LEARNING HOSPITAL ETIQUETTE

Dear Heloise: I work as a nurse in the ICU in a major metropolitan hospital. As many people know, hospitals have relaxed their rules about the length of a visitor’s visit, have done away with age limits for children to visit, and have implemented many other restrictions. As a nurse, here are a few requests to make the process smoother:

Know that if you must bring small children, we will not “keep an eye” on them for you. We’re working. Please keep them with you at all times for their safety.

Please do not smoke in the patient’s room. This includes vapes. It happens more times than you can imagine.

Please do not bring any food or drink to the hospital for a patient without checking with the doctor. This also applies to any “home remedies” that someone swears

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