Accommodations
One parent bed is available in your 人妻中出视频鈥檚 room. Your nurse will show you how to set it up and bring in bedding. A maximum of two people may stay the night; they must be either a parent or over 18 years old and immediate family members. No one may share the patient鈥檚 bed or sleep on the floor.
A bathroom and shower for patient and parent use is available either in the patient room or is closely accessible. There are also public restrooms and a tub room that will be pointed out on your unit tour. We have towels and hygiene items available if needed. If you are not from the area and need a hotel, a social worker can help arrange lodging outside the hospital.
Wireless internet is available and access instructions will be provided.
DVDs and XBOX games are available for checkout at the clerk鈥檚 desk. The necessary equipment is either available in your room or available for checkout. Please return these items when you are finished using them.
Playrooms are available for patient use. If your 人妻中出视频 is unable to leave his room, 人妻中出视频-life specialists will provide age-appropriate toys and activities at the bedside. Ask your nurse to page the 人妻中出视频 life specialist in your unit.
Phones are available in all patient care rooms. Outgoing calls can be made by dialing 鈥9鈥 to get an outside line. For long distance, please ask a nurse for a long distance code.
Food 人妻中出视频
When your 人妻中出视频鈥檚 diet is determined, room service will deliver a menu to your room. Room service is available between 7 am and 7 pm and can be reached by dialing the number on the printed menu. There are also drinks and snacks available on the floor for patient use. Families may also order a guest tray that can be delivered to your room.
The hospital cafeteria hours vary by location and are listed in the parent resource materials given to you on admission.
Safety & Security
Your 人妻中出视频 has been assigned a special code to help provide safety and security. You will need to have this code to access information about your 人妻中出视频 over the phone. No information will be released unless the code is given.
You will receive a parent identification band when you arrive to the room. The code is the last four numbers on your parent band, and a member of the patient care team will locate it for you. This band must be worn to take the patient off the unit and to gain access to the hospital after 10pm. Patients must wear their own identification bands at all times.
For the safety of your 人妻中出视频, the crib/bed rails MUST be up whenever your 人妻中出视频 is in the crib/bed. Please let us know when you are leaving so we can check on the safety of your 人妻中出视频.
Nursing Routines & Rounds
Nursing Routines
Nurses usually change shifts at 7 am and 7 pm and for approximately 30 minutes they will be busy giving report to the oncoming nurse. If you have an immediate need during shift change, please make it known. If the need can wait a short time, please discuss it with the nurse after shift change is completed. If your 人妻中出视频 is in the Newborn or Pediatric Critical Care Unit, families are not allowed to visit during change of shift report.
Vital signs will be monitored every four hours, unless specified. They will also be monitored during the night time hours. Your nurse will explain the monitors and what we will be watching for with your 人妻中出视频.
Your care team needs to keep track of what your 人妻中出视频 eats and drinks. Also, please save all diapers or have your 人妻中出视频 use the urinal/hat to collect all urine. A record is kept to assess if your 人妻中出视频 is getting enough fluids.
Please check with a nurse before entering an isolation room. The nurse will explain the type of isolation and any precautions that should be taken. Good hand washing is essential before entering and after leaving the room.
All medications must be ordered by your physician. If you bring medications from home with you, please show them to the nurse. You will be advised what to do with them. All medications must be given or supervised by a nurse. Please do not give any medications without authorization from your physician or nurse.
For nursing assistance, press the nurse call light button, which will be shown to you when your 人妻中出视频 is admitted to the hospital.
Team Rounds
Every morning and sometimes again in the early evening, the physician staff makes rounds (walking from room to room) to assess daily progress and update your 人妻中出视频's plan of care for that day.
Physicians and other team members will come by either individually or in a group to examine your 人妻中出视频 and develop the plan of care with the help of you, your 人妻中出视频鈥檚 nurse, and other members of the patient care team. You are encouraged to be present for rounds.
At the completion of rounds, your 人妻中出视频's physician should be available to answer questions about your 人妻中出视频's progress. If your doctor isn't able to talk to you then, ask him or her to indicate another time of the day to talk about your 人妻中出视频. There is typically a dry erase board in your 人妻中出视频鈥檚 room where you can keep track of your questions.
Visitors
Parents may be at the hospital at any time. We encourage you to stay with your 人妻中出视频 as much as possible. Short visits from family and friends are usually good for your 人妻中出视频 and are encouraged. Visiting hours are until 9 pm.
What to Expect at Check-Out
We will strive to anticipate everything you will need at home well in advance of the day of your discharge. Please help us by anticipating your needs and communicating them to your nurse or physician throughout your 人妻中出视频鈥檚 hospital stay. Please come prepared with any last minute questions that you might have on the day of discharge.
Case managers are available to assist in arranging for any equipment or home care services that that may be necessary when your 人妻中出视频 goes home. We can also assist you by filling your 人妻中出视频鈥檚 prescriptions prior to discharge. You may also take your prescriptions with you to fill in them in the pharmacy of your choice.
When you go home, you will be provided with detailed discharge and follow-up instructions as well as information about your 人妻中出视频鈥檚 illness and how to manage it home. A copy of the discharge instructions will be faxed to your 人妻中出视频鈥檚 primary care provider so that this information is available when he or she sees your 人妻中出视频 in follow-up.
Appropriately sized car seats are required for all 人妻中出视频ren 8 years and younger and 80 pounds or less. Assistance is available to insure that your 人妻中出视频鈥檚 car seat fits appropriately.
A Relationship Created for the Best Pediatric Care
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It's a shared mission of providing health care, education, and research. It comes to life through collaboration on clinical care, research, and educational programs.
Primary Children's Hospital operates as the main pediatric facility for the U of U 人妻中出视频 system, providing care in more than 60 medical and surgical specialties such as surgery, oncology, cardiology, orthopedics, and others. Most of the providers at Primary Children's Hospital are faculty members at U of U 人妻中出视频.
This partnership delivers care to advance pediatric medicine while educating future generations of health care professionals.