A patient support apparatus (10, 10', 200) comprising a base frame (28, 206), an upper frame (30, 34, 36, 38, 212, 220) supported above the base frame and configured to support a patient, the upper frame having a head end, a foot end, and a pair of laterally spaced apart sides, the head end (24, 224) and foot end (26, 226) being spaced apart in a longitudinal dimension of the patient support apparatus, the upper frame having a lateral frame member (110, 238, 240) at the foot end, and an alert light assembly (160, 160', 300, 400) attached to the lateral frame member, the alert light assembly having separate zones (101, 102, 103, 104, 411, 412, 413, 414, 501, 502, 503, 504, 701, 702, 703, 704) that are individually illuminated to convey information regarding respective alert conditions, wherein the alert light assembly is sufficiently large to occupy at least about one third the distance between the laterally spaced apart sides of the upper frame and to occupy at least about half the distance between a top and a bottom of the lateral frame member without extending beyond the top and bottom of the lateral frame member, wherein the separate zones of the alert light assembly each include a lens (122, 174, 174', 302, 408, 718) and the lenses of the separate zones are spaced horizontally from one end of the alert light assembly to the other, and wherein the lens of each separate zone has indicia associated therewith to indicate a particular alert condition. a base frame (28, 206), an upper frame (30, 34, 36, 38, 212, 220) supported above the base frame and configured to support a patient, the upper frame having a head end, a foot end, and a pair of laterally spaced apart sides, the head end (24, 224) and foot end (26, 226) being spaced apart in a longitudinal dimension of the patient support apparatus, the upper frame having a lateral frame member (110, 238, 240) at the foot end, and an alert light assembly (160, 160', 300, 400) attached to the lateral frame member, the alert light assembly having separate zones (101, 102, 103, 104, 411, 412, 413, 414, 501, 502, 503, 504, 701, 702, 703, 704) that are individually illuminated to convey information regarding respective alert conditions, wherein the alert light assembly is sufficiently large to occupy at least about one third the distance between the laterally spaced apart sides of the upper frame and to occupy at least about half the distance between a top and a bottom of the lateral frame member without extending beyond the top and bottom of the lateral frame member, wherein the separate zones of the alert light assembly each include a lens (122, 174, 174', 302, 408, 718) and the lenses of the separate zones are spaced horizontally from one end of the alert light assembly to the other, and wherein the lens of each separate zone has indicia associated therewith to indicate a particular alert condition. an alert light assembly (160, 160', 300, 400) attached to the lateral frame member, the alert light assembly having separate zones (101, 102, 103, 104, 411, 412, 413, 414, 501, 502, 503, 504, 701, 702, 703, 704) that are individually illuminated to convey information regarding respective alert conditions, wherein the alert light assembly is sufficiently large to occupy at least about one third the distance between the laterally spaced apart sides of the upper frame and to occupy at least about half the distance between a top and a bottom of the lateral frame member without extending beyond the top and bottom of the lateral frame member, wherein the separate zones of the alert light assembly each include a lens (122, 174, 174', 302, 408, 718) and the lenses of the separate zones are spaced horizontally from one end of the alert light assembly to the other, and wherein the lens of each separate zone has indicia associated therewith to indicate a particular alert condition.