Healing Environment: Enhancing Nurses’ Performance through Proper Lighting Design

Based on a pilot study, this paper investigated how the quality services provided by the nurses could be achieved through proper lighting design in a recently built healthcare centre in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Data collection involved personal site observations, photographic documentations, interviews and questionnaire surveys. Overall, 120 nurses participated as questionnaire respondents. The SPSS analysis revealed that nurses’ age effects on their opinion about current lighting design of the hospital. Implication of this study is upon the proper lighting design which could enhance nursing care and minimize human errors, thus contributing towards a better quality of life within the healing environment.