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.
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
Adjacencies, Support-Space Distribution & Vertical Stacking
Med-Surg Unit Program, Bed Count & Acuity-Adaptable Model
Unit Configuration: Racetrack, Pod & Decentralized Nursing
Headwall, Patient-Bathroom & Fall-Prevention Design
Isolation Rooms, AII & Bariatric Provisions
Standardized Single-Occupancy \"Same-Handed\" Patient Room
FGI Patient-Room Standards, Egress & Defend-in-Place