Who's ready for a hospital hurricane party!?!

[RunninOnCoffee]

Here's a question for seasoned hurricane nurses. We live in south Florida so it looks like we are going to escape the majority of Isaac. However I am trying to plan ahead just in case. My husband and I have a 5 year old little boy. My husband is a law enforcement officer so he is a first responder also. I work in ICU so it is unlikely that I would be told to stay home so when it comes time our son would be coming with me to the hospital. I have never ridden out a hurricane at the hospital so I don't know what and how much you are allowed to bring. I am looking for good ideas of what to bring to keep the little one occupied. What kind of activities have you found the hospital does for the kiddos? I thought about his Nintendo DS, but honestly I am a little worried about sticky fingers and my son's tendancy to leave it sitting places.

Thanks for any ideas!!

[TiffyRN, BSN, PhD]

I worked at BMC but left in 1997. I still have family there so I get back every year or so. Beautiful, beautiful area. I could retire there, but I couldn't work there, I'm too used to the flexibility one gets from being an experienced RN in my area where there are dozens of hospitals in a 50 mile radius.

Us folks that were at BMC had it better than GCMC, we were on generator power for a few hours and we heard they were on generator power for days and days. Here's something you learn about generator power: A/C is not considered essential, I guess running the ventilators is kinda a priority.:)