HCS446 Week-5 Facility Planning-Floor Plan Part 4

Part 1:

Continue to add to your floor plan started in Week Three and added to in Week Four.

Other elements:

• IT equipment
• Creative healing environmental ideas

Save your design when it is completed.

 

Part 2:

Write a 350- to 700-word summary that includes the following:

• Analyze future trends in technology, equipment, and design of the health care facility you designed.
• Describe your process for designing your facility.
• Discuss any recommendations or suggestions for completing your floor plan differently.
• Describe successes experienced while designing your facility.
• Describe failures experienced while designing your facility.
• Describe what you would do differently to address your failures.
• Imagine this facility was a renovation of an existing structure and describe what you would have done differently while building your facility.
• Describe what you have learned from designing this facility.

 

HCS446 Week 5 Environmental Impact

As a team, select a health care facility. Research the standard operating procedures for waste management, fire and safety, and disaster management for your selected facility.

Select 1 area below to use in your presentation:

• Hazardous waste management
• Fire and safety management
• Disaster management
• Security management
• ADA guidelines

Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for one of the selected issues in renovation or new planning of a health care facility. Include the following in your presentation:

• Explain the standard operating procedures for your selected issue.
• Explain the local, state, and federal legal and regulatory requirements. Consider the following agencies:
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration
• Joint Commission of the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• Your state's health planning and development agency
• Department of Health & Human Services
• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and other agencies as applicable to facility planning
• Identify issues to be considered when meeting the International Building Code for your selected facility.
• Describe measurements that may need to be done in advance of the new plan or renovation.
• List the stakeholders that may play a role in your development of the facility.

Note: Make sure to focus only on the impact of the workplace environment when discussing the area selected. 

 

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HCS446 Week-1 Facility Design Process

After working in facility design for many years, you have become well-known in the industry. Your manager has asked you to create a short handout that new employees can refer to as they receive training through the company. This handout should walk new employees through the process of facility planning.

Create a 350- to 700-word handout that summarizes the process of addressing facility planning needs. Include the following in your handout:

• Describe the steps of facility planning.
• Explain the importance of pre-design planning.
• Explain the rationale (or decision process) when determining whether to renovate or replace a health care facility.

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

 

 

HCS446 Week-2 Facility selection and research - Birthing Center

Select a facility to use in your final project. The following represent design options available in SmartDraw®:

• Assisted Living
• Birthing Center (Chosen)
• Clinic
• Doctor's Office
• Hematology Lab
• Hospital Security Layout
• Outpatient Clinic
• Custom Facility Plan*

Note: If a Custom Facility Plan is selected, students are responsible for emailing the faculty member for approval for selected facility prior to submitting the assignment.

Research the facility.

Write a 350- to 700-word summary that includes the following:

• Describe the facility and its purpose in the health care industry.
• Identify the populations that use the facilities.
• Identify key characteristics of the facility.
• Explain why you have selected this type of facility.

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

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

 

 

HCS446 Week-3 Facility Planning-Floor Plan (Birthing Center)

Health care facilities are unique and have clearly defined characteristics based on the needs of the facility or population being served. Poor design may lead to staff, visitor, or patient stress. In large facilities, inability to find a department may lead to frustrations and disorientation for older patients. Poor layout may also lead to staff inefficiencies or fines because of failure to meet regulatory requirements.

Part 1:

Using ToolWire® SmartDraw®, create a floor plan of the facility that you selected in the Week Two Facility Selection and Research assignment. You will add to your floor plan each week. The final floor plan is due in Week Five.

Include the following environmental design elements:

Structure:

• Walls
• Doors
• Hallways
• Waiting areas
• Other related structural components

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

Save your design after it is completed.

 

Part 2:

Write a 350- to 700-word summary that includes the following:

• Describe what steps you will take to complete your floor plan.
• During your previous experience with ToolWire® SmartDraw® in Week One and Week Two, describe successes or failures you may experience while building this floor plan.
• Describe what you hope to learn while designing this facility.

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

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

 

 

HCS446 Week-3 Bariatric Unit Facility Planning

Imagine that you work with a team of hospital facility designers. An investor has asked your team to design a bariatric unit for the local hospital. As you and your team start to work, you find that the standards for developing a bariatric unit are not as well defined as other units. Your team has several opinions for what this unit may look like and would like to work individually at first to develop more options.

Part 1: Individual Work

Research bariatric units and designing bariatric units in a hospital setting.

Based on your research, create an ideal bariatric facility using ToolWire® SmartDraw®. Save your design for use in Part 2 of this assignment.

 

Part 2: Team Work

Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that showcases your team's facility to the investors. Include the following: 

• Analyze essential environmental elements considered when designing a bariatric facility.
• Differentiate the facility equipment and technology use within a bariatric facility.
• Analyze the use of community demographics and accessibility within facility planning for bariatric facilities.
• Explain the importance of creating a facility based on the needs of a patient.
• Include images of each team member's ideal bariatric facility in the presentation.

