Preparation and Arrival
Telephones
Telephones are provided in each room, except on the Intensive Care Unit. Local calls may be made at any time from the room by dialing 9 and the number. You may call the hospital operator by dialing 0 at any time for assistance.
Smoking Policy
As of October 1, 2008 all tobacco products – including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and chewing tobacco – will be prohibited on all Granville Health System campuses, both inside and outside.
Advance Directives – Living Wills and Health Care Power of Attorney
An advance directive is a set of directions you give outlining the health care you want to receive if you lose the ability to make decisions for yourself. North Carolina has two methods to make a formal advance directive. One option is called a “Living Will”; the other is called a “Health Care Power of Attorney”. The patient’s attending physician must comply with any advance directive that qualifies as a living will under North Carolina law. Making a living will or health care power of attorney is your choice. If you become unable to make your own decisions, and you have no living will or a person named to make medical decisions for you, your health care agent, doctor, or health care provider will consult with someone close to you about your care. What is a living will? In North Carolina, a living will is a document that tells others that you want to die a natural death if you are terminally and incurably sick or in a persistent vegetative state from which you will not recover. In a living will, you can direct your doctor not to use heroic treatments that would prolong your life; for example, by using a breathing machine (respirator or ventilator) or to stop such treatments if they have been started. You can also direct your doctor not to begin or to stop giving you food and water through a tube (artificial nutrition or hydration). What is a health care power of attorney? In North Carolina, you can name a person to make medical care decisions for you if you later become unable to decide for yourself. In the legal document you name who you want your agent to be. You can say what medical treatments you would want and what you would not want. Your agent then knows what choices you would make. You should choose someone you trust and discuss your wishes with the person before you put them in writing. Forms are available on line at sosnc.com. Forms are also available through our Admissions Department at ext. 3328 or 3333.
