This program gives an overview of assessment techniques, immediate intervention strategies, and definitive treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders. It includes and historical overview, the ro
This program explores common alterations in sexual health experienced by cancer patients and discusses ways in which nurses can effectively support couples struggling with these changes.
This section identifies common reactions, fears and needs of young children whose parents are experiencing various stages of illness in the cancer trajectory and demonstrates how to help these childre
This course discusses indications for and risks of a Foley catheter and illustrates catheterization of a male. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining strict sterile technique. It discusses causes
This program is a continuation of the subject matter introduced in 612.1, and focuses on the essential aspects of auscultation of the lungs. Breath sounds, voice and whispered sounds are discussed in
This course pertains to common blocks to therapeutic communication: using reassuring cliches, giving advice, requesting an explanation, agreeing, expressing disapproval, defending, belittling feelings
This program features six interactions, which as a group dramatize the therapeutic communication techniques and communication blocks from Programs 606.1 and 606.2. They may be used in a variety of way
This program explores the major physiologic changes that occur with aging and how they impact performing a routine healthcare assessment on an elderly patient.
This program demonstrates a head-to-toe physical evaluation of both male and female patients. Using a body system approach, the program emphasizes the physiologic changes that occur with aging. Part
One of the most significant issues affecting Americans today and into the future is the aging of its citizens. Healthcare professionals must be able to differentiate between the normal aging process a
This program explores the major physiologic changes that occur with aging and how they impact performing a routine healthcare assessment on an elderly patient.
This program defines play and discusses some of its functions including gross and fine motor development, cognitive development, creativity, socialization, self-awareness, and therapeutic value. It de
This segment focuses on the legal relevance of the medical record. It outlines basic documentation principles, and describes legally perilous charting practices. It discusses how to reduce liability w
This segment describes the three acute, metabolic complications of diabetes: hypoglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state. It illustrates the causes and symptoms of these
This section discusses environmental factors in pregnancy that contribute to low birth weight and birth defects. It discusses preventable factors such as delaying birth until after adolescence, obtain
This program demonstrates immediate assessment of the newly-born with an emphasis on criteria that confirm the neonate is in stable condition. It begins by illustrating how to perform a systematic, de
This program begins with a general discussion of the origin of the first, second, third, and fourth heart sounds as they relate to the events in the cardiac cycle. It also presents techniques for list
This program defines barriers that serve as obstacles to effective cancer pain relief and provides the essential components of a thorough pain assessment.
This program defines barriers that serve as obstacles to effective cancer pain relief and provides the essential components of a thorough pain assessment.
This program dramatizes interactions which define and illustrate techniques for talking with patients: ways of encouraging conversation, helping patients express their thoughts and feelings, and insur