*Note. With faculty approval, students may complete a brochure or a handout.

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

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines. Include a title page, detailed speaker notes, and a reference page.

 

HCS446 Week-4 Budget and Project Management Implementation Planning

Your investor was intrigued by each of your team's bariatric facility designs. The investor has asked that you provide them with your budget and Gantt chart for them to review.

As a team, select one of the bariatric facilities that were created in the Week Three learning team assignment.

Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes discussing the budget and implementation of your facility. Include the following in your presentation:

• Describe the selected facility.
• Explain how the five project management process groups would be applied to the planning, design, and construction of the project.
• Detail the steps in an implementation plan (Gantt chart) for your bariatric facility based on the five project management process groups.
• Include references and research to support your implementation plan.
• Evaluate budget planning and cost estimates for the bariatric facility you created based on the detailed implementation plan you created.
• Include references and research to support your budget and cost estimates.

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

Format your presentation according to APA guidelines. Include a title page, detailed speaker notes, and a references page.

 

HCS446 Week-4 Signature Assignment Facility Planning-Floor Plan Part 2 Birthing Center

As you continue to build your final facility, the legal team has provided you with considerations for researching legal and regulatory requirements that may affect the facility planning process.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that includes the following:

• Analyze local, state, and federal legal and regulatory requirements for your selected facility.  
• Evaluate the impact of legal and regulatory requirements on the development of organizational health care policies related to facility design for your selected facility.
• Evaluate accountability and liability implications for individuals and organizations within facility design for your selected facility.
• Analyze legal versus ethical considerations related to facility design for your selected facility.

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

 

HCS446 Week-4 Facility Planning Floor Plan Part-3

Part 1:

Continue to add to your floor plan started in Week Three.

Equipment:

• All equipment that should be considered for use by the patient, staff, and families

Regulatory:

• Color and noise elements
• Regulatory elements, such as Occupational Safety & Health Administration and ADA guidelines.

Save your design after it is completed.

 

Part 2:

Write a 260- to 350-word summary that includes the following:

• Describe the considerations you made when deciding which equipment you would add to your floor plan.
• Describe the regulatory additions to your floor plan.
• Identify equipment you would have liked to add to your floor plan that was not available in the ToolWire® SmartDraw® program.

Cite a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

 

Week-5 Environmental Impact

As a team, select a health care facility. Research the standard operating procedures for waste management, fire and safety, and disaster management for your selected facility.

Select 1 area below to use in your presentation:

• Hazardous waste management
• Fire and safety management
• Disaster management
• Security management
• ADA guidelines

Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for one of the selected issues in renovation or new planning of a health care facility. Include the following in your presentation:

• Explain the standard operating procedures for your selected issue.
• Explain the local, state, and federal legal and regulatory requirements. Consider the following agencies:
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration
• Joint Commission of the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• Your state's health planning and development agency
• Department of Health & Human Services
• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and other agencies as applicable to facility planning
• Identify issues to be considered when meeting the International Building Code for your selected facility.
• Describe measurements that may need to be done in advance of the new plan or renovation.
• List the stakeholders that may play a role in your development of the facility.

Note: Make sure to focus only on the impact of the workplace environment when discussing the area selected. 

Cite at least 5 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.

 

 

HCS446 Week-5 Facility Planning-Floor Plan Part 4

Part 1:

Continue to add to your floor plan started in Week Three and added to in Week Four.

Other elements:

• IT equipment
• Creative healing environmental ideas

Save your design when it is completed.

 

Part 2:

Write a 350- to 700-word summary that includes the following:

• Analyze future trends in technology, equipment, and design of the health care facility you designed.
• Describe your process for designing your facility.
• Discuss any recommendations or suggestions for completing your floor plan differently.
• Describe successes experienced while designing your facility.
• Describe failures experienced while designing your facility.
• Describe what you would do differently to address your failures.
• Imagine this facility was a renovation of an existing structure and describe what you would have done differently while building your facility.
• Describe what you have learned from designing this facility.

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

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

 

  

 

HCS446 Week-4 Facility Planning Floor Plan Part-3

Part 1:

Continue to add to your floor plan started in Week Three.

Equipment:

• All equipment that should be considered for use by the patient, staff, and families

Regulatory:

• Color and noise elements
• Regulatory elements, such as Occupational Safety & Health Administration and ADA guidelines.

Save your design after it is completed.

 

Part 2:

Write a 260- to 350-word summary that includes the following:

• Describe the considerations you made when deciding which equipment you would add to your floor plan.
• Describe the regulatory additions to your floor plan.
• Identify equipment you would have liked to add to your floor plan that was not available in the ToolWire® SmartDraw® program.

Cite a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

 

HCS446 Week-2 ToolWire SmartDraw Facility Design Practice

Access ToolWire® SmartDraw® through the Practice/Simulation/Homework/Game tab.

