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ASHE 2013 Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction

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Inpatient Care Units Improving Patient Care: New Research on Best Design Strategies for Effective Nursing

Track : ACHA Master Series

Program Code: 308624

Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Time: 1:45 PM to 3:00 PM EST

Location: Rm 2014-16

PRIMARY SPEAKER :

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Tom Clark, AIA, Principal, Clark/Kjos Architects, LLC

CO-SPEAKER :

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Kerrie Cardon, RN, AIA, ACHA, Healthcare Knowledge Consultant, Herman Miller Healthcare

Kerrie Cardon, RN, AIA, ACHA Professional Biography: Kerrie has over twenty years of comprehensive experience in the design and planning of all types of healthcare facilities. Prior to her work as a registered architect, she worked as a Registered Nurse in Intensive Care/Coronary Care Units, in the Emergency Room, and on Orthopedic, Pediatric, and Medical/Surgical floors. Using her extensive knowledge in the medical fields, Kerrie brings her expertise to the design and planning of healthcare projects. Using extensive healthcare insight enables her to translate complex medical processes into functional and operationally efficient spaces. Kerries years in the nursing profession instilled in her a passion to create healing environments for patients, families and staff. She has devoted her design career to affecting change in traditional healthcare environments through operational planning and innovative design. Speaking Engagements Enhancing Safety Through Design: The Impact of the Physical Environment on Medication Errors, Healthcare Design Annual Conference; Roundtable Discussion; November 2011 Medications: Process & Design Impacts Patient Safety, Healthcare Design Annual Conference; November 2010 Enhancing Safety Through Design, Health Facility Institute 21st Annual Conference; October 25, 2010 Touchstones on Transforming the Future of Health Facility Design, South Sound Chapter NWONE; May 21, 2010 Holistic Medicine: The Continuum of Care, Health Facility Institute 20th Annual Conference; October 2009 Caring for Caregivers Through Planning and Design, Center for American Nurses Annual Conference; LEAD Summit June 2009 Planning for a Safe and Efficient Healthcare Environment, AIA Minnesota Annual Conference; December 2008 Caring for Caregivers: Process and Facility Redesign, Healthcare Design Conference; November 2008 The Emergency Department: Form Follows Function, Health Facility Institute 19th Annual Conference; October 2008 Caring for Caregivers: Process and Facility Redesign, Health Facility Institute 18th Annual Conference; October 2007 Caring for Nurses: Process and Facility Redesign, American Organization of Nurse Executives Annual Conference; April 2006 Caring for Nurses Through Redesign, Keep Your Lamp Burning Brightly: A Passion for Nursing; May 2004 Successful Surgical Suite Design, WSCPN 12th Annual Mini-Congress; October 2002 Virtual Presentations Caring for Caregivers: The Power of Place, Center for American Nurses, September 28, 2010 Better Care by Design, Center for American Nurses, June 25, 2010 Featured in Magazine Articles Guiding Principles: Touchstones That Direct Facility Planning and Buildingand Your Hospitals Future, Nurses First eMagazine, January / February 2010 Integrating Electronic Health Records in the Physical Environment: A Systems Approach, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, Fall 2008 The Rise of the RN, Architect Magazine, December 2007 Nursing Stations for the 21st Century, Building Design & Construction Magazine, February 1, 2005 Crowd Control in the ER, Puget Sound Business Journal, May 2004 Healthcare Designers: New Roles for Nurses, AMN Healthcare.com, February 2004 Healing by Design, Nurseweek.com, April 23, 2003 Published Articles Creating Healing Intensive Care Unit Environments, Critical Care Nurse Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 19, August 2, 2011 Better Care by Design: Nurse Involvement Improves Building Projects, Nurses First eMagazine, November / December 2009 Caring for Caregivers: Designing Environments for Recruitment and Retention Part 2, Healthcare Design eMagazine, August 2009 Caring for Caregivers: Designing Environments for Recruitment and Retention Part 1, Healthcare Design eMagazine, August 2009 Podcasts The Nurses Station, November 21, 2010, http://nursesstation.wordpress.com Memberships American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health Architecture for Health Panel; Past President American College of Healthcare Architects American Organization of Nurse Executives Education & Licenses ACHA Board Certification; 2009 Master of Architecture; 2009 Licensed Architect; 1996 Bachelor of Architecture; 1992 Licensed Registered Nurse; 1978 Bachelor of Science in Nursing; 1978

Description

Architects have seemingly tried everything to create the ideal inpatient care unit, but which ones work best to increase nurses' direct patient care time? This session will present findings from a recent nationwide study of twenty different inpatient units with various typologies and numerous approaches to decentralization. Results of the study are immediately usable by architects in designing or remodeling effective acute care units. This session will enable attendees to:

Learn which inpatient unit typologies are most effective for nurses.
Understand which IPU support spaces should be decentralized.
Identify best practices for locating IPU electronic medical records stations.
Obtain 10 best practices for Lean IPU design for effective nursing practice.

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