A decade of adult intensive care unit design: A study of the physical design features of the best-practice examples

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 282-311

  Rashid, Mahbub ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Best designs; Best practices; Design; Design guidelines; Environment; Family area; Layout; Patient room; Planning; Staff work area

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE;

EID: 33750589204     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200610000-00003     Document Type: Article

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