title: Promoting single sex acute units.
abstract: This article discusses an audit to explore patients' experiences of being nursed in mixed sex accommodation on an acute medicine unit. It outlines achievements resulting from the audit, which include staff awareness of the effect of mixed sex areas on patients and changing the culture in the unit to embrace single sex bays.
authors.affiliation: Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham. liz.lees@heartofengland.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Liz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lees
authors.forename: Grainne
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buggy
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004739:England; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology*; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010550:Personal Space; D013222:State Medicine; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*