All Children’s Hospital

Not possible to say enough good things about the folks here. Mission driven and the best in their field. Fortunate to live so close to this amazing place.

I have worked there as an RN for many years. The service and quality of care has improved over the years. Much better than it used to be. Very high standards. I love it as a place to work and the challenges and satisfaction that come from helping the sick kiddies. Working with the public is sometimes difficult, the parents are stressed and anxious, and not always the most pleasant. The kids are usually easier to deal with than their parents. And in the emergency department, it’s the most difficult and stressful.

We brought our 7 day old to All Children’s when he had a fever. I have lived in Pinellas all my life, so at one point, heard all good things. They have a link on the website that talks about the good of a teaching hospital… please consider this the other link. Dr. #1 comes in, after nurses have taken vitals, tells my wife and I, the need to run more test… he leaves. Dr #2 comes in, new graduate from USF in his 1^st yr of residency. Total number of catheter done in his life 3, as parents of a 7 days we can not say much. Under a nurses super vision, and 7 mins of pain for everyone in the room, he finally gets it. But forget to the zip the bag and spills all (of course catheter removed by then). I believe my facial expression made him leave, Dr 1# enters, done painlessly in 1 min flat. Then Nurse team 1 comes in, trying to take blood, but can get right stick (4 sticks). Nurse 2 called in (2 sticks) still cant get. Nurse then call team that specializes in newborns, done 1 min flat. Moved to room upstairs for review, where my child is woken from sleep over the next 24 hrs, so that hospital Dr may show new residents how to take a temperature. After 5^th time, I requested only 1 Dr. and 1 Nurse at a time. $ 5000 later, minor infection. Moral of story, Alll Children’s does great things for the community, they have many good staff member. I just wish Dr 1# took charge on a SEVEN day old, and special Nurse team was called. The emergency side of this hospital have nurses far more knowledgeable then the Doctors. If ever in need of future care, I will look over the bridges to Sarasota or Tampa. Make sure you speak up for your children, its ok to question everything and refuse a Dr you feel is not qualified, and ask for another.

Lack of care provided by inexperienced residents. Daughter was discharged with an acute blood clot that was ignored despite her repeatedly saying she could not move her arm. She was also discharged on very high dose of medication that causes blood clots. Test results were not provided even 5 days later. The primary physician was even refused records. From the other great reviews, it seems we had an unusual experience, however, I think our experience is worth sharing with others. Our other hospital stays have been at Boston Childrens, Shands in Gainesville, FL, and St Jude Childrens Research Hospital. We experienced issues with inexperienced residents at Shands as well. This is a risk you take when your child enters a hospital that allows inexperienced residents to work without being properly supervised.

This hospital has being my first choice since we moved to St Pete’s last year. The staff, from maintenance are very professional and helpful.
The ER valet parking staff is very polite, interestingly with mostly women drivers.
Waiting doesn’t takes too long.
They seem to have top notch technology equipment. The Children’s ER definitively seems way more advance with more modern design and more comfortable, than the adults baycare ER (across the street).
I wish the cafeteria had a wider variety of foods. Patient rooms upstairs are very comfortable for both patient and staying family member. Volunteers constantly offer different types of games for the kids to keep in their room, as well they have game room on the floor.

This hospital is top notch when it comes to the care and concern of patients.
I’ve been amazed by everyone we’ve been in contact with, especially the nurses and doctors who not only have the best interest of the patients, but their families as well. I couldn’t be happier with the nicu team who has worked endlessly with my youngest child.
The parking garage and valet have been great resources— walking through the bridge to stay dry and cool is an added bonus!
The cafeteria is a great place to eat with a huge variety on food to meet every budget possible.

Best hospital for children in the Tampabay…,.The staff are always friendly and the hospital is very clean.

