Admission & Accomodations
Your Room
Your room assignment is based on your diagnosis and the bed availability on the day of your admission.
Room Temperature
The temperature in your room may be adjusted by using the controls on the window unit (or wall thermostat for rooms located in the Women & Infants Pavilion or the north building). If your heating or cooling units are not working properly, please notify your nurse.
Calling Your Nurse
A button to call your nurse is located at your bedside. When you press the button, the nursing station is altered that you need assistance, and a light flashes above your door. A staff member will respond to your signal as soon as possible.
Television
All patient rooms are provided with remote controlled cable television sets. There is no charge for television service. Please be considerate of your roommate when watching television. Channel 36 is an easy listening music channel.
Telephone
Bedside telephone service is available to patients free of charge. You are entitled to an unlimited number of local calls during your stay. Long distance calls may be billed to a telephone credit card or your home telephone. Incoming calls may be received between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.
To place a local call (609 area code), dial 9, wait for the dial tone and then dial the number. 800 numbers may be dialed the same way. Long distance calls may be placed by dialing 9 first, then the area code and the number you are trying to reach. An operator will connect the call. Public phones are also available throughout the hospital. Use of personal cell phones is permitted.
Environmental Services
If the cleanliness of your room does not meet your expectations, please contact the housekeeping supervisor at ext. 2861 or 6489.
Your Hospital Bed/Wheelchairs
Hospital beds are electrically operated. Your nurse will demonstrate how to adjust your bed for your comfort. In the interest of patient safety, please speak with the nurse before raising or lowering bed side rails. Fall injuries are more severe when patients attempt to climb between or over bed side rails. Also, please do not try to get in or out of a wheelchair by yourself. Call on staff for assistance; our nurses and escort staff are trained to assist patients with navigating entry and exit from beds and wheelchairs.