Function, Health Facility Institute 19th Annual Conference; October 2008
Caring for Caregivers: Process and Facility Redesign, Health Facility Institute 18th Annual Conference; October 2007
Caring for Nurses: Process and Facility Redesign, American Organization of Nurse Executives Annual Conference; April 2006
Caring for Nurses Through Redesign, Keep Your Lamp Burning Brightly: A Passion for Nursing; May 2004
Successful Surgical Suite Design, WSCPN 12th Annual Mini-Congress; October 2002
Virtual Presentations
Caring for Caregivers: The Power of Place, Center for American Nurses, September 28, 2010
Better Care by Design, Center for American Nurses, June 25, 2010
Featured in Magazine Articles
Guiding Principles: Touchstones That Direct Facility Planning and Buildingand Your Hospitals Future, Nurses First eMagazine, January / February 2010
Integrating Electronic Health Records in the Physical Environment: A Systems Approach, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, Fall 2008
The Rise of the RN, Architect Magazine, December 2007
Nursing Stations for the 21st Century, Building Design & Construction Magazine, February 1, 2005
Crowd Control in the ER, Puget Sound Business Journal, May 2004
Healthcare Designers: New Roles for Nurses, AMN Healthcare.com, February 2004
Healing by Design, Nurseweek.com, April 23, 2003
Published Articles
Creating Healing Intensive Care Unit Environments, Critical Care Nurse Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 19, August 2, 2011
Better Care by Design: Nurse Involvement Improves Building Projects, Nurses First eMagazine, November / December 2009
Caring for Caregivers: Designing Environments for Recruitment and Retention Part 2, Healthcare Design eMagazine, August 2009
Caring for Caregivers: Designing Environments for Recruitment and Retention Part 1, Healthcare Design eMagazine, August 2009
Podcasts
The Nurses Station, November 21, 2010, http://nursesstation.wordpress.com
Memberships
American Institute of Architects
Academy of Architecture for Health
Architecture for Health Panel; Past President
American College of Healthcare Architects
American Organization of Nurse Executives
Education & Licenses
ACHA Board Certification; 2009
Master of Architecture; 2009
Licensed Architect; 1996
Bachelor of Architecture; 1992
Licensed Registered Nurse; 1978
Bachelor of Science in Nursing; 1978
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