28 Sep Facility Planning – Floor Plan Design Tool

Facility Planning Guide

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

Throughout this course you will plan for the facility type you selected in the Week 2 Facility Selection and Research assignment. This assignment illustrates the difficult balances between patient flow, workflow, safety, and aesthetics. You will use this document as a guide to understand the environmental design elements you should include in your final design. This document describes your assignment for each week.

Wk 1 Indiv: Facility Planning – Floor Plan Design Tool [Due ]

Choose either Roomsketcher or Floorplanner. If you use other free floorplan drawing software, it is up to you to confirm that your instructor can see the drawing and that any free trial period will carry you through the end of class.

Create, with your chosen drawing tool, a drawing of a rectangle. Do not use a template.

Insert any kind of figure or shape inside your rectangle.

Save the drawing.

Write a brief explanation as to why you chose the drawing tool you did. Tell your instructor what worked well and what did not work well..

Note: It is important to note that the purpose of this project is not to become an expert at blueprint drawing but rather to ensure the concepts learned in this course can be applied to the facility design principles. Your use of the floor planning program is meant to enhance your learning of the course and program concepts, not be a frustration or bottleneck. Please have fun with this assignment.