-Try to get into Art group, you will get the most access to the most types of art supplies and it is different every time, even if it ends up just reading old magazines.

- Volunteer. It makes you look better. It also keeps the nurses happy because then they don't have to pick someone and that makes everyone happier. Happy nurses mean a happy ward.

- Bring ear plugs. Sometimes the night nurses don't know where they are, and then you have to listen to your roommate snore all night.

-Remember that doctors don't come in on the weekend, if you enter the hospital on the weekend, don't expect much to happen. Or to get med changes if you are already there.

-Try to get something to help with sleep put in your records for as needed. You may not have trouble sleeping at home but it is much different in the hospital (if anything just because the nurses do checks and you may have trouble falling asleep between checks.)

-Check the meds to make sure you are getting what you are supposed to be getting. Ask the nurse to tell you what you are getting and point out what is what if you can't identify them by looking at them.