title: The NEAT Project: Nursing Engineering Ambassador Team.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Women's Health Services, Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06102-5037, USA. smaxwel@harthosp.org
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maxwell
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: 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