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YOUR VISITORS
Family members and friends
are welcome to visit you during your stay at St. John's Mercy Hospital. However,
since patient care is our primary concern, specific visiting hours and regulations
have been established for each division or unit. We ask that you follow these
guidelines. We are committed to maintaining a healing environment. With this
in mind, please keep noise levels to a minimum and respect the needs of other
patients in the room. If you have questions, please check with the nursing
staff on the floor.
Guidelines
To support quality care for patients, visitors are asked to observe a few guidelines:
- Tobacco
use is strictly prohibited both inside and outside hospital buildings. Visitors
may not use tobacco products while on the premises, including parking lots.
- Visitors
must dress appropriately and must wear a shirt and shoes.
- No more than two
visitors are allowed at the bedside at one time.
- Visitors in semi-private
rooms should be considerate of both patients.
- Visitors with colds,
sore throats or any contagious disease should not visit patients.
- Visits should be kept
short.
- Visitors should maintain
a quiet environment and avoid unnecessary noise.
- Visitors may be asked
to leave the room during tests or treatments or when the doctor or nurse
needs to see the patient.
- When appropriate, special
visiting arrangements may be made for family members. Please check with
the nursing staff.
- Visitors should not
bring food or beverages to the patient unless approved by your doctor or
nurse.
Visitors are encouraged
to leave for the evening; however, in special situations, allowing a family
member to stay all night may be beneficial. The nurse will assess the potential
benefit of an all-night stay and use his/her professional judgement in allowing
an overnight stay. When a visitor stays overnight, he/she will be issued
a visitor’s pass. Security officers will monitor patient nursing divisions
and check that overnight visitors have been issued a pass.
The hospital reserves
the right to ask overnight visitors violating hospital policy or creating a
disturbance to leave the premises.
Condition Reports
Personal information about your diagnosis and treatment is available to members
of your immediate family whom you designate to receive it.
Parking
Free parking for patients and visitors is available in front of the hospital’s
main entrance. Parking is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Patients
and visitors are cautioned not to park in reserved areas or certain designated
areas. Please be sure to lock your car and keep valuables in your trunk. If
something happens which causes you to need assistance with your vehicle, please
call the operator and ask for Safety and Security.
Waiting Areas
Lounge areas for visitors have been set aside on each patient floor and on
the main floor in the lobby. Specific waiting areas have been designated
for families of patients in the Intensive Care Unit, the Emergency Department
and Surgery waiting room to keep family members informed about the progress
of surgery.
Out-of-Town Visitors
Accommodations for relatives and visitors from out of town are available at
nearby motels. The three motels in Washington are:
- Super 8, 636-390-0088
- American
Inn, 636-239-3172
- Sleep Inn, 636-390-8877
Cafeteria
The cafeteria at St. John’s Mercy Hospital is open weekdays 7 a.m. until
6:45 p.m. and weekends 7:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Visitors are welcome to eat
in the cafeteria. Patients who have permission to eat in the cafeteria must
have a card in order to be served.
If a family member or friend
wants to eat in your room with you, the visitor may go to the cafeteria,
buy a meal there and take it back to your room. If a visitor does not want
to go to the cafeteria, a guest meal tray can be delivered to your room for
a cost of $3 for breakfast or $6 for lunch or dinner.
Vending Room
Vending machines for snacks and beverages, located on the first floor near
the Emergency Department and on the second floor near the cafeteria, are
available 24 hours a day.
ATM
For your convenience, an ATM machine is located on the second floor near the
cafeteria.
Gift Shop
The Gift Shop, operated by the hospital Auxiliary and staffed by volunteers,
is open from 9 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. weekdays.Weekend hours are as designated.The
shop has gift items, jewelry, greeting cards, candy, toiletries, flowers
and plants. The gift shop phone number is 636-239-8299.
Chapel
The chapel is located on the first floor of the hospital by the elevators.
Visitors of all faiths are welcome to visit the chapel for worship services,
prayer and meditation. Check the Mass and Holy Communion distribution schedule
on the board outside the chapel.
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