Condition
Post-Surgical Wound Care at Home
Once your surgeon has released you from post-op care, we help your surgical wound finish healing at home, with a nurse practitioner watching it closely so problems get caught early.
Recover at home, with expert eyes on your incision
Recovery is easier at home, but a surgical wound still needs watching, and the weeks after a procedure are when complications are most likely. Instead of asking you to travel back and forth while you’re healing, we come to you. A nurse practitioner monitors your incision, changes dressings, and catches trouble early.
When we step in. We begin post-surgical wound care once your surgeon has formally discharged you from their post-operative care. We don’t manage active, surgeon-directed post-op wounds. When the surgical team has handed off and the wound still needs attention to finish healing, that’s where we come in.
What we manage
- Surgical incision care and dressing changes
- Monitoring for signs of infection
- Wound dehiscence (a reopened surgical wound)
- Guidance to support healing and reduce complications
- Walking alongside your surgeon and home health team
Handed off from your surgical team? We move fast
Once your surgeon has discharged you from post-op care, we don’t like to wait around. For stat referrals we’re often out within a day, and we keep your surgeon and home health nurses in the loop the whole way, until your wound is fully healed.
What a visit looks like
Each visit, your nurse practitioner checks the incision, changes the dressing, watches for the early signs of infection, and confirms the wound is closing the way it should. We follow the surgeon’s instructions, document each visit so the surgical team can see progress, and tell you plainly how recovery is tracking. If you’re worried about doing something wrong at home, we’ll walk you and your family through the dressing and what’s normal to expect, so nobody’s guessing between visits.
Signs to call us about
Most incisions heal without trouble, but a few changes are worth a call to us or your surgeon right away:
- Increasing redness, warmth, swelling, or pain around the incision
- Drainage that increases, turns cloudy or yellow-green, or starts to smell
- The wound edges pulling apart, or the incision reopening (dehiscence)
- A fever, chills, or simply feeling unwell
You don’t need to diagnose anything, just tell us what you’re seeing, and we’ll take it from there. That’s exactly why we come to you: so a small problem gets caught early instead of turning into a trip back to the hospital.
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We verify your benefits first, see how coverage works, or request a visit and we’ll come to you.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Do you manage incisions and dehiscence at home?
How quickly can you start once I'm referred?
Do you replace my surgeon's post-op care?
What do you need from my surgeon?
How long will you follow the incision?
Ready to heal at home?
Call us or request a visit, for yourself or someone you love. We verify your benefits first, so there are no surprises, and get a nurse practitioner to your door, often the same week.