The Evaluation of the Student Health Center Waiting Room
Did you ever have to sit in a waiting room that was overcrowded, and made you feel worse than you did before you came to see the doctor? Well no one should have to feel any worse than they already are. They should be able to have a pleasant visit while waiting to see the doctor. The Student Health Center received a grant for five thousand dollars to improve their departments. The CEO has been receiving complaints about the waiting room; he wants to know what could be done to improve the area. In order to provide a great service to our patients, our waiting room needs to have adequate space, good entertainment, and a wonderful atmosphere. There is not adequate space, there little was entertainment, and the atmosphere was okay.
A waiting room needs adequate space to keep their patients comfortable. It is important to have adequate space because no one likes to be uncomfortable while waiting to see the doctor. A waiting room should have plenty of seats, seats that are not too small, and the overall space should be a good size. There are twenty two, two armed seats and two benches that can be occupied. When I was there none of the seats were being occupied. The size of the seats are not that wide, they could have only been eighteen inches wide. The overall space of the waiting room is small. It is smaller than the average sized class room. Therefore, the waiting room will need some improvement dealing with the space.
In addition to adequate space, a waiting room needs good entertainment. It is important to have good entertainment because the patient may have a long wait. They may get tired of waiting and just leave without seeing the doctor. A waiting room should have up to date televisions, updated magazines and books, and a kid’s area. The televisions are the outdated model kind and the screens are discolored. Their magazines and books were very disorganized. They were just spread out on a