Clinical Pre-Admissions Area
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Welcome to the clinical pre-admissions area. Let's cover a few important topics to make sure you're prepared for your admission.
1. Medications - Before you're admitted to the hospital, please write down any medicines you're currently taking. Be sure to list the exact name, dosage and number of times a day you take each one. You should ask your doctor ahead of time if he or she wants you to bring any medicines from home. If you do, let your nurse know and we'll store them for you while you're with us. This helps protect you against harmful drug interactions or overdoses. Remember, never take ANY medication without first checking with your nurse.
2. Preliminary Tests/Questions - We may need to check a few simple things like your temperature, pulse and blood pressure. We'll also ask you some important questions about your personal and family health history.
3. Allergies - Please let us know if you've ever had a reaction to a medicine, local anesthetic, tape, latex or skin cleanser.
4. Special Requirements - If you'll need special physical assistance, please let us know. We also need to know about any special needs you may have, such as religious or dietary preferences. If you have a living will, or other advance directive, please bring it to our attention as well.
5. Physician Notification - Please let your physician know if:
- you develop an acute illness or have an asthma attack within three days of your scheduled procedure, or
- you've never had measles, mumps or chicken pox but have been exposed to them within 21 days of your scheduled visit.
6. Eating and Drinking - If your admission is for a surgical procedure, it's important that you have nothing to eat or drink after midnight on the night before your surgery. If you're taking a medicine that has a morning dose, ask your doctor if he or she wants you to stop the medication the night before. In some cases, he or she may want you to take it earlier than usual, and perhaps with just a small sip of water.
7. Aspirin/Anti-inflammatories - Unless your doctor tells you otherwise, avoid aspirin and anti-inflammatories for a week or two prior to any surgical procedure or tests that could result in bleeding. If you're not sure whether a particular medicine contains an anti-inflammatory or aspirin, ask your doctor.
9. Other - Your physician might recommend that you have some lab work done or x-ray procedures. Special tests like an EKG heart tracing or breathing tests might also be necessary.
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