Details To Give Family Members Who Are Visiting Your Child In Urgent Care

When your child is ill or injured and is rushed to an emergency room or urgent care facility, you'll scramble to get to the facility as quickly as you can to provide support. In the hours that follow, you'll customarily reach out to other family members, and eventually friends, to let them know what has happened. Soon enough, people will begin asking about visiting your child. Provided that the medical staff members have allowed your child to accept visitors, you'll be in charge of coordinating these visits and providing the necessary details to those who will be traveling to the urgent care facility. It's not just enough to give your room number — here are some other important details to share.

Building Name Or Number

Many facilities with urgent care for children can be extremely vast, and are spread across multiple buildings on an enormous campus. Simply providing your child's room number isn't giving visitors much help. For example, there may be multiple rooms with the same number — if there are seven buildings with four or more levels, there could be seven different room 403s. You'll help those who will be visiting by providing them with the building name and number, which you can obtain from any staff member. The visitors can then use this information to orient themselves and make sure they're headed toward the right building.

Best Parking Location

A typical urgent care center may also have several different parking options that can seem overwhelming to visitors. It's nice to be able to provide your best parking recommendation for those who will be visiting your child. For example, you could say, "Don't park in the first lot you encounter, as you'll have to walk quite far. Instead, keep following the lane and turn left into Lot D. This lot is adjacent to the building we're in."

Visiting Hours

Many urgent care centers have strict visiting hours so that patients' rooms and the associated hallways don't get cluttered with guests. Make sure that you also pass along the visiting hours to those who will be coming to see your child. This is especially important for those who are driving a considerable distance, as they won't want to get to the room just a few minutes before visiting hours conclude. You may also wish to provide the times that other family members have said they plan to visit so that people can stagger their visits accordingly.