Facility Planning—Floor Plan

Week Three: Facility Planning—Floor Plan, Part 1

The construction of evidence-based health care facilities includes careful planning and layout as well as considerations for the health of the population to be served. Evidence-based health care facilities planning also needs input from a cross-functional team of informed stakeholders and the integration of best practices in modern design and regulatory requirements.

This week you will focus on your facility’s structure and the areas contained within it. Next week you will add assets to your facility.

Create a floorplan that includes at least 3 to 5 distinct areas or rooms. You will be responsible for adding environmental design elements each week. Your final floor plan is due in Week 5.

Note: You are not expected to manually draw all elements of your design. Using images, clipart, graphics, icons, symbols, or any other visual tools in your design is acceptable.

Consider the following elements and add them to your facility as appropriate:

• Facility structure
  • Walls
  • Doors
  • Hallways
  • Waiting areas
  • Other related structural components
• Facility areas
  • Customer service and amenities
    • Reception desk, bathroom, shower, vending machine, etc.
  • Patient consultation areas
  • Clinical support areas
    • Nurses station, charting areas, etc.
  • Administrative offices
  • Building support
    • Laundry, generator facilities, housekeeping, etc.
  • Diagnostic and treatment space equipment and location
  • Mechanical equipment
    • Space for laboratory equipment, radiology equipment, gases like oxygen, and suctions

Write a 175- to 350-word response to the following questions:

• Describe the steps you took to complete the structure and areas of your facility.
  • What considerations did you make?
  • Include references and research to support your considerations.
• Describe any successes or challenges you faced this week building your facility.
• Include a print screen of your facility below. Use the instructions provided if you need help adding a print screen.

Include a print screen of your facility in the last page of the paper.

Cite at least 1 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar reference.

Submit your assignment.

Week Four: Facility Planning—Floor Plan, Part 2

This week you will continue to build your final facility. The legal team has asked you to provide them with considerations regarding legal and regulatory requirements that may affect the facility planning process.

Add the following to your facility:

• Assets and equipment:
  • All assets and equipment that should be considered for use by the patient, staff, and families
• Regulatory considerations:
  • Color and noise elements
  • Regulatory elements, such as Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper. Your paper should:

• Analyze the impact of federal, state, and local legal and regulatory requirements on your selected facility.
  • Consider and discuss assets and equipment you will need to add to your floor plan.
  • Consider and discuss any modification you made to your floor plan with respect to structure and area.
• Analyze accountability and liability implications for individuals and organizations for your selected facility.
• Analyze legal versus ethical considerations for your selected facility.
• Include a print screen of your facility below. Use the instructions provided if you need help adding a print screen.

Include a print screen of your facility in the last page of the paper.

Cite at least 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

Week Five: Facility Planning—Floor Plan, Part 3

This week you will complete your floor plan by incorporating additional elements, such as IT equipment and creative healing elements. It is important to review your facility and consider any additional changes based on the knowledge you have gained throughout the course.

• Other elements:
  • IT equipment
  • Creative healing environment ideas

Write a 350- to 700-word response to the following:

• Describe technology, equipment, and design elements you would use to support the sustainability of your facility in the future.
• Explain how designing a community-based sustainable health care facility will address the needs of the community demographics of your facility.
• Imagine this facility was a renovation of an existing structure and describe what you would have done differently while planning your facility.
• Describe successes and challenges during your facility design.
  • Describe successes experienced while designing your facility.
  • Describe challenges experienced while designing your facility.
  • Describe what you would do differently to address your challenges.

Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Submit your facility planning template and completed floorplan.