Complete the worksheet provided. The worksheet will provide you with instructions and prompts for the following:

• Accessing ToolWire® SmartDraw®
• Practicing Facility Design in ToolWire® SmartDraw®
• Saving and Submitting Your Design

ToolWire® SmartDraw® Facility Design Practice

 

Part 1: Accessing ToolWire® SmartDraw®

Access ToolWire® SmartDraw® using the link on your student materials section in New Classroom.

Select the Click Here to Start Lab Access link. The ToolWire® virtual desktop will launch.

Double-Click on the SmartDraw 2016 program on the lower left side of the ToolWire® virtual desktop.

 

*Make sure to save your work using the step-by-step instructions from the Week 1 assignment. Don't forget to save often.

 

Part 2: Practicing Facility Design in ToolWire® SmartDraw®

1. The selection of Healthcare Facility Floor Plans will populate automatically.

• Select Outpatient Clinic. 

2. Remove the wall in the waiting room.

• Select the "Add Wall Opening" option in the left toolbar under the Adjust section. Hover over and click on a portion of the wall you would like to delete. If you hover over the portion of the wall you removed you can click and drag the box to remove the entire wall. Hover over and click on the existing door and then strike the delete key.

 

2. Redesign the middle exam room.

• Add a wall to the middle exam room. You will need to move the furniture to accommodate the new wall. Click the furniture you wish to move and then drag it to the new location. The room should look similar to the image below.
• To move the bed into the correct position, select the bed and then select the Design tab in the top toolbar. Use the Rotate function.
• Delete the additional chair. Click the chair and strike delete key.
• Move the desk and table to make room for the door. To add a door, select More under Symbols and click on the Doors & Window library (if this library is not available, add it using the instructions from the Week 1 assignment). Select a door, click on the door, and drag it to the appropriate room.
• To add a wall, select Add Single Wall. Use the pen to add your wall. Click on the starting point for your wall and then drag the pen and unclick when you have created the appropriate wall. You can adjust your wall by hovering over and using the arrows.

6. Change the floors to different textures. 

• In the Home tab, click on the shape button and select rectangle. Hover and click on the room you would like to add texture to. After placing the rectangle, resize it using the arrows to fit the room.
• Select the rectangle and then select fill in the Home tab. Select texture and then pick your desired flooring. Once you have selected the flooring color, click on the rectangle and go to the Design tab and click on Send to Back.

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*Your final floor selections should look similar to the above image.

8. Add the following items to your facility. Follow the facility pictured below. You will need to delete existing furniture and other office items to insert new items. Remember to click on the item from the appropriate library and drag it to the desired location.

• Medical Facility library à Office Library à Laptop to main desk (Office)
• Medical Facility library à Furniture Library à Art of Care Baratric Chair and Art of Care Spanned Lobby Seating (Waiting room)
• Medical Facility library à Medical Library à Phillps IE33 (Recovery Room)
• Medical Facility library à Physical Therapy Library à PhysicalCycle XT and Power Height Paralell 1362 Bars (Exam room)

*This image represents your final facility. Continue to Part 3.

*The assets added to this image are highlighted with a white background for easy viewing. Assets added by students will have a clear backgound.

Part 3: Submitting Your Design

Save your design following the steps from the Week 1 assignment. This will save as an .sdr file. In the following steps, you will export your design as a Microsoft® Word document (.doc or .docx file).

To export your design as a Microsoft® Word document, click Export on the taskbar.

Export your design as a Word document.

After you have selected your design to be exported as a Microsoft® Word document, the Word document will open within your ToolWire® vitural desktop.

 

 

Click File, then Save As, and then Desktop. This will allow you to save the Microsoft® Word (.doc or .docx) document on the ToolWire® vitrual desktop. This step does not save this document to your personal computer.

Click on My Files (U:) to save your document. Use the following naming convention in the File name section: last name, week of the class, and assignment title.

Example: Davis_week1_SmartDraw_Exploration

Click Save after you have given your design a correct file name.

 

*You will notice that the Microsoft® Word document has the correct file name and still exists in the ToolWire® virtual desktop. Use the following set of instructions to save the Microsoft® Word document to your personal desktop or preferred storage area.

 

At the top of your ToolWire® Desktop, click File Transfer.

 

In the new window, navigate to the Current Folder area. If your assignment does not appear, select My Files to refresh the list of documents.

 

Click on your assignment (.doc or .docx file). The ~$vis_week1_SmartDrawExploration.docx is a temporary file, do not download these files as they will not work in Microsoft® Word.

 

Click on the downloaded document that appears at the bottom of the screen to save it to your personal desktop or preferred document storage area.

 

A traditional Microsoft® Word document will open outside of the ToolWire® virtual desktop.

 

Click File, then Save As to save this document to your personal desktop (Desktop) or preferred document storage area (Browse or My Documents).

 

 

In New Classroom, click the Assignment Files tab to sumbit your assignment. To receive full credit for this assignment, submit your SmartDraw® design you saved and exported in this step.