Preparing Critical Care and Medical-Surgical Nurses to Open a New Hospital.

Building a new hospital is an exciting time. However significant planning is required to prepare staff to assume care of patients in an environment with new workflow changes and new equipment. The challenges of this advanced preparation are compounded when the opening of the new hospital includes the planned move of the inpatient census of patients from an existing hospital to the new hospital.

Safety First! Using a Checklist for Intrafacility Transport of Adult Intensive Care Patients.

Background: Adult critical care patients in an academic medical center experienced adverse events during intrafacility transport resulting from lack of preparation. An intervention was needed to help keep patients safe during intrafacility transport.

Objective: To develop a checklist for transport that is easy to use and effective in preparing patients for transport.