OCEAN: Offering Companionship and Engagement during the Antepartum phase in Norfolk

Log your hours prepping for and attending OCEAN visitation sessions here.

Interested in getting started? Please reach out to MBM Student Leaders for the current list of participating patients, their visitation schedules, and their preferred activities.

Available activities include:

• Friendship bracelets
• Crochet
• Puzzles
• Book discussions
• General Conversation

All supplies for OCEAN activities can be retrieved from Lewis Hall 1177 in the Student Affairs suite.

When visiting paired patient, you can go straight to the FMC Registration Desk on the 4th floor and say that you are visiting a patient as part of the OCEAN program. 

EVMS badges MUST be worn at all times when visiting a patient as part of the OCEAN program. If you do not wear your EVMS badge you may be at risk of not seeing your paired patient or let into the Antepartum Unit.