Author

Kim Harvey

A visiting home health nurse, Kim Harvey, RN, cares for patients recovering from major surgery. She writes about post-operative recovery. Harvey monitors surgical drains and manages wound dressings for a home care agency after earning her nursing degree from Hunter College.

How Many Days After Circumcision Can You Bath?Procedures
How to Safely Get Surgical Glue Off Skin Skin & Hair
What Do You Need at Home After Bypass Surgery?Procedures
How to Dissolve Oral Stitches Faster Safely Procedures
Can a Fistula Be Cured Permanently Without Surgery?Gut & Kidney
How to Relieve Bloating After Surgery: 8 Tips Procedures
What Happens If Drains Are Removed Too Soon?Procedures
What Is a Pelvic Abscess? Causes, Symptoms & Treatment Gut & Kidney
How Long After Mastectomy Can You Lift Your Arms?Procedures
What to Expect After Removal of a Feeding Tube Procedures
Why do things taste saltier than usual?Eyes & ENT
How to Get Rid of Inflammation After Surgery Procedures
When Can I Swim After Pellet Insertion?Procedures
How Long Is Too Long to Leave Stitches In?Procedures
When Can I Lay Flat After a Mastectomy?Procedures
Why Is My Incision Leaking? Signs of Infection Procedures
Is a Colostomy Bag Permanent or Can It Be Reversed?Procedures
What If Radiofrequency Ablation Doesn’t Work?Procedures
Can You Get a Piercing After Surgery?Safety
How to Get Rid of a Pilonidal Cyst Without Surgery Skin & Hair
How to Get Rid of Gas Pain After Surgery Procedures
How to Safely Wash Your Hair After Surgery Skin & Hair
Why Do Stitches Burn? Causes and When to Worry Safety
How Do I Stop Itching After Surgery?Procedures
How to Sleep After Top Surgery for Optimal Healing Procedures
What Are the Side Effects of Radiofrequency Ablation?Procedures
Does Staple Removal Hurt? What to Expect & Aftercare Procedures
What Is Ostomy Care? Stoma, Pouch, and Routine Procedures
What Does a Spitting Stitch Look Like?Skin & Hair
What Happens After Drains Are Removed?Procedures