Transition to an Individual-Room NICU Design: Process and Outcome Measures
| Autor: | Cheryl A. Milford, Barbara J Zapalo, Glenda A. Davis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Neonatal intensive care unit
Process (engineering) health care facilities manpower and services Best practice education Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Critical Care Nursing Unit (housing) Nursing Intensive Care Units Neonatal Outcome Assessment Health Care Patients' Rooms Health care Hospital Planning Humans Institutional Management Teams business.industry Infant Newborn General Medicine Pennsylvania Facility Design and Construction Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Accountability Design process business Psychology Engineering design process |
| Zdroj: | Neonatal Network. 27:299-305 |
| ISSN: | 1539-2880 0730-0832 |
| Popis: | Redesign of a neonatal intensive care unit is a major budget undertaking, demanding accountability for its equipment and feasibility of design. It must be philosophically based and driven by research supporting best practice. The NICU at the Magee-Womens Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a Level III, 74-bed unit, has made the change from a ward design to an individual-room design suitable for family-centered, developmentally supportive care. This article presents the design process as it occurred. Unique to this process are the involvement of NICU-graduate families and the use of transition teams. Guidelines and recommendations are offered to others interested in designing and practicing in an individual-room NICU. Outcome data demonstrate staff adjustment to the new design and practice model. A comparison of this NICU design is made with the Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design. |
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