Absolutely disappointed and shocked at the lack of care shown at this hospital. I brought my 4 month old son to the pediatric emergency room on Sunday afternoon. My son had a terrible cough, and a weeze. The nurse took vitals after we were taken to a room. After she came in, the respiratory therapist came and began to talk to us and look at my son. While she was doing this, the Billing/​Registration woman knocked and barged into the room. She began to ask multiple questions and this caused the Respiratory Therapist to stop what she was doing and moved out of the way for this inquisition. I tried to be patient and answer most of her probing questions. However, she kept on the barrage WHERE DO YOU WORK, WHAT IS YOUR SOC, WHAT IS YOUR WORK PHONE? I was absolutely shocked and asked her if this was the correct time to collect this information while my son was having difficulty breathing. The woman didn’t have a great answer and began to stutter. I asked her if I could just give her my insurance card and driver’s license and she can come back at an appropriate time. She continued to look around the room at everyone else instead of leaving. I insisted she come back at a later time. After she left, the respiratory therapist resumed what she was doing. She acknowledged that the billing/​registration people can be rude and that it was our right to not deal with her at that time. After the respiratory therapist took a look at my son, she left and said the doctor would be in to see him. The doctor came in and said there was nothing wrong with him, just a little congested, his lungs sound fine. There was nothing we could do other than saline drops and suctioning out boogers and mucus. My son was worse after he left, and even worse in the morning. We took him to the afterhours care in East Lake/​Palm Harbor and they did a test on his mucus from his nose, and determined he has RSV. Now, at least I’m prepared and not ignorant to what is going on with my son. Why would All Children’s Hospital not perform this test??? Was my work phone number really that much more important? Did you decide to not give my son the proper care because I didn’t cooperate with the billing person? Was there discrimination because I’m Hispanic? I am left to wonder what the true motives were behind not receiving quality care. Not to mention, but I’m left to pay for the worthless visit at this hospital, and the additional visit to the after-​hours clinic where my son was actually properly cared for and diagnosed accurately. I’ll never take my son here again.

The care they give children goes beyond medical. The staff is kind, patient and understanding of each child’s individual needs.
Doctors and medical staff communicate with each other to be sure your child gets the best treatment your child deserves. Parents are always kept in the loop and their needs are met as well.

I truly love my real-​life job, and some days I am just thrilled with the opportunities presented to me. Such was the case when I had the chance to go behind-​the-​scenes at All Children’s Hospital and tour the entire campus with their Directory of Safety and Emergency Management. ACH sits over in St. Petersburg along 6^th Avenue South and 5^th Street South.
Larry Green started the day with a presentation about the design and construction of the hospital. We learned about the inner workings of this world-​class pediatric hospital, including all of the safety features and redundant systems to provide power, water, air conditioning, and patient support. He explained how ACH was built to exceed all manner of building codes, and how the hospital will actually be a refuge for other area juvenile hospital patients should our area be impacted by a tropical storm. There’s a lot that goes into planning this type of facility, and Larry told us how they took lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina, and applied those concepts into the construction of ACH.
After lots of Q&A from my associates, Larry took us on an amazing tour of the entire hospital. We started up on the 10^th floor which is the helipad, and they allowed us out onto the pad itself while explaining how ACH can accept both BayFlight and US military helicopters onto the roof. The Director of Patient Transport Services talked about how her team is prepared to go at a moment’s notice via helicopter or in custom-​built Neonatal pediatric emergency vehicles. We saw the specially-​designed crash carts that are loaded onto the helicopters, and heard some stories about the types of missions flown by her medical crews.
From there we worked our way down through the various patient floors, and where it was appropriate we had the chance to say Hi to some of the kids that were patients. All Children’s treats anyone 21 years and younger, and they specialize in a number of medical services. The stories we heard really tugged at your heart strings, but gave us a very sobering view of how this amazing hospital treats sick and injured children.
The lower floors of the hospital are the surgery bays, the Emergency & Trauma Departments, the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), and the birthing suites. The stories from the people working in this section of the hospital put a tear in everyone’s eyes. The smallest preemie they’ve had weighed only 10 ounces! We saw a number of small children resting in incubators, and others that were sleeping in their Mother’s arms. The work these people do is nothing short of miraculous.
Larry took us down the block to the hospital’s power plant where we saw the big chillers for the air conditioning units, the reverse osmosis plant that provides a redundant drinkable water source, and the massive generators to insure continuity of power. Lots of redundant systems all over the campus.
It was an amazing day, filled with so many incredible memories, and the smile of satisfaction knowing that there is at least one hospital in town that has placed this much attention to detail into ensuring that their patients and their staff are well-​protected no matter what.

My daughter’s specialist is at the hospital therefore this is where she has been admitted for medical treatment. Each and every employee makes sure that all of the child’s needs are being met, but also making sure the family members are informed and comfortable. They provide a bed for a member of the family to stay with the child. A hospital is not where anyone ever wants to be, however if you are going to be there all facilities need to look at the way All Children’s does things for their patients and the families. The physical and occupational therapy departments are fantastic in working with the children to get them up and moving. There is a parking garage that is attached to the hospital as well as the outpatient clinic. The parking is free and they offer free Wi-​Fi.

Sencillamente el mejor hospital para los niños en el centro de Tampa. El personal es muy amable y preparado para cualquier emergencia.

