nurses station
Ward's central post
A nurses station is the central work area on a hospital floor or medical unit where nurses coordinate patient care, maintain records, and monitor equipment.
It typically features a long counter facing the hallway, with computers, charts, and communication systems: The call light went off at the nurses station.
Also spelled nurse's station or nurses' station.
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- wardProtected person; division
- deskFurniture for writing
- patient chartsDocumentation of care history
- medical recordsDocumented patient health history
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- Emergency RoomER doctor, trauma bay, gurney, stretcher, waiting room
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- indoor roomslobby, cafeteria, auditorium, gymnasium, library
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- workstationsdesktop, standing desk, sit-stand desk, corner desk, L-shaped desk
nurses stationpatient room
Hospital sleeping quarters
hospital bed · exam room · recovery room · bedside · ICU bed
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