Hospital Stay Patient Checklist

Get to know your nurses and aides.

Make names a must in all hospital interactions.

Consider your hospital room your temporary home.

Make cleanliness in your room a priority.

Consider a visit from your pastor, priest, minister, imam, rabbi, shaman, guru, monk or any other type of spiritual counselor.

Create a master medication list.

Know your daily medication schedule.

Create a daily journal.

Wash your hands frequently.

Keep hydrated. Patients can easily forget to drink water.

Express thanks to your doctors, nurses and aides for their help.

Find a patient representative, case manager or social worker who can help you with questions and concerns.

Be considerate of your roommate.

Try to laugh every day!

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