We have always been treated so nice here. Everyone is very professional, but somehow they seem to go beyond a strict professional persona and make you feel comforted and welcome. 10 years ago we spent an entire week here and it is heartwarming to see so many of the same staff members still here. To me that kind of employee retention speaks volumes of this place. BTW, it is always very clean each and every time we have been here.

No parent wants to write about their child’s surgery — but my daughter had to be rushed to the E.R. 2 weeks ago. Doctors were thorough, friendly, and spot on with treatment. Her laparoscopic procedure was through the bottom of her navel, and there are no external visible scars, just a few stitches hidden in the bottom of her belly button. Both mom and dad were able to stay in her large, private room with a pullout sofa for one and pullout chair for the other. Her food was prompt and tasty. Kudos go to surgeon Dr. Danielson, his P.A. Matthew and pediatric anesthesiologist Dr. Linda Rice! Nurses throughout the day and night were so friendly and helpful. And my daughter loved being able to watch some of the latest Disney movies while stuck in bed :)

With out thought a very nice and clean hospital. When our son was born he was diagnosed unable to thrive for himself so we had to hospitalize him and run numerous test. He has been on a feeding tube for awhile and is doing very good. He is just starting to eat solids and taking liquids very slowly but taking them. We are very happy with the progress we have seen him make in this last year, his birthday is coming up and he will be one years old. We have been to two major children’s hospitals in the world one being cardens in phoenix and all children’s here in Tampa.
I have to say hands down we have really enjoyed all children’s no questions. The most important thing here is the staff and they have executed everything so perfectly for us. I can go on for hours about our other experience but i wont because our son is doing so great. The staff here is very attentive and never leaves you wondering for a bit, they are on top of their game.
The only complaint i have is when they do procedures or anything that’s causing the child to possibly be scared or hurt because of a shot or iv Is they do everything in the room. At Carden’s in phoenix they had a procedure room and they did everything in that room that would make a child feel uncomfortable, Reason being is that when they came back to their recovery room they would feel safe and protected with their family. Unfortunately this is something me and my wife would like to see change about all children’s because EVERY time a scrub or white jacket walked in he instantly started to cry…
This would have been a five star no doubt about it but because of that one major thing i didnt.

Truly delighted to have my child delivered at the updated Baby Place.
I had an awesome experience delivering my child at the Baby Place, which is apart of All Children’s. Decorated with the clean contemporary lines that I love, I watched the internal TV station that played relaxing music and showed beautiful relaxing images throughout my entire stay.
The food tasted great, I certainly didn’t miss a meal lol. The staff was a breath of fresh air and provided a wonderful experience for this first time mom.
Took my daughter to All Children’s recently for an injury that occurred at daycare. Short wait time, they kept my daughter entertained to with an Elmo movie — they had a list of any possible kids movie that she could desire.
When the doctor met with her, he was very thorough and knowledgeable, I was so pleased I left positive feedback in the comment box.

Beautiful place and very clean. Most of all, what good security. You won’t be making it to any room without going through several people.
And yes — our newest member of the family arrived.

Not that you ever *want* to be at a hospital, especially with your child, but should you find yourself in need go to ACH. Amazing technology combined with compassion and dedication make this place truly, honestly amazing — as in the dictionary definition of the word.

This hospital is ridiculously impressive. The amazing patient care provided by the medical staff is only one of a baGillion reasons why you should choose All Children’s for your child’s medical needs. It’s a research hospital, which means that treatments, tests, and procedures are continuously being updated and improved with every newly discovered advancement. The new facility is state of the art, with brand spankin new equipment, and a ton of space. All the patient rooms are private and have ginormous flat screens with interactive programs to keep kids and families informed and entertained. Need I go on?
Yes? ok…
All employees participate in continuing education and skills development so that your little munchkin gets the best care available. All Children’s is also now fully integrated with John Hopkins Medicine (yeah, that really famous one that’s annually recognized as THE #1 hospital in the country for the past 31 years!!). It’s the first hospital outside of Baltimore/​DC that has been integrated with John Hopkins, which says A LOT about the prestigious reputation that ACH has made for itself in the medical world.
If you have kids and live in Florida, count yourself lucky to have such an awesome place to receive medical care for your little angel (or devil). :)

We were on vacation and our 3 month old daughter got a high fever. She needed care right away and a quick google search showed that there was a children’s hospital with an ER nearby. Without knowing more, we dashed off in the car to All Childrens. Boy were we impressed. Knowledgable, kind and compassionate doctors, nurses and staff. Organized, clean. The doctors spent a lot of time making sure all our questions were answered. This place is incredible and i would without reservation send here there again.