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This brochure answers questions about the role of palliative care for patients and families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

This handout explains what patients and families can expect from the palliative care service at UWMC. The UWMC Palliative Care Team offers extra support and comfort for patients and families living with cancer. The Palliative Care team attends to all aspects of the patient’s well-being. This includes their emotional and spiritual needs, and what they value most.

This handout explains when palliative radiotherapy is used and what to expect when having this treatment.

This CareMap gives timelines for the steps patients most often follow when having a pancreaticoduodenectomy, also called a whipple procedure, where part or all of the pancreas and the duodenum are removed. The CareMap starts before surgery with a pre-op testing and medicine instructions, and finishes on day 5 after surgery, when most patients are ready to leave the hospital. It includes activity guidelines and dietary restrictions, and well as teaching sessions and other important steps in recovery and follow-up.

This handout explains what to expect, how to prepare, and how to plan for recovery from abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) or panniculectomy surgery.

This handout explains what a paraesophageal hernia is, its symptoms, and how it is diagnosed and treated. It includes details about what to expect before and after surgery to repair your hernia.

This handout explains a parathyroid scan, a nuclear medicine procedure used to diagnose problems with the parathyroid gland. It includes how to prepare for the scan, how it works, how it is done, what the patient may feel during the scan, and how to get the results.

This handout explains what to expect when having parathyroid surgery, including how to prepare, what to expect afterward, and when to call the doctor or nurse.

This brochure explains the Parent Support Network in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. This program pairs parents of former NICU babies with those who currently have an infant in the NICU.

This handout explains how parenting looks in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It describes "kangaroo care," lists items parents may want to bring to the NICU from home, and briefly describes NICU classes and support groups.

University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) provides 1 parking pass per day to patients who have a hospital stay of 15 days or longer. This one-page handout answers questions about these parking passes, who can use the pass, and how to get them.

This handout gives important instructions for patients who are scheduled for a test to assess their symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Included are directions to follow and how to handle medicines the night before and the day of the test, and what to expect during the test.

This handout explains how to prepare for and what to expect from parotid surgery. The parotid is one of the glands that secretes saliva.

This handout describes bedside rounds. It explains how patients and their families can take part in rounds and in their healthcare decisions and care plan.

This handout explains how patients can partner with their healthcare team to make their best choices about their health. Sections cover talking with healthcare providers, what friends and family can do to help, how to prevent the spread of infection, what to know about medicines, why medical records are needed, how to report concerns, and questions to ask about diagnosis, treatments, and procedures. Also included are important phone numbers for University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA).

This handout gives instructions to follow when having a test that includes swallowing a patency capsule.

This handout has information for UWMC staff to give to any patient who acts in ways that are not in keeping with the medical center's Workplace Violence Policy. UWMC staff have a right to provide patient care in a safe environment. It is also UWMC's responsibility to ensure a safe setting for our patients and their visitors.

This 3-day journal provides blank tables for a patient to record their food and fluid intake and tube feedings, medicines, symptoms, and side effects. A short list of measurement conversions is included, as well as a severity scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being "None" and 10 being "Intolerable."

This handout includes a "to-do" list for patients who visit the Center for Pain Relief and information about how to make the best use of appointments at the center. (The document may be printed back-to-back and cut lengthwise to create a two-sided, half-page handout.)

This handout explains how to use a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for patient-controlled pain relief.

This handout gives dietary guidelines for women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). It includes sections on eating a balanced diet, planning meals and snacks, healthy eating tips, and moving for health.

This handout explains PCV treatment for brain tumors. This treatment uses the chemotherapy drugs procarbazine, CCNU (lomustine), and vincristine. It includes how to take each of the drugs and how to handle common side effects.