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Preparing for Your Surgery and Hospital Stay (Surrey Memorial Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

This booklet gives general information on preparing for surgery and hospital stay with the focus on the best recovery possible. Find information on how to prepare yourself in the months, weeks, and days before your surgery as well as very specific information on how to get ready the night before and morning of surgery. We also describe generally what to expect before and after surgery. Use this booklet along with the information we give you on about your specific surgery. (English) Colour

How to Give Medication Through Your Central Venous Catheter (VALVED) with CADD Pump, Intermittent with Keep Vein Open (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Valved Central Venous Catheter with CADD Pump in Intermittent with Keep Vein Open Mode This book goes together with your Introductory Book on the Fraser Health Community IV Program. This book has more information to help you care for your IV system and contact information if you need to speak to a nurse about your IV system. Always keep your ‘client information’ materials close by so you can follow the steps and for easy reference. A nurse will go through this information with you and show you how to take care of your Central Venous Catheter (CVC). (English) Colour

Inserting Your Own Urinary Catheter - Self-Catheterization Instructions for Men (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Your family practitioner (family doctor or nurse practitioner) has told you that your bladder can not completely empty urine on its own. Because of this, you will need to learn how to drain the urine from your bladder to keep it from getting too full. We call this ‘Self-Catheterization’. The reason we want you to drain urine from your bladder regularly is to keep your kidneys and bladder healthy. It also decreases the chance of you getting a bladder or kidney infection. (English) Colour

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Inserting Your Own Urinary Catheter - Self-Catheterization Instructions for Women (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Your family practitioner (family doctor or nurse practitioner) has told you that your bladder can not completely empty urine on its own. Because of this, you will need to learn how to drain the urine from your bladder to keep it from getting too full. We call this ‘Self-Catheterization’. The reason we want you to drain urine from your bladder regularly is to keep your kidneys and bladder healthy. It also decreases the chance of you getting a bladder or kidney infection. (English) Colour

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English (251612), Arabic (265625), Chinese - Simplified (265622), Farsi (265626), French (265683), Korean (265624), Punjabi (265621), Vietnamese (265623)

Preparing for Your Surgery and Hospital Stay (Peace Arch Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

This booklet gives general information on preparing for surgery and hospital stay with the focus on the best recovery possible. Find information on how to prepare yourself in the months, weeks, and days before your surgery as well as very specific information on how to get ready the night before and morning of surgery. We also describe generally what to expect before and after surgery. Use this booklet along with the information we give you on about your specific surgery. (English) Colour

Preparing for Your Surgery and Hospital Stay (Chilliwack General Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

This booklet gives general information on preparing for surgery and hospital stay with the focus on the best recovery possible. Find information on how to prepare yourself in the months, weeks, and days before your surgery as well as very specific information on how to get ready the night before and morning of surgery. We also describe generally what to expect before and after surgery. Use this booklet along with the information we give you on about your specific surgery. (English) Colour

Transitioning Your Baby From the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit To the Pediatric Unit (Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre) [English] Permalink Public

Your baby is getting well enough to soon be transitioned (moved) to our pediatric unit. This means your baby will no longer need special nursing care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). (English) Colour

Intravenous Medication Therapy in the Community (Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre) [English] Permalink Public

Information for people who will be giving themselves antibiotics at home through an intravenous. Describes how the Community Outpatient Intravenous Clinic staff at Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre support people to manage this therapy on their own. (English) Colour

Managing Your Venous Disease (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

In venous disease, the valves are weakened or damaged. This causes the blood to pool in the veins in the feet and legs which causes swelling, skin changes, and wounds or ulcers. Venous disease is a chronic condition that requires lifelong management. (English) Colour

Transitioning Your Baby From the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit To the Pediatric Unit (Langley Memorial Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

Your baby is getting well enough to soon be transitioned (moved) to our pediatric unit. This means your baby will no longer need special nursing care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). (English) Colour