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Visitors can be good medicine for patients. Family members and friends are welcome to visit. However, patient care is our primary concern at St. Joseph’s Area Health Services, and, in order to enhance the quality of care, specific visiting hours and regulations have been established for each unit.
Gift Shop
Hospitality Plus, staffed by volunteers, is open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The shop has gift items, jewelry, magazines, greeting cards, candy, toiletries, flowers and plants. The Hospitality Plus phone number is 218-237-5522.
Gifts for Patients
Visitors should check with the nurse before bringing gifts of food or drink to patients. Please check with the nurse to make sure your gift is appropriate. In the Intensive Care Unit, please check with the unit regarding any gifts for patients. No live plants are permitted in the
Intensive Care Unit.
Waiting Areas
There are specially-designated lounge areas for visitors on each patient floor and on the main floor in the lobby. Specific waiting areas have been designated for families of patients in the Critical Care Units, the Emergency Department, Surgery, 2 South Surgery, and Radiology.
Parking
Parking for patients and visitors 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. If something happens which causes you to need assistance with your
vehicle, please have someone at the reception desk call someone in our
Maintenance Department to help you.
Visiting Regulations
The following are general guidelines for visitors:
- Visitors may not smoke in patient rooms or anywhere in the hospital or on hospital grounds.
- Visitors must dress appropriately and must wear shirts 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.
- People with colds, sore throats, or any contagious diseases 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.
Liberal visiting arrangements may be made for families of surgical
patients on the day of surgery.
Meditation Chapel
A meditation chapel is located on the main floor. Visitors of all
faiths are welcome to visit the chapel for worship services, prayer,
and quiet reflection.
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