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The Space Module: Space Module Characteristics
232.5
INTERIOR ORGANIZATION
Two basic nursing unit organizations are provided:
1. Core or "race track". The core plan provides a central area (core) for
direct patient care support facilities. The core is surrounded by
corridors which lie between it and the patient bedrooms. The
bedrooms are on the perimeter of the building.
Core plans may be two- or four-aspect. The two-aspect core modules
may be joined end to end with each other to form end-entry 40-bed
units. They may also be end-attached to a shared section of additional
space, forming end-entry 20-bed units. The attachment capability of
the four-aspect core modules is limited to their corners. (See Catalog
of Space Module Capabilities, Section 233.)
2. Double-loaded corridor. The double-loaded corridor module depends
on additional space for direct patient care support facilities and
therefore is most effective when two modules share a common central
access. (See Catalog of Space Module Capabilities, Section 233.)
232.6
PLAN ZONES
The cross-section of a general nursing unit consists of a series of related
zones: bedroom, sanitary, circulation and core zones.
The particular combination of one-, two- and four-bed rooms in
conjunction with the extent of corridors, sanitary and core facilities,
required by the Veterans Administration, will determine the appropriate
structural span (See Figure 230-2), hence the module type.
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