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Hospital Stay Patient Checklist
Checking in to a hosptial overnight? Here's a checklist for your stay to make your as comfortable as possible.
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!
This creates a private checklist in your account.