A patient control unit (70) for controlling functions of a hospital bed (10) includes a housing (72) having a first side (76) that includes a plurality of user inputs (180) to control the functions of the hospital bed. The housing has a second side (78) that includes a dock (146) to secure a handheld phone (148) in place on the housing. A hospital bed has a head-of-bed angle (HOBA) lockout selector (174) that is used to signal a controller (176) to prevent a head section (20) of the bed from being moved below a threshold.