title: Responding to patients: the unit hostess.
abstract: As acuity levels increase and nurses are busier with the increased intensity of their patients' procedures and treatments, what happens to the basic amenities so important to patients? The author discusses one institution's approach to satisfying basic patient needs while still continuing to provide complex nursing care.
authors.affiliation: Patient Care Services, Baptist Medical Center-Princeton, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sheedy
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000191:economics; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling