The NEAT Project: Nursing Engineering Ambassador Team.
The physical facilities of patient care units must be maintained to ensure an environment conducive to recovery of patients and the efficient delivery of patient care. Often this is a challenge for engineering and nursing departments. The authors describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Nursing Engineering Ambassador Team (NEAT), a unique collaboration between these 2 departments.
Maxwell
Susan
S
Women's Health Services, Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06102-5037, USA. smaxwel@harthosp.org
Burns
Robert
R
D003237:Connecticut; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation