Hospital Packing List - Overnight Bag
Hospitals are boring, noisy and cold/dry.
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Medications
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Whistle – if the nurse button “doesn’t work”
____ Earplugs
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Earphones
____ CD/MP3 player and CDs
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Radio
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Cell phone
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Camera or video camera (and film and fresh batteries!)
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Reading light
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Comfortable robe
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Nightshirt
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shorts/swim suit
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Warm socks
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House shoes
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Comfortable clothes to wear home
____ Toiletries such as shampoo,
conditioner, deodorant, moisturizer,
____ lip
balm
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Toothbrush and toothpaste
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Contact lens case and solution
____ Eye
drops
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Brush or comb
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Book/NOOK(s) or magazine(s)
____ At
least $20 in cash and change for snacks, phone calls, and so forth
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Snacks, juice, water and/or soft drinks in small cooler
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Water bottle
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Hard candy to suck on
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Extra pillow
Documents
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____ Insurance
cards
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Address book with phone numbers
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Envelopes and postage stamps