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History of Patient Rooms Historically, the majority of patient rooms on a typical med/surg unit were either double or quadruple occupancy. That is, there were between two and four patients per room usually separated by some sort of curtain system. Bathrooms were almost exclusively shared by all occupants of the room. Receptacles for medical gases and suction were openly exposed. Privacy and confidentiality are not encouraged in this sort of environment. While this was generally accepted in the past, virtually all hospitals being constructed today are being built with single-bed rooms. 8
History of Patient Rooms In our site trip to Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY we saw their recently opened cardiac unit and how it used exclusively single patient rooms. In stark contrast we were also fortunate enough to see one of the older med/surg units that is not currently in use. In the dated unit we saw dim lighting, double-occupancy rooms roughly the same size as the new single rooms, white floors, white walls, white ceilings. There were no private showers or anything of the sort. The difference was quite remarkable as in the new unit we saw mock-wood flooring, warm colors, flat-screen televisions, couches for family members, receptacles built into the wall so as not to stick out, and other such things. A synopsis of our brief class discussion was that the difference was quite remarkable between old and new. If one were to choose, the new rooms were much more desirable. 9
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