PATIENTS & VISITORS
All visitors must follow these guidelines:
Labor and Delivery Patients: Visitation is set by the patient and supported by staff. Only one visitor may stay the night with patients; exceptions may be made under certain circumstances at the discretion of the unit director, provider and/or clinical coordinator. Children may not be left unattended with the patient when another care giver is not present. The number of visitors in the room at any given time cannot compromise safety and is limited at the discretion of staff and providers.
Same Day Surgery Unit: Due to the size of the rooms, only two (2) visitors per patient are allowed. Any visitors for patients in the Procedure Room are to wait in the Surgery Waiting area if the patient has not been assigned to a SDCU bed.
Emergency Room: Visitors in the ER are limited to one (1) visitor unless physician/nursing staff approves variability.
Updated May 2023:
Visitors may visit a patient on the patient floor during established visiting hours. The number of visitors for a patient may be limited based on the condition of the patient. The patient’s physician or the charge nurse may restrict the number of visitors or visiting hours at their discretion. CRMC allows a support person chosen by the patient to be with the patient during the course of stay for emotional support as long as it does not infringe on the other patients’ rights. Visitation will not be determined on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
Visiting hours at Cookeville Regional Medical Center shall be observed as follows:
Children under the age of 12 may be allowed to visit in patient care areas only after receiving special permission from the charge nurse on the floor to be visited. This precaution is taken in order to reduce the chances of compromising our patients through the spread of infectious diseases. During certain times of the year, visitation may be restricted due to the risk of spreading infectious diseases such as influenza during the flu season. Children must remain under adult supervision at all times in the public waiting areas of the hospital or in the patient room when visiting.
The nursing staff is authorized to allow children under the age of 12 to visit under special circumstances. These circumstances depend on the specific situation, the psychosocial needs of the patient and family members, and the type and severity of the illness. No children are allowed on the Critical Care Unit until they are interviewed by the nurse as to recent febrile or rash illness and are shown to be a febrile, without rash, and not recently exposed to an illness.
The patient or family should designate one contact person within the family for patient updates. The patient’s nurse will call that contact person daily with an update between 2–4 p.m. Cookeville Regional asks family members and caregivers refrain from calling the nursing unit for information unless it is an emergency.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING AT THIS TIME.
ENTRY POINTS FOR THE PUBLIC
Only three entrances will be open for entry by the general public:
(The Cancer Center entrance will remain open for Cancer Center patients only. No other visitors may access the hospital from that entrance.)
Employees will still be able to enter in the East Entrance, North Patient Tower Main Entrance, West Entrance and Loading Dock Entrance with their badge.