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Detailed Needs and Requirements: Psychiatric Unit
13. Offices
Offices for psychiatrists, psychologists, residents, head nurse and
social workers and certain categories of trainees may be required in
conjunction with the unit. Some flexibility in the trainee office
assignment may be required to meet the variable student teaching
commitments. The use of offices to accommodate two or more
students is not desirable and may conflict with teaching and patient
care activities in that students may participate in intimate conversations
with patients.
14. Conference/Consultation Room
A conference/consultation room should be provided on the unit for
consultant and medical student use and for small group meetings of
10-12 persons. This room may be used jointly for instructional
seminars and, perhaps, therapy programs.
15. Support Areas
Support areas should include clean and soiled utility rooms, clean and
soiled linen holding, a housekeeping aides' closet, recreational
equipment storage, and stretcher and wheelchair storage space.
16. Psychological Testing Units
Psychological testing is administered to most psychiatric patients and
many other patients in Veterans Administration hospitals. Space for
group administration of various tests should be provided within the
nursing tower and, preferably, convenient to psychiatric units. The test
may involve small groups of four to ten patients, a psychologist or
psychology technician and, perhaps, a student.
17. Nursing Student Carrels
Study space in the form of carrels should be provided in conjunction
with each psychiatric unit for use by nursing students.
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