Visiting Regulations
Visiting hours at Preston Memorial Hospital are as follows:
Medical/Surgical Unit (2nd Floor)
11:00 a.m. to 8:00 pm. Daily
Room 200 (Monitor Room) - 2nd Floor
Patients in Room 200 may have visitors during the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Visiting time is limited to10 minutes every two (2) hours. Visiting is limited to one visitor at a time and immediate family only. In the event of no immediate family, another responsible person may be given visiting privileges by the nurse. Visitors to Room 200 are asked to wait in the 2nd Floor Waiting Room and check at the Nurses Station before each visit. Since this is a higher level of care area, no television or phones are available in the room.
Birth Center
Fathers: May visit at any time.
Children: May visit at the healthcare provider’s/nurse’s discretion.
Other Visitors: 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Grandparents: May visit any time.
Visiting During Labor: As desired by the patient and/or the healthcare provider’s/nurse’s discretion.
Other Visiting Regulations
The patient’s condition determines the number of visitors allowed at one time, but generally no more than two (2) visitors at one time. This is to be enforced by the nursing staff on the unit. Visitors are asked to limit their visits to 20 minutes or a reasonable length of time in order to not tire the patient and in order that others may have the opportunity to visit. There is to be consideration for the roommate of the patient who may also have visitors.
Visitors are not to interfere with the activities of the professional staff. Quiet should be maintained.
Visitors are not to provide patient care unless specifically advised to do so by the health
care provider or nurse and under their supervision.
Visitors are not to bring food to patients unless specifically advised to do so by the health care provider or nurse.
Visitors are asked not to congregate in patient care areas. Visitors are not to sit on any patient beds or floor or use the patient bathrooms. Public bathrooms are available on the first floor. Visitors are not to sit in the common hallways.
Please respect the “No Visitors,” “Isolation,” and other signs posted on patient doors. They are ordered by the doctor for the patient’s benefit.
Visitors are requested to enter and leave the hospital by the Patient Entrance between 6:30 a.m. and 11.00 p.m. From 11:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the Emergency Department entrance is to be used.
Visitors are only permitted in the Operating Room or Recovery Room under specific circumstances and only with permission of the surgeon, anesthesia provider, nurse and patient.
Special visiting privileges are ordered by the physician.
The family of a patient undergoing surgery is to wait in the Waiting Room on the designated patient care unit. Patients scheduled for surgery may have minimal visitors one (1) hour before the scheduled time of surgery.
Families of patients in serious conditions may visit at any time.
One parent of a hospitalized child may stay at night with the child. A roll-away bed is provided for the parent.
Chaplains should be encouraged to visit patients during afternoon and evening hours to avoid conflicts with morning patient care. If needed, Chaplains may visit at other times and when needed.
Persons with upper respiratory infections, flu symptoms or other infectious/contagious disease should not visit patients.
Courtesy and respect are to be shown to the visitors of patients by hospital personnel.
Visiting may be restricted during flu season or other times when necessary.
Visiting may be restricted per physician’s order or patient request.
Visitation by Children
Children of any age are permitted to visit. Children need to be under parental or other adult supervision. They must remain in the patient’s room or the Waiting Room and be attended at all times. The nursing staff reserves the right to ask that disruptive children be taken from the unit whenever, in their judgement, the safety and peace of mind of the patients in the area are compromised.
Variations to the Visiting Regulations are at the discretion in of the nurse in charge/Nursing Supervisor. |  |
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