This program presents a graphically illustrated overview of the cardiovascular system, examining how cardiac medications affect the system in general. It defines the types of medications used in cardi
This section illustrates electrical properties of the heart including the conductions system and electrophysiology, as well as abnormal conduction problem of reentry. It examines the relationship betw
This training defines psychological abuse and discusses its effects on children. It discusses characteristics of adults who physically abuse children and illustrates common physical and behavioral sig
This program provides a series of teaching scenarios illustrating various errors and their prevention. Each scenario shows a nurse administering medication. The viewer is then asked to identify the er
This program explains percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes. It demonstrates tube placement, presents nursing interventions for administration of a tube feeding and medication by t
This program explains percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes. It demonstrates tube placement, presents nursing interventions for administration of a tube feeding and medication by t
This training demonstrates sterile wound care to a surgical incision and a surgical drain. It also describes and illustrates the phases of wound healing by primary intention. Wound assessment, pain ma
This segment identifies types of nasogastric tubes and their use. It presents principles and procedures for their insertion, maintenance and removal. It also demonstrates the role of the nurse caring
This training presents the role of the nurse caring for the patient with a small-bore nasoenteric feeding tube. It includes patient assessment and calculation of tube feeding strengths. It demonstrate
This program is divided into four segments: Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, Pain Control During Labor and Delivery, and Leopold's Maneuvers, offering on in-depth focus on each of these topics. The prog
This program presents the nursing process as a system for planning nursing care. Using a realistic patient care scenario, the five steps of the process are identified and described as a student nurse
It describes, using the seven-step method of EKG analysis, common sinus dysrhythmias--sinus arrhythmia, sinus bradycardia, sinus tachycardia, and sinus block; common atrial dysrhythmias-- premature at
This program focuses on community-based seniors who are relatively healthy. It highlights diseases that have an underlying nutritional origin, and the physiologic changes of aging that can negatively
This course focuses on nutritional challenges for elders, particularly those at risk for malnutrition or who are ill. It presents factors that contribute to malnutrition, and discusses assessments inc
This training presents indicators that an older person is at risk for falling. It explores the common causes of falls -- dehydration, medications, urinary problems, impaired visual function, and poor
This segment discusses the growing problem of elder abuse. It describes the various types of abuse and details characteristics of abusers. Barriers to getting help, including social, cultural and medi
This training explores the Cluster B ? the "dramatic, emotional, or erratic" ? personality disorders. It examines each of these in depth, looking at their development, prevalence, symptoms, impact and
This training discusses the ways in which children influence one another including modeling and reinforcement. It describes characteristics of popular, ignored, and rejected children. It gives general
This program demonstrates the resuscitation of an in-patient who suffers an unwitnessed pulseless arrest on an acute care floor. It begins when a nurse finds an unresponsive patient and describes her
This program will discuss two types of central venous catheters: those with external ports and those implanted beneath skin. The rational for the use of each type is explained using scenarios as well
This program will discuss the chain of infection as well as some of the basic interventions that can be performed to protect patients and staff including the use of standard precautions and personal p
IVs are utilized in all care settings including home care. This program discusses and describes the various types of IV access and their uses, including advantages, disadvantages, and safety precautio
As people age, the number of health problems and medications tend to increase. This program discusses the physiologic changes brought on by aging, and how these affect the administration of oral and p
As people age, the number of health problems and medications tend to increase. This program discusses the physiologic changes brought on by aging, and how these affect the administration of oral and p
Pediatric patients have a much higher risk of injury or death from medication errors than adults. In this program, the physiologic differences that affect their reaction to both illness and medication
This program will focus on nasogastric or NG tubes. We will discuss the rationale for their use, the procedure for placement in an awake, alert patient, and nursing assessments and interventions befor
This program will focus on percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy tubes (PEGS) and percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tubes (PEJs or J-tubes). The rationale for their use as well as the procedure for ins
This program will explore several types of surgical drains, focusing on the Jackson Pratt, Hemovac, Penrose, and wound vacuum. For each, the rationale for its use, nursing assessments, dressing change
Peripheral IVs are placed to deliver fluids, medications, and blood products. This program will describe how to choose the proper equipment and the best site, prepare the site for the needle stick, se
This program describes peripherally inserted central catheters, or PICC lines. It begins with a brief discussion about the rationale for their use and continues with a scenario that explains patient p
This program will describe peripheral arterial lines, including rationale for their use, equipment needed for their cannulation, and pre- and post-placement assessments. In addition, setting a hemodyn
This program demonstrates the resuscitation of an in-patient who suffers an unwitnessed pulseless arrest on an acute care floor. It begins when a nurse finds an unresponsive patient and describes her
The Code Blue team has been notified that a patient who was found apneic and pulseless in a pond will be arriving in the Emergency Department in several minutes. This program begins by showing how the
Although many healthcare professionals are comfortable and competent in resuscitation of adults, fewer are proficient in pediatrics. Even in facilities where children are not normally cared for, staff
Symptom Management for the Patient with Lung Cancer will assist the nurse and other members of the cancer care team in providing meaningful guidance and care for patients with lung cancer.
Sepsis and DIC are two of the most common and complex, oncologic emergencies that nurses manage. A thorough discussion of the physiology of each emergency corresponds with an in depth review of the pe
Sepsis and DIC are two of the most common and complex, oncologic emergencies that nurses manage. A thorough discussion of the physiology of each emergency corresponds with an in depth review of the pe
Sepsis and DIC are two of the most common and complex, oncologic emergencies that nurses manage. A thorough discussion of the physiology of each emergency corresponds with an in depth review of the pe
A dramatization of a man who enters the hospital for a simple laproscopic cholecystectomy and develops signs and symptoms of peritonitis, which are ignored by the staff until it is too late.
