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Visiting Hours - BMH has
recently established specific visiting hours in order
to provide better patient care. The hospital has always
endeavored to accommodate visitors during a time when
a family member is experiencing acute illness, surgery,
recovery or terminal illness. However, due to staff
concerns, and for the safety and comfort of the patient,
visiting hours at BMH are now somewhat more regulated.
Regular Medical/Surgical Patient Floors (2nd &
3rd) - 11 a.m. To 8 p.m. After 8:00 p.m., an announcement
will be made on the public address system. Please oblige
the request to end visiting hours unless you have received
special dispensation from either a physician or nurse.
Thank you.
Special Care Unit
Hours correspond with the schedule for regular patient
floors (above) with the caveat that visitors (limited
to family members, or close friends at the patient's
or family's discretion) may be asked by nursing to limit
the number of visitors, the length of the visit, or
request a different (better) time for the patient. Supervised
and healthy children of the family may also visit.
Birthing Center
The hours in this unit are open to family members who
may visit the new mother and baby at any time, taking
into consideration the wishes of the patient and the
discretion of the nurse. Friends of the patient are
requested to comply with the hospital visiting hour
schedule as noted for the regular patient floors. Only
parents and grandparents are allowed to visit a newborn
staying in the nursery.
Visitors under age 12, accompanied by an adult, are
welcome in solariums, waiting rooms, and private rooms,
or may obtain special permission from a unit nurse to
visit a patient unable to travel out of the room.
BMH is a Smoke-Free Hospital
We ask visitors to comply with our smoke-free policy.
A new designated smoking area has been created outside
the hospital on the basement level. It is handicap accessible
and is semi-enclosed. Patients and visitors are requested
to use this area only for smoking purposes. Maps to
the newly created area are available at the hospital
lobby front desk and on patient floors at the nurses'
units.
Hospital
Pet Policy
Maps & Directions
A map is provided here to help
you get to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. Once there,
a second map shows the layout
of the buildings and parking on campus. Another map will
show the various entrances to units at BMH.
Parking
All parking at BMH is free. A map is provided to show
where patients, their families, and visitors may park.
Please note that there are handicap parking spaces provided
in various areas on the hospital grounds for your convenience.
Visitor Accommodations
Telephones - There are public telephones in the hallway
across from the elevator bank on the first floor, and
in the Emergency Room waiting room.
Newspapers
A variety of daily newspapers is on sale in vending machines
just outside the hospital lobby.
Rooming In
With the approval of the doctor, Brattleboro Memorial
Hospital allows parents and other family members to stay
overnight for your comfort and reassurance. If you want
someone to room in, or you are a parent who wants to room
in, speak with the nurse or doctor. Rooming in is not
permitted in the Special Care Unit.
Quiet Room
The hospital, through the generosity of its Auxiliary,
provides warm, quiet, homey rooms where families may gather
for privacy or to talk with clergy, doctor, nurse, or
social worker. One room is located on the first floor
near the Emergency Room, and the other is outside the
Special Care Unit with a two-way communication hookup
to the Unit.
Auxiliary Gift Shop
The Auxiliary operates the Attractions Gift Shop in which
you may buy a variety of homecrafted and other fine gift
items, toiletries, greeting cards, paperback books, and
candy. The Attraction Gift Shop is currently open Monday
through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Meals
Coffee Shop The Auxiliary operates the coffee shop on
the ground floor where visitors may buy light soups, sandwiches,
and pastries from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Cafeteria
Visitors are welcome in the hospital cafeteria. The
cafeteria is open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for snacks
and beverages. Breakfast is served Monday through Friday
from 6:30 to 9:15 am. Lunch is served weekdays from
11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Dinner is served weekdays from
4:30 to 6:00 p.m. (Please see vending machines below.)
Guest Trays
If visitors would like to eat with the patient, they
may order a guest tray through nursing. A small fee
will be charged for each meal.
Vending Machines
Vending machines for soft drinks and for snack
items, including sandwiches and yogurt, are located
outside the cafeteria in the basement level. Ask any
hospital employee for specific directions.
Cell
Phone Usage
Cell phones are now acceptable to use in public areas
of the hospital including waiting rooms, the lobby,
the Coffee Shop and MapleView Café. Visitors
are requested not to use them elsewhere in the hospital.
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