Patient Responsibilities

The hospital expects that you or your family will:

• • provide information about past illnesses, hospitalization, medication and other matters relating to your health history in order to effectively treat your illness.
• • cooperate with all hospital personnel and ask questions if directions and/or procedures are not clearly understood.
• • be considerate of other patients and hospital personnel and will assist in the control of noise and the number of visitors in your room at any one time. You are also expected to adhere to the hospital's no smoking policy and to be respectful of the property of other persons and the property of the hospital.
• • help the physician, nurses, and allied medical personnel in their efforts to care for you by following their instructions and medical orders in order to facilitate your care and the efforts of the hospital personnel,
• • have duly authorized members of your family available to hospital personnel for review of your treatment in the event you are unable to properly communicate with the physicians or nurses.

It is understood that you assume the financial responsibility of paying for all services rendered either through third-party payers (your insurance company) or being personally responsible for payment for any services, which are not covered by your insurance policies.

It is expected that you will not take drugs which have not been prescribed by your attending physician and administered by hospital staff, and that you will not complicate or endanger the healing process by consuming alcoholic beverages or toxic substances during your hospital stay.

Advance Directives

Your Right...

As a patient of Warren General Hospital we want you to be involved in your care and treatment decision. You have the right under state and federal regulation to prepare “advance directives” which tell us the types of treatment you do or do not want should you become unable to communicate your wishes to us. It is important to discuss these issues with your physician, who needs to be aware of the type of care you would like to receive. Your advance directives are effective only if you become unable to communicate your wishes and your physician determines that your condition is irreversible. You can change your advance directives at any time, verbally or by completing a new form and destroying the old one.

If you would like to know more about advance directives or a living will, please contact your physician, nurse or social worker.

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