Find out how PCA and NCA help your child get relief from severe, short-term pain in the hospital.
Learn about the members of your child's limb reconstruction healthcare team and how they will help your child during treatment.
Watch this video for tools to cope with uncertainty and unknowns about the future. This video can help you focus on what you can control right now.
Learn what to expect when your child makes the switch to adult care, and how to prepare them for taking charge of their own care.
Learn about all the health-care professionals involved in taking care of a patient with scoliosis, including doctors, nurses and other health-care workers.
Pharmacists are trained health professionals who are medication experts. Learn about the role they play in the health-care team.
Learn about diagnosis of heart conditions in children. Patient histories, physical examinations, and the speed of the diagnosis itself are discussed.
Learn about the methods of diagnosis, an important stage in understanding the cause of your child's seizures.
There are many people involved in a surgery for scoliosis. Find out about the healthcare team involved and what to expect when you arrive at the hospital.
Learn about pain relief medication and how to administer it, including patient controlled analgesia.
You and your child may be asked to join a clinical research trial or other types of research to help research teams study new treatments and better understand the impact of sickle cell disease on families. Learn about types of research and where to find more information about sickle cell disease research.
Nursing shift handover meetings happen twice each day. They happen at the bedside of each patient and allow the incoming and outgoing nurses to share information. Parents, caregivers and patients are encouraged to be part of these meetings.
Learn how psychotherapy and lifestyle changes can help your child cope with anxiety.
Read about family support teams, which may include a social worker, chaplain, patient rep, patient representative, and a bioethics consultant.
Find out who will be a part of your transplant team and their roles in your care throughout the transplant process.
Learn about the roles of children, parents, caregivers and health-care providers in the shared medical decision-making process. As children mature, they develop the capacity to participate in more decisions about their own health.
Read about tips and tricks for finding a primary health-care provider on your own.
You may be asked to join a clinical research trial or other types of research to help research teams study new treatments and better understand the impact of sickle cell disease on families. Learn about types of research and where to find more information about sickle cell disease research.
