Department Of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria (Chapter 102)
Washington, D.C. 20402
December 2006
2.
Is a Medical Intensive Care Nursing Unit authorized? (M)
3.
Is a Surgical Intensive Care Nursing Unit authorized? (M)
4.
Is a Coronary Intensive Care Nursing Unit authorized? (M)
5.
Is a Clean Materials Handling Terminal for each Intensive Care Nursing Unit
authorized? (M)
6. Is a Soiled Materials Handling Terminal for each Intensive Care Nursing authorized?
(M)
7. Is a Medical Gas Storage for each Intensive Care Nursing Unit authorized? (M)
8. Is a Central Monitor Server authorized? (M)
9. Is an On-Call Sleep Room authorized? (M)
10. Is a Recycling Room authorized? (M)
11. Is a linen chute authorized? (M)
12. Is a trash chute authorized? (M)
13. Is a Blood Gas Laboratory authorized? (M)
14. Is a Nurse Sub-Station for the General Intensive Care Nursing Unit authorized? (M)
15. Is a Nurse Sub-Station for the Medical Intensive Care Nursing Unit authorized? (M)
16. Is a Nurse Sub-Station for the Surgical Intensive Care Nursing Unit authorized? (M)
17. Is a Nurse Sub-Station for the Coronary Intensive Care Nursing Unit authorized? (M)
18. Is a Residency Program authorized? (M)
E. Workload Input Data Statements
1. How many General Intensive Care Nursing Unit patient beds are projected? (W)
2. How many Medical Intensive Care Nursing Unit patient beds are projected? (W)
3. How many Surgical Intensive Care Nursing Unit patient beds are projected? (W)
4. How many Coronary Intensive Care Nursing Unit patient beds are projected? (W)
F. Staffing Input Data Statements
1. How many Nurse Supervisor FTE positions are authorized? (S)
2. How many Head Nurse FTE positions are authorized? (S)
3. How many Concurrent Coding Clerk FTE positions are authorized? (S)
4. How many Administrative Staff positions are authorized? (S)
5. How many Physician Assistant FTE positions are authorized? (S)
6. How many Physician FTE positions are authorized? (S)
7. How many Consultant FTE positions are authorized? (S)
8. How many Dietitian FTE positions are authorized? (S)
9. How many Clinical Pharmacist FTE positions are authorized? (S)
10. How many Social Worker FTE positions are authorized? (S)
11. How many Ward Clerk FTE positions are authorized? (S)
12. How many Nurse Clinician FTE positions are authorized? (S)
G. Miscellaneous Input Data Statements
Default requirement for two types of isolation rooms is one each per Intensive Care
Nursing Unit.
1. How many Negative Pressure Isolation Patient Rooms for the General Intensive
Care Nursing Unit are authorized? (Misc)
2. How many Negative Pressure Isolation Patient Rooms for the Medical Intensive Care
Nursing Unit are authorized? (Misc)
3. How many Negative Pressure Isolation Patient Rooms for the Surgical Intensive
Care Nursing Unit are authorized? (Misc)
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