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UI Stead Family Children's Hospital
This is what the children's hospital looks like.​ Kids come here for many different things.
Parking Ramp 2's entrance
We can park in the underground parking ramp or ​get out of our car at the front door.
Cars parked inside Parking Ramp 2
This is what we will see inside the parking ramp.​
Parking Ramp 2 looking into the elevator bay
We go through doors to get to the elevator when we leave our car in the parking ramp.​
Elevator in Parking Ramp 2
This is the elevator in the ramp. We will take it to the entrance of the hospital.
Gerdin Family Lobby
We check in at the desk in the lobby before we go to our appointment.​
Elevator doors inside UI Stead Family Children's Hospital
We take another elevator to go to our appointment in the hospital.
Mother and her child inside an elevator at UI Stead Family Children's Hospital
We take another elevator to go to our appointment in the hospital.
Mother and her child check in at the front desk.
We check in at the desk.​
Mother and her child wait in the waiting room
We wait in the waiting room until the nurse is ready to see me.
Child hugs a stuffed monkey toy while sitting with their mother in a waiting room
Today I brought my special monkey with me.

Nurse calling a patient's name
The nurse calls my name.
Mother and her child walk with a nurse
We walk with her.
Child wearing socks stands next to their shoes
I take my shoes off for my weight and height.​
Nurse measures a child's weight on a scale
The nurse weighs me.
Nurse measures a child's height
Then the nurse measures how tall I am.
Mother, her child, and the nurse walk down a hallway
We find my room.
Mother, her child, and nurse enter a hospital room
I see my bed and some things the nurse will use to take care of me.

Mother and child wait in a hospital room
My family can sit with me.
Medical equipment monitor in a hospital room
My nurse may use a monitor to see how I am doing.
Nurse checks a child's temperature
The nurse checks my temperature in my ear.​
Child wearing a pulse monitor in a hospital bed
The nurse puts a red light on my finger. ​It does not hurt me.
Nurse puts a blood pressure cuff on a child's arm
The nurse puts a cuff on my arm.

Child wearing a blood pressure cuff
The cuff checks my blood pressure.
Child wearing hospital pajamas with their mom and a nurse
I may change into hospital pajamas.

Child laying in a hospital bed
I will sit on the bed.
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  • Your Child's Visit
    • Patient Resources
      • How to prepare for your child's visit
        • Coming to your appointment
      • Child Life
        • Child Life Internship and Fellowship Information
        • Facility Dog Program
      • Create or Read a Patient Blog
      • Educational Services
      • Get to know MyChart
      • Guest and Concierge Services
      • Interpretation and Translation Services
      • Office of the Patient Experience
        • Patient Relations Specialists
      • Pediatric Clinical Trials
      • Social Services
      • Telephone Numbers at UI Health Care
        • Integrated Call Center
    • Services and Amenities at Stead Family Children's Hospital
      • Driving Directions and Parking
      • Places to Eat
        • Guest Meal Room Service
        • Bread Garden Cafe - Gerdin Family Lobby
        • Gerdin Family Lobby CafĂ©
        • Patient Room Service at Stead Family Children's Hospital
      • Fourth Floor Salon
      • Janice and Bruce Ellig Children's Library
      • Kaleidoscope Gift Shop
      • Medical Museum
      • Play Spaces
      • Project Art
        • Artwork inside Stead Family Children's Hospital
        • Online Gallery
      • Safety Store
    • Billing, Insurance, and Financial Assistance
      • Financial Counseling Services
        • Financing Assistance for Children's Health Care
      • Financial and Billing Assistance
        • Billing Checklist
        • How to Read Your Bill
        • Options and Steps for Paying your Bill
        • Rights and Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills
        • Billing for Hospital-Based Clinics
      • Frequently Asked Questions About Billing, Insurance, and Records
      • Insurance Coverages and Patient Registration
        • UI Health Care Insurance Contract List
        • Frequently Asked Questions for Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Patients
        • Medicare Coverage
      • Medical Records Request
        • Medical record privacy and adolescent patients
    • Visitor Resources
      • Places to Stay in the Iowa City Area
        • Overnight Stay for Guests
        • Ronald McDonald House and Hope Lodge
      • Send a gift
      • Visitor Parking Pass Booklet
      • Visitor guidelines, screenings, and restrictions
        • No Tobacco Use
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