Your Hospital Visit

Your Hospital Stay

My Hospital Stay

This video welcomes you to the hospital, gives you an overview of your room, and explains how and why your care team will be taking your "vitals" throughout your stay.

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You Are Not Alone

Y is for You Are Not Alone

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Patient Safety

Keeping you safe while you are in the hospital is very important. This video shows how everyone -- from kids, to parents, to siblings, to your care team -- can help to make patient safety job #1.

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Consent: What's That Mean?

What's That Mean: Consent

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ID Bracelet: What's That Mean?

What's That Mean: ID Bracelet

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Side Rails: What's That Mean?

What's That Mean: Side Rails

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Comfort Measures: What's That Mean?

What's That Mean? - Comfort Measures (for Pain)

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Ambulatory

What's That Mean? - Ambulatory

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Quarantine Explained

Q is for Quarantine

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Quarantine: What's That Mean?

What's That Mean: Quarantine

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Questionnaire: What's That Mean?

What's That Mean: Questionnaire

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Teach-Back: What's That Mean?

What's That Mean? - Teach-Back

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This animated Speak Up™ video is especially for children going to the hospital. Marco, as Captain Speak Up, helps em"power" Cara, so she feels confident asking her doctor questions. "Speak Up: Kid Power!" emphasizes that children have the right to ask questions and voice their concerns if they don't understand something.

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Operations

Surgery: What's That Mean?

What's That Mean: Surgery

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What to Expect Before/After Surgery

This video gives patients an overview of what to expect before and after their surgery.

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Don't You Dare Eat That! (NPO Instructions)

When Goldilocks tries to sneak a bowl of porridge on the night before her surgery, Mama Bear comes to the rescue. She explains to Goldilocks why it's important not to eat or drink too soon before surgery, and tells her what happened to Baby Bear when he did not follow his doctor's NPO instructions. Co-Produced with Boston Children's Hospital, based on their NPO guidelines.

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NPO: What's That Mean?

What's That Mean: NPO

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What is Anesthesia?

Before surgery, kids may be a bit worried about getting "knocked out." Lorrin and Daniel help to reduce their fears by explaining what anesthesia is and what kids can expect.

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Anesthesia: What's That Mean?

What's That Mean: Anesthesia

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Sedation: What's That Mean?

What's That Mean: Sedation

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Procedure Team: What's That Mean?

What's That Mean: Procedure Team

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Procedural Sedation

A procedure is something done to figure out what is happening inside your body or to help your body get better. Sedation is a special medicine your care team uses to put you into a special sleep where you won't see, hear, or feel anything. Procedural Sedation is when your care team uses "sleepy medicine" before -- and during -- your procedure.

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