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Using Medications to Treat Your Pain

There are many pain medications available to treat different types and levels of pain. Everyone’s pain control plan is different. When pain is managed properly you can enjoy family activities, sleep better, be active and overall, feel good.

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Communicating With Your Healthcare Provider About Pain

Talking to your healthcare provider about your pain can sometimes be confusing and hard to do. This tool will help you to better keep track of and describe your pain.

Managing Your Pain: How to communicate with your healthcare provider about pain

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How to Infuse Intravenous Medications Using the Intermate Infusion Pump

The Intermate Infusion Pump is a “balloon” pump, which squeezes a drug solution out of a balloon and into your bloodstream at a specific rate.  Your nurse will start your infusion and hook up the pump to a small catheter in your vein.

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What Is a PICC Line and Why Do You Need It?

PICC stands for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter. The catheter is long, soft, thin flexible tube and may stay in your child’s arm for several weeks or months. A PICC may be used to give fluids, medications, nutrition, and/or take blood samples for testing.

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Understanding Hospice Palliative Care

Hospice palliative care is a type of care provided to clients and families who are dealing with a life threatening illness.  Hospice palliative care is often called palliative care, hospice care or end of life care. The goal of palliative care is to reduce suffering and improve quality of...

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Information Sheet: Intermate Infusion Pump

The Intermate Infusion Pump is a “balloon” pump, which squeezes a drug solution out of a balloon and into your bloodstream at a specific rate.  Your nurse will start your infusion and hook up the pump to a small catheter in your vein.

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Tube Feeding Your Child at Home

Answers to some of the common questions parents have when using a nasogastric (NG) feeding tube to feed their baby or child at home. Always follow the instructions from your nurse or other health care provider.

Tube Feeding Your Child at Home

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Falls Prevention Tips

Falls are a common occurrence. People are at risk for a fall at any time in their life, but especially children and seniors.

Preventing Falls

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What To Do If You Have Had a Fall

Step-by-step, clear instructions for how to get up safely from a fall if you are not injured. People are at risk for a fall at any time in their life, but especially children and seniors.

What To Do If You Have Had a Fall

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Saint Elizabeth Guide: Management of Hypoglycemia in Children

Keeping Students with Diabetes Safe and Healthy

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