title: Critical care unit design: a nursing perspective.
abstract: The task of designing a new critical care unit is best accomplished with the input of people representing multiple disciplines including architects, engineers, physicians, nurses, and equipment manufacturers. It is imperative that the critical care nursing staff and management take an active role in planning the layout of the unit and patient rooms, as the nurses will be the bedside providers 24 hours a day. The new unit should be designed to offer efficient patient care as well as a healing, comfortable environment for both the patients and their families.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Critical Care, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009726:Nurses