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Care and Treatment

Presents step-by-step guidelines for treatment/care techniques used in the home care setting.
Links are to PDF documents. Please install Adboe Acrobat Reader to view.

• Avoiding Mucositis (PDF)
• Breastfeeding Pre- and Near-Term Babies (PDF)
• Epidural Analgesia (PDF)
• Halo Brace Care (PDF)
  
• How to Manage Fatigue During Cancer Treatment (PDF)
• Infection Control and Isolation Precautions (PDF)
• Inpatient Dialysis Unit (PDF)
  
• Intermittent Self-Catheterization (Female) (PDF)
• Intermittent Self-Catheterization (Male) (PDF)
  
• Intra-Cavitary Implants: A Woman’s Self-Care Guide (PDF)
• Keeping Your Baby Safe (PDF)
• Local Anesthetic Pain Relief Pump (PDF)
• Lymphedema and Breast Cancer (PDF)
  
• Managing Your Pain (PDF)
• Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) (PDF)
  
• Nausea and Vomiting During Pregnancy (PDF)
• Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) (PDF)
• A Patient’s Guide to Colostomy Care (PDF)
• A Patient’s Guide to Ileostomy Care (PDF
• PIC Catheter Care (PDF)
• Post Chemotherapy: Discharge Guidelines (PDF)
• Radiation Therapy For Breast Cancer (PDF)
• Renee Schine Crown Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) (PDF)
• Renée Schine Crown Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Rooming-In (PDF)
• Renée Schine Crown Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): Taking Your Baby Home (PDF)
• Suprapubic Cystostomy and Nephrostomy Care (PDF)
  
• Total Parenteral Nutrition: Discharge Instructions (PDF)
• Transfusion of Blood and Blood Products (PDF)
• Tube Care (NG, PEG, G-Tube, J-Tube) (PDF)
• Tube Feeding Guidelines (PDF)
• Understanding Your Pacemaker (PDF)
  
• Urinary Indwelling Catheter (PDF)
• Visiting the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) (PDF)
• Yttrium-90 Treatment (PDF)