The medical-surgical inpatient floor — nursing-unit configuration (racetrack, pod, decentralized), support-space distribution and vertical stacking, and the care model that drives room and supply design. These Articles cover unit layout and adjacencies, fall and infection-control readiness, full-floor build-out and bulk move-in, and the patient-move sequencing that brings each unit to go-live.

Activation And Safety

Fall, Infection-Control & Patient-Safety Readiness

Full-Floor Activation, Room Build-Out & Bulk Move-In

Operational Readiness, Care Model & Supply-Par Setup

Patient Move Sequencing & Unit Go-Live

Program And Configuration

Adjacencies, Support-Space Distribution & Vertical Stacking

Med-Surg Unit Program, Bed Count & Acuity-Adaptable Model

Unit Configuration: Racetrack, Pod & Decentralized Nursing

Room And Clinical Requirements

Headwall, Patient-Bathroom & Fall-Prevention Design

Isolation Rooms, AII & Bariatric Provisions

Standardized Single-Occupancy \"Same-Handed\" Patient Room

Systems And Codes

FGI Patient-Room Standards, Egress & Defend-in-Place

HVAC, Pressurization & Patient-Comfort Systems

Medical Gas, Nurse-Call, RTLS & Clinical IT Infrastructure