About Your Stay
In Your Room
Many of our rooms are semi-private, with two patients in each room. Each patient has a phone, television and separate closet. There is a curtain that can be pulled for privacy.
Preventing Falls During Your Stay
Falls happen most often in unfamiliar places, such as a hospital room. Please let us help you when you need to walk or use the bathroom. If you are at high risk for falling, we will give you a yellow wristband and provide extra help.
Here are some ways to reduce your risk of falling:
- Call for help when you need to get up or use the bathroom. Do not try to get up or walk by yourself.
- Keep the items you need within your reach, including the call button. If you can’t reach us, please call for help.
- Always use your walker, cane, crutches, brace, or other devices.
- Wear non-skid footwear, such as rubber-soled slippers or socks.
- Go slowly when getting up so that you don’t get dizzy.
- In the bathroom, use the grab bars to sit and stand.
- Know the location of the call button.
- If your medicines make you sleepy, light headed, sluggish or confused, it is okay to ask how to reduce these side effects. Or, you can ask if you can take another medicine.
If you fall:
- Try to remain calm.
- Call for help. If you are near a call button, please press it.
- Don’t get up because you may be injured. Please wait for help.
With your doctor’s approval, and if you are able to walk and stand comfortably, you may shower. If you are unable to shower, you may use a bedside bathing kit.
If you need assistance with personal hygiene, please tell your nurse.
All caregivers wash their hands or use waterless hand cleanser between patients and while doing different tasks for patients. We encourage you to ask your caregivers if they have done this.
We clean your room and bathroom regularly, but the housekeeping staff will try not to disturb you. If you need anything cleaned up (for instance, if you spilled something), ask your nurse to contact the housekeeping staff.
Many of our rooms are semi-private, with two patients in each room. Each patient has a phone, television and separate closet. There is a curtain that can be pulled for privacy.
There can be a lot of hustle and bustle in the hospital, and it can be noisy. Your team will try to limit noise as much as they can while you recover, especially at night. Let them know if it’s too loud for you, and they’ll do what they can to reduce the noise.
We will limit nighttime interruptions as much as possible, but please understand that we will be checking on you during the night to make sure you are okay. Also, it’s sometimes necessary to wake you for a blood test so that your doctor has the results when they are needed.
“HUSH” (Help Us Support Healing) guidelines
We follow a set of guidelines between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. to help you rest in a quiet environment. An announcement will let you know when the quiet hours begin.
- Your door will be closed with your permission.
- We ask that you try not to play music too loud or watch TV too late at night, especially if you have a roommate. Ask if headphones are available for the TV.
- Remind friends or family who visit to keep the noise level down, as others may be sleeping.
- Lights will be dimmed.
Thank you for helping us make sure you and all other patients can get the rest they need.