We want to provide the most comfortable and soothing environment that we can. We understand that a hospital stay can be stressful on patients and their loved ones, and we hope to make your stay as pleasant as possible. Our nursing staff has a widespread reputation for excellence in patient care. Our nurses and staff will make every effort to familiarize you with your accommodations, with your comfort and safety being their top priority. Please notify your nurse or call our patient satisfaction department for any services or assistance you need.
Your health care team includes medical staff, nursing staff, support staff and services, and volunteers. Our award-winning team of nationally recognized doctors and surgeons combines experience with innovating treatment and diagnostic technologies to bring you state-of-the-art care throughout our system. Our nurses and staff strive to bring you compassionate and skilled care every step of the way.
Your health care team should introduce themselves when they enter your room and explain their role in your care. In addition, all staff are required to wear photo identification badges. As part of our Patient Safety Initiatives, please expect that our team members will be checking your identification bracelet often and asking you to state your name so that your identity can be verified.
The Food and Nutrition Department continually provides you with quality meals and service during your stay. Proper nutrition is an integral part of your recuperation and your well-being. All meals are carefully planned to be nourishing and appetizing. Keep in mind that your physician determines your diet prescription, and your diet may change during your stay due to changes in your condition or in preparation for tests or procedures. Our dietitians will be happy to provide you with guidelines regarding your special diet or discuss nutrition questions that you may have. To assist you with your daily breakfast, lunch and dinner selections, you will be visited by a Food Services Representative. This representative will discuss your daily menu choices and place your meal order for you. Kosher menus are available.
Phone and television services and procedures may vary by facility. These services may incur additional charges. See your facility's Patient Guide for specific information, or ask our staff for assistance when you arrive in your room.
As part of our continuing efforts to maintain patient privacy and confidentiality, while promoting a healing, soothing environment, the use of cellular phones and cameras is strictly prohibited in patient care areas. However, we understand that patients and visitors want to stay in touch with loved ones. Generally, cellular phones may be used in the main or outpatient lobby, snack bar, waiting rooms, and some patient rooms. Hospital policies on cellular phone use may vary by facility.
RWJBarnabas Health is New Jerseys largest integrated health care delivery system, providing treatment and services to more than three million patients each year. Throughout RWJBarnabas Health, our dedicated physicians, nurses, and health professionals are committed to providing the highest quality of patient care and health education to the community and region.
We aim to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jerseywhether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.
RWJBarnabas Health is the largest and most comprehensive healthcare system in the state of New Jersey, bringing the best of academic medicine, research and teaching, and community partners together to create healthier communities. Through our long-standing relationship with Rutgers University and its two medical schools, we are able to access the latest in medical research and treatment technologies and offer new hope from our New Jersey facilities.
While all healthcare systems focus on providing the highest quality of clinical care to their patients, academic medical centers and teaching hospitals have an additional focus on providing medical education and leading the nation in ground-breaking clinical research. Within our system, students, physicians, and researchers work together to pioneer and implement new medical treatments while bringing new complex and critical services to the community.
As our partnership with Rutgers University continues to take shape, we will become the states largest academic healthcare system dedicated to offering high-quality patient care, leading-edge research, and world-class health and medical education that will transform and advance healthcare across the state. This strategic partnership includes a substantial investment in clinical research and medical student internships. This collaboration also aligns RWJBarnabas Health with Rutgers education, research, and clinical activities, including those at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care. With programs like the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, physicians and scientists work side by side to make sure the most sophisticated cancer treatments are delivered to our patients, both quickly and safely.
Health systems such as ours that are rooted in academic medicine also hold a great responsibility to educate and develop the next-generation of healthcare providers. RWJBarnabas Health is proud to work with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Schools to train and educate more than 1,000 medical residents and interns throughout our hospitals each year.
As the largest academic healthcare provider in the state, we are able to tap into the latest resources to provide cutting edge care. When you choose RWJBarnabas Health, you will gain access to the latest in clinical trials and medical research through the largest academic healthcare system in New Jersey.
Planning for your discharge begins on your first day with us. Our goal during your stay in the hospital is to start you on the road to better health. Ensuring that you understand the next steps and are involved in making those decisions is essential to your full recovery.
If you need to arrange for continuing healthcare after your discharge from the hospital, youll receive information and assistance from your attending physician and the other members of your healthcare team. All of our patients are entitled to receive a sufficient amount of time before discharge to arrange for their continuing health care needs.
As a patient of one of our facilities, you also have the right to be informed by the hospital about any special appeal process to which you are entitled by law if you disagree with the hospitals discharge plan.
Before your admission at a facility, a physical exam and diagnostic testing such as blood work, EKG, stress tests, and chest x-rays may be required prior to your surgical procedure. Your surgeon and our anesthesia team will determine exactly what pre-admission testing is needed for you.
On the day of your pre-admission testing, our technicians and clinicians will guide you through the tests that have been ordered by your surgical team. Our multidisciplinary team of clinicians will help prepare you for your upcoming procedure. Testing will take approximately one and a half to two hours to complete depending on your medical history.
In addition to drawing blood and running tests, our Pre-Admission Testing Department will work with you to truly optimize your care and provide necessary education. By utilizing the time prior to your surgery, we can address and correct any issues which will enhance your safety and improve your recovery after surgery.