Inpatient Visitation Times

p0969 · Oct 30, 2006

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Olyvia · Oct 30, 2006

7 days a week 4-7pm

njmonsterboi80, BSN · Nov 6, 2006

We have one hour per day on weekdays and two sets of one hour sessions on weekends. I think its good for morale to have visitors, but the visitors can cause problems on the unit. Some of the spouses also have psychiatric problems and we smelled cigarette smoke the room after a visitor left the other day.

At the inpatient unit where I work the visiting hours are:
M-F 4 to 8 pm
Weekends & Holidays 10am to 8pm
I am curious what other inpatient units have as viistation times and some input into the pro's or con's of long or short times.

berniemcr · Nov 10, 2006

The child/adolescent crisis unit I work at has visiting hours or Tues/Thurs 6-7:30 and Sat/Sun 1-2:30 and 6-7:30. Visiting is flexible if the family cannot make the hours designated and visiting is often allowed if family is in for a meeting on off-hours.

Visiting every evening could be disturbing for the pts who get no visitors and it also interferes with groups which many be arranged for those hours.

lorner · Nov 10, 2006

In the intensive care unit that I work in we have 24 hour visitation 7 days a week.

muffie, RN · Nov 10, 2006

before sars it was pretty open ended

now its 1400-2000

Tank'sMom · Nov 10, 2006

On our inpt. psych it's 7P-8P on weekdays with 2hrs on Saturdays and 3hrs on Sunday afternoons. Visitors can be very challenging on a psych unit. Adding the often troubled family dynamic to a pt. who is already on the edge....not always a great idea.

PsychRN45 · Nov 18, 2006

Inpt Child / Adol Unit M-F 5-8, Weekend 12-8

kadokin, ASN, RN · Nov 29, 2006

We have one hour per day on weekdays and two sets of one hour sessions on weekends. I think its good for morale to have visitors, but the visitors can cause problems on the unit. Some of the spouses also have psychiatric problems and we smelled cigarette smoke the room after a visitor left the other day.

agreed. Our unit has similar "scheduled" visiting times. We try to make it clear to family that we will flex things as needed, though, b/c some of our clients and families are elderly and/or live out of town and making the 7p-8p schedule can be a hardship (not to mention, some folks work those hours and can't make it in). It's psych. You have to go w/the flow.

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SeeK · Dec 17, 2006

our times are only m-f , 6p-7p

iwannabearn · Feb 11, 2007

12-1pm, 6-7pm 7 days a week. how can a effective group treatment run if visitors are always there?