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When you are admitted to the hospital for your prostate surgery you will be taking part in a Clinical Care Pathway (fast recovery program). The aim of this program is to help you recover quickly and safely. This booklet is to help you understand and prepare for your surgery, how you can play an active part in your recovery and give you daily goals to achieve. Please review it with the nurse and your family. Please bring it with you on the day of your surgery.

When you are admitted to hospital for your lung surgery you will be taking part in a "Clinical Care Pathway (fast recovery program). The aim of this program is to help you recover quickly and safely. This booklet will you information on how you can play an active part in your recovery and give you daily goals to achieve. Please review it with the nurse and your family. Please bring it with you on the day of your surgery.

Some treatments or medications may affect your hearing. Speak to your treatment team if you notice any hearing changes. They are here to help. Learn more here about what you can do.

This booklet is to help you understand and prepare for your biopsy.

Italian Translation - Questo libretto vi aiuterà a capire la vostra bipsia e prepararvi.

The thyroid gland is found in the front lower part of the neck. It is commonly described as butterfyly shaped. It has two parts or lobes on either side of the trachea, or windpipe, which are connected by another piece of the gland called the isthmus. They thyroid makes a thyroid hormone which control the body's use of oxygen and its general metabolism. This booklet is to help you understand and prepare for your surgery, how you can play an active part in your recovery. Please review it with the nurse and your family. Please bring it with you on the day of your surgery.

A Same Day Admission means that you are coming in the hospital on the day of your surgery and that after your surgery you will be admitted to a room in the hospital. The number of days that you will stay in the hospital varies based on the type of surgery and youer general state of health. This booklet will guide you through the process.

This is a poster that will help family and friends prevent the spread of infection when they visit a patient in the hospital.

This is a poster that will help patients know how to prevent the spread of infection during their stay in the hospital.

Your treatment involves receiving chemotherapy in your veins over several days. Having chemotherapy with an infuser allows you to be at home instead of in the hospital. It is a safe and more comfortable way to receive your chemotherapy. This booklet will guide you along the process.

This is a booklet to help you understand physical restraints. It is not intended to replace the advice of a trained health care professional. Speak to your relative's treatment team if you have any questions or concerns. A physical restraint is something that limits or stops a person from moving. Fro example: mittens, soft wrist restraint or abdominal belt.