title: Design director: a new role for nurses.
abstract: This article describes the experience of a director of nursing as she led a design team through the process of planning of a maternity renovation project. The advantages of incorporating the perspective of the clinical experts in hospital facilities design are high-lighted and the stages of the planning process and the role of the design director are outlined.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Winslow
mesh_terms: D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings / Q000592:standards*; D007587:Job Description; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000379:methods*