{"id":837,"date":"2017-07-26T05:31:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T05:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/your-stay"},"modified":"2017-10-05T03:16:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T03:16:26","slug":"your-stay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/patients-and-visitors\/your-stay","title":{"rendered":"Your stay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your stay<\/h1><\/div>

We would like you to be as comfortable as possible during your stay with us. Our staff are committed to providing you with the safest and highest standard of care.\u00a0 We also encourage you to be actively involved in your care and ask a member of staff if you have questions.<\/p>\n

Rooms<\/h2>\n

All our wards accommodate both public and private patients<\/a>. There are no wards specifically for private patients only. Wards consist of single and shared rooms and are allocated depending on clinical need.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Medications<\/h2>\n

Your healthcare team will work together to select the most appropriate medication<\/a> for your care. Please take your up-to-date medicine list and all your medicines, including their original labelled containers where possible. Your community pharmacist or GP can help you to make this list. Your medicine list should include all your medicines, including medicines from pharmacies, supermarkets, health food shops, and alternative therapists.<\/p>\n

During your hospital stay, our staff will store your medications in a safe place. However, you will still be able to access them should you need. We may also need to refer to them. We will\u00a0return them to you before you leave. Your hospital pharmacist will discuss what medicines you need to take with you when you leave the hospital, and arrange supply where necessary. Please let your hospital pharmacist know if you are running low on supply at home. Please be aware that while medications during your admission are supplied free-of-charge, charges apply to discharge medications. These charges are similar to what you would pay at your local pharmacy.<\/p>\n

Meals<\/h2>\n

We serve a variety of healthy and nutritious meals that meet therapeutic and religious dietary requirements. You can discuss food and drink options each day when the nutrition assistant visits (between 7.00am\u201310.00am) to take your menu selection using our electronic meal ordering system. If you are staying on the rehabilitation ward, the nutrition assistants will visit at approximately 2.00pm each afternoon. Nutrition assistants do not visit the Medical Assessment Unit or Maternity ward due to the short stay nature of these departments. Alternatively, patients on these wards are provided with a choice of meals at the time of meal service.<\/p>\n

We provide meals at the following times:<\/p>\n