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With programs and services that make being in the hospital easier, our goal is to make sure your entire family has a positive experience while your child is a patient here.

Visiting A Patient at Hurley Children's Hospital

Patient-directed visitation

Patient-directed visitation means that each individual patient’s preference, family situation, illness, health condition, safety and security needs are discussed with the patient or patient’s representative in establishing individual guidelines for visitation.

Hurley Children's Hospital would like to offer these guidelines for visiting a patient:

  • To respect the privacy and comfort of patients in semi-private rooms, we suggest that no more than 2 guests are at the patient’s bedside at one time.
  • The hours between 9pm and 7am are considered “quiet hours” for all units.
  • Extended and overnight visits can be arranged with the patient’s assigned registered nurse. Care partners who anticipate arriving at the hospital after 11pm are asked to pre-arrange their visit with the nurse or to call the unit and speak with the nurse prior to coming to the hospital.
  • Children under the age of 12 must be supervised by an accompanying adult at all times.
  • Latex balloons cannot be brought into the hospital environment under any circumstances.

For more information about visitation, guests are encouraged to call the nursing unit they will be visiting.