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Show VVMC outlines Visiting want to be rude to those who have come to see him, while realizing that he needs rest and time for the hospital to complete necessary tests and procedures. We are initiating a patient quiet hour from 1:00 until 2:30 in the afternoon, on a daily basis for all patients. During this time, the patient's door will be closed; no nursing procedures other than emergency or specially scheduled procedures will be performed. per-formed. The patient is encouraged en-couraged to rest and to relax. No telephoine calls will be allowed into patient rooms during that time. The patient may, of course, feel free to use the phone to call The Valley View Medical Center is adopting a new visiting hour program. The visiting hours as they now stand will remain the same: For Medical-Surgical patients, friends and relatives may visit only between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; for Obstetrical patients, fathers and grandparents may visit only between the hours of 2:30 and 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 until 8:00 in the evening. Exceptions to visiting hour regulations apply only to immediate family members such as husbands, wives, and immediate next-of-kin. When a patient is admitted to the hospital, it is not a situation of "rest". There are many examinations and procedures that must be performed on this patient, in order that his hospital stay may be as short as possible and as beneficial to his health as possible. Most of the nursing procedures and the physician's procedures are completed during the call for any assistance during that time and it will be provided. Wp aro hnninrr that fKic adequate rest after the morning procedures and lunch and prepare him to greet those interested family members and friends who wish to call upon him in the afternoon and evening. The medical and nursing ' staff of the Valley View Medical Center request your support in adhering to this visiting hour policy. It has been developed for the patient's good. Enough time has been allowed for you to visit or call upon the patient to offer assistance and show your concern during the hours listed above. In this way you will be doing more for the patient himself than if you came and spent the entire day, or paid frequent, lengthy visits. The staff of the Valley View Medical Center appreciates ap-preciates the cooperation of the public in this matter. morning hours. It is extremely ex-tremely difficult for the patient and for the hospital staff to perform these needed procedures while visitors are present in the room. In addition, it is a concern for the natipnt will give the patient himself, in that he does not |