Patient Education Resources

Hip Replacement Surgery: DGH and HI

This guide outlines information about hip replacement surgery at the Dartmouth General or Halifax Infirmary.

Hip Replacement Surgery: Valley Regional Hospital

This guide outlines information about hip replacement surgery at the Valley Regional Hospital.

How to Manage a Nerve Block Infusion at Home

This pamphlet explains how a nerve block works, how to deal with your catheter, what you need to know about the numbing medicine, and care at home.

Living Kidney Donor Discharge Instructions

This pamphlet gives information on how to heal and stay healthy after your kidney donation surgery. Topics include incision (cut) care, activity, feelings after surgery, medications, Post Donation Program, and symptoms that require a trip to the Emergency Department.

Managing Pain After Surgery

This pamphlet explains why you may have pain after surgery, why it is important to control your pain, what your health care team will do to help control your pain, what you can do to keep it under control, kinds of pain medication you will get in the hospital, side effects of pain medications, and more. This pamphlet is also available in French.

Managing Your Surgical Pain with Nerve Blocks

A nerve block sends local anesthetic (numbing medicine) through a small needle to a spot near your nerves. This pamphlet explains why nerve blocks are used, how they are done, benefits, side effects, and activities to avoid after. This pamphlet is also available in French.

Manger sainement après une transplantation

Manger sainement après votre transplantation peut vous aider à contrôler votre poids, votre cholestérol, votre tension artérielle et votre diabète. Suivez le Guide alimentaire canadien pour connaître le nombre et la taille des portions dont vous avez besoin. Des conseils pour une alimentation saine sont offerts. This pamphlet is also available in English.

Myringotomy Tubes

This pamphlet explains what a myringotomy tube is, what to expect after surgery, pain, activity and eating, how long the tubes should stay in, and possible side effects.

Nutrition Guidelines After Bowel Surgery

This pamphlet provides guidelines for the first 4 weeks (1 month) after bowel surgery. They will help with your healing, comfort, and bowel function. Foods that are best tolerated and foods to avoid are listed.

Nutrition Guidelines After Jaw Surgery

When your jaws are wired or you have elastics in place, you will need to make a few changes to the foods you eat. This pamphlet gives tips to get the nutrition your body needs. This pamphlet is also available in French.