Infection Control in Healthcare: Precautions
Overview:
Precautions have been developed by OSHA and the CDC to help prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases. It is essential that all healthcare professionals be aware of and abide by these precautions. This third course in the five...
Tuberculosis: new strategies for the healthcare worker
Educates viewers on tuberculosis (TB) and discusses recommendations made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that are designed to prevent transmission of TB.
Airway care: tracheostomy care, tube change, and artificial airway cuff management
A patient with a tracheostomy tube has many care needs. Most important is the maintenance of airway patency. Other needs are preventing infection of either the airway or the stoma, providing some form of effective communication, and providing emotio...
Basic clinical skills: urethral catheterization
This program demonstrates and describes the process for performing a urethral catheterization. Both intermittent straight catheters and indwelling retention catheters are shown and discussed. The need for patient education and patient support during...
Fluids and electrolytes balance: basics
Provides nursing students, new nurses and others with a foundation for understanding the role fluids and electrolytes play in the health of the human body. Describes the basics of fluid and electrolyte balance, the main electrolytes in the body, and...
Fluids and electrolytes balance: fluid volume imbalances
Provides nursing students, new nurses, and others with the fundamental information they need to begin building their understanding of the role fluid volume and electrolytes play in the health of a body.
Fluids and electrolytes balance: electrolyte imbalances
Third program in a three-part series that provides nursing students, new nurses, and others with the fundamental information they need to begin building their understanding of the role fluid volume and electrolytes play in the health of a body.
The human immune system: the immune response
This program describes and illustrates the human immune system's response to bacteria and viruses. Part 2 of a 3-part series.
Preventing health care-associated infections
Discusses the various types and causes of healthcare related infections and provides guidance on what can be done to prevent them.