Hospital Packing List - Overnight Bag

Hospitals are boring, noisy and cold/dry.

____ Medications

____ Whistle – if the nurse button “doesn’t work”

____ Earplugs

____ Earphones

____ CD/MP3 player and CDs

____ Radio

____ Cell phone

____ Camera or video camera (and film and fresh batteries!)

____ Reading light

____ Comfortable robe

____ Nightshirt

____ shorts/swim suit

____ Warm socks

____ House shoes

____ Comfortable clothes to wear home

____ Toiletries such as shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, moisturizer,

____ lip balm

____ Toothbrush and toothpaste

____ Contact lens case and solution

____ Eye drops

____ Brush or comb

____ Book/NOOK(s) or magazine(s)

____ At least $20 in cash and change for snacks, phone calls, and so forth

____ Snacks, juice, water and/or soft drinks in small cooler

____ Water bottle

____ Hard candy to suck on

____ Extra pillow

Documents

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____ Insurance cards

____ Address book with phone numbers

____ Envelopes and postage stamps