Herman Miller Ethospace Nurses Station User Manual

Nurses’ Stations

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Welcome to the nerve center of the patient area

This is the place where nurses update charts,
physicians enter orders, and a unit secretary
records a new patient. It is a medication area,
a nourishment area, a dictation area, and a storage
area. It is the place where patients are monitored
and digital images are studied, where colleagues
consult and family and friends find help. And it
may house anywhere from two to 20 caregivers,
depending on the time of day.

This constant interplay of activities will best be
served by agile and responsive work areas.
Herman Miller for Healthcare’s nurses’ stations
are just that.

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For Position Only

Design for now, ready for tomorrow

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The services and professional expertise we offer
increase the value of your Herman Miller purchase.
Our clinical consultants will work with you to
determine layouts for optimal work flow. All former
nurse managers, they understand the work
of your staff and the demands of your industry,
from HIPAA requirements to patient-centered care,
from paper management to computerized charting,
from integrated radiology to monitoring systems.

Our design team will turn those layouts into plans,
and our dealer experts will assist you with ordering
and installation. We will continue to work with
you after your initial installation, whether you are
fine-tuning an application or reconfiguring an
entire nurses’ station. Yours is a complex world,
and our staff of trained professionals will help
you navigate the way.

Design for function and levels of acuity

Whether you are creating nurses’ stations
in critical or transitional care areas, smaller
work areas throughout a patient floor, or
a large centralized station, the same modular
products can be used, taking into consideration
varying technology needs, work processes,
and staffing requirements.

Design for image and culture

The design of your nurses’ station can also
express the image of your healthcare organization
or the character of individual departments.
We can create a variety of looks to communicate
your image and culture. Our materials,
finishes, and textiles selection won’t restrict
your creativity but will meet cleanability and
infection-control standards.

Design for ergonomics and change

A unit secretary’s long-term seated work and
a nurse’s on-the-move, stand-up work are both
supported with a range of adjustable and
mobile products. Components can be easily
reconfigured to create new charting or work
stations, data and electrical access points,
and storage areas.

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Support individual needs

Our nurses’ stations have a number of
interchangeable parts in standard sizes that
combine and recombine to support new
work styles, technologies, materials, and staffing
needs. Attached surfaces and storage components
adjust in one-inch increments, making fine-tuning
for individuals possible.

Target specific work processes

Efficiency in work flow is considered in our
product designs. Specific areas for charting and
dictation are created with the pass-through
tile and a semi-private workstation. Medication
dispensing equipment integrates seamlessly
with our healthcare products.

Manage technology

Cables and wires run through the interior frame
and can be accessed along the work surface,
at the base, or through an access tile placed
anywhere it is needed; extra capacity needs
are met with a cable management tile.

Organize work areas

Accessories attach to a tool rail, so items stay
close at hand and off the work surface and
can be quickly changed or relocated. A height­adjustable monitor arm offers ergonomic
advantages and keeps the work surface clear.

What you wish for, and everything you need

Address privacy and collaboration

Both confidential and collaborative work happens
in nurses’ stations. A variety of wall heights
and tile types lets you define boundaries inside
and outside the work area. Glass tiles offer
a level of privacy and separation without losing
visual connection to patients and staff.

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Keep up appearances

The flexibility of our nurses’ stations extends
to the replacement of select components, not
the entire application, as needed. Individual
tiles can be replaced to refresh aesthetics or
update functionality. Durability and cleanability
are essential, and a choice of wall and surface
materials provides both.

Outfit adjacent areas

Our casework line outfits nourishment areas,
and our broad offering of tables and chairs
completes meeting and break rooms and
collaborative areas.

Provide comfort

A choice of ergonomically designed, innovative,
and adjustable seating, including stools, in
finishes and upholstery options meets cleanability
requirements and work process needs.

Create positive first impressions

Ethospace®custom fascia offers limitless options
for the exterior of the nurses’ stations and the
interior functionality of a frame-and-tile design.
Express the character or function of a department
or the personality of your healthcare organization.

Support storage needs

A full line of clinical storage and transport
products with interchangeable interiors
complements any application. In addition,
our stationary and mobile storage products
are available for large and small filing needs.

Every nurses’ station is unique in some way. That’s
why Herman Miller’s breadth of modular products
makes a good deal of sense. Your nurses’ station,
and its adjacent areas, can become what they need
to become—for your first installation and for every
small or large change that happens afterwards.

You can expect the same rigorous quality and
durability standards in your nurses’ stations that
Herman Miller builds into all its products—backed
by the industry’s best warranties. We know how
hard you work, and our products are made to do
the same.

For more information about our products and services or to see a list of dealers, please visit us
at www.HermanMiller.com/healthcare or call [phone].
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