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Workers in community or health services will from time to time encounter people exhibiting behaviours of concern. This two-clip set outlines common examples of difficult and challenging behaviours as well as providing practical strategies for safe, effective responses. This includes using appropriate communication strategies, following established procedures, and knowing when and how to seek assistance or refer a client. With the aid of dramatised scenarios, experienced mental health professionals offer helpful information and demonstrate effective responses. This is a valuable resource for any student or worker in community and health services seeking to improve their understanding and management of concerning behaviours.
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While America continues to become a more culturally diverse country with new immigrants arriving and those already here raising families, healthcare providers in the United States still largely come from a white, non-Hispanic background - almost 82%. Unfamiliar languages, beliefs, cultural practices, eating habits, etc., all present potential obstacles to the nurse providing care.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
Explain the importance of providing culturally and linguistically appropriate care.
Describe the CLAS standards put forth by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Describe the 3 categories within the CLAS standards: Culturally Aware Care, Language Access, and Organizational Support.
Explain how to establish and implement an action plan that recognizes and enforces the CLAS standards.
While America continues to become a more culturally diverse country with new immigrants arriving and those already here raising families, healthcare providers in the United States still largely come from a white, non-Hispanic background - almost 82%. Unfamiliar languages, beliefs, cultural practices, eating habits, etc., all present potential obstacles to the nurse providing care.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
Describe the importance of cultural awareness in the healthcare field.
Explain some of the cultural differences that exist among patient populations
Describe some of the major cultural awareness studies that have been completed over the past 60 years
Explain the components of several key models that are designed to foster cultural awareness within the healthcare system.
While America continues to become a more culturally diverse country with new immigrants arriving and those already here raising families, healthcare providers in the United States still largely come from a white, non-Hispanic background - almost 82%. Unfamiliar languages, beliefs, cultural practices, eating habits, etc., all present potential obstacles to the nurse providing care.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
Describe the importance of providing culturally and linguistically appropriate care.
Explain key, specific ways that you can take to ensure that you provide appropriate care to different ethnic groups, including people from Eastern Europe, The Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.
Documentation of patient care using electronic medical records (EMR) has become method preferred by many healthcare organizations and is both encouraged and mandated by the federal government. This program provides the nurse with an understanding of EMRs advantages that can be of benefit, and potential disadvantages that must be avoided and addressed. In addition it will provide an overview of the impact of federal mandates such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) act on EMR.
After completing this course, the viewer should be able to:
Describe at least four advantages provided by EMR
Describe the Joint Commission's recommendations for the use of scribes
Describe strategies to prevent breaches of patient confidentiality.
Describe some changes to HIPAA that occurred with passage of the HITECH Act
This program describes commonly used approaches to documentation, a review of the basic data to record in patient records, and practice guidelines to follow that protect patient privacy, comply with federal regulations and protect the nurse against potential legal actions.
After completing this course, the viewer should be able to:
Describe the functions of medical records
Describe five commonly used approaches to documentation
List the most common types of documenting mistakes and sources of inaccuracy
Explain the importance of maintaining patient confidentiality
Describe strategies to preserve patient confidentiality at all times
Explain how to address issues related to noncompliance, unusual occurrence reports and administrative considerations
Anywhere in the community or in the home, emergencies can occur, which require the administration of first aid. It saves lives and minimises the chances of worse outcomes to the health and wellbeing of casualties as a result of a sudden injury or illness. This collection of video resources provides an overview of the main areas of first aid training, including: what to do in an emergency; legal and moral aspects of first aid; medical conditions - heart attack, stroke, diabetic shock, epilepsy; CPR and hands-only CPR; fractures, dislocations, strains and sprains; neck, head and spinal injuries; burns, scalds, electrocution; cuts, lacerations, bleeding; asthma, allergies and anaphylaxis; poisoning and overdose; and hypothermia and hyperthermia.
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This program provides healthcare professionals with background information on the development of infection control techniques and reviews the fundamentals of pathogen transmission, which serves as the basis for strategies to interrupt that transmission.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
Describe events the led to the development of improved infection control practices
Name two measures developed by OSHA and the Joint Commission to improve infection control practices
Identify the CDC network used for reporting hospital - acquired infections
Identify and describe each link in the Chain of Infection
This program provides healthcare professionals with an understanding of administrative and regulatory measures from the CDC, OSHA and the Joint Commission that are designed to protect healthcare workers - and the patients they care for - from dangerous pathogens in the healthcare environment.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
Identify four federal agencies that work to prevent transmission of HAI
Describe three approaches the Joint Commission uses to promote infection control in healthcare facilities
Define a "sentinel event"
Explain the benefit of reporting infection transmission data to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
This series is comprised of 10 clips, each addressing practical techniques and protocols in the administering of medications. This includes essential requirements for preparing medications and clients, as well as dealing with contingencies. Proper techniques are clearly explained and demonstrated for the different routes of administration.
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The goal of this program is to define and discuss the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals for 2014, including the problems and concerns that have led to its implementation. The program provides a detailed review of the various patient safety goals that have been identified for implementation, plus the Elements of Performance that will be required to meet these goals.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
Identify the concerns and problems that led to development of the Joint Commission's NPSG.
Describe the patient safety goals for acute settings.
Identify and implement the key Elements of Performance developed to accomplish the patient safety goals.
The goal of this program is to define and discuss the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals for 2014, including the problems and concerns that have led to its implementation. The program provides a detailed review of the various patient safety goals for long term care that have been identified for implementation, plus the Elements of Performance that will be required to meet these goals.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
Identify the concerns and problems that led to development of the Joint Commission's NPSG.
Describe the patient safety goals long term care settings.
Identify and implement the key Elements of Performance developed to accomplish the patient safety goals.
After completing this video lecture student will understand nursing theory related to caring, essential aspects of the comforting process, factors influencing the communication process, nurse-patient communication as a dynamic process and four phases of the helping relationship. This topic covers types of groups helpful in promoting health and comfort and features of effective groups while discussing how nurses use communication skills in each phase of the nursing process.
A diagnostic test is any kind of medical test performed to aid in the diagnosis or detection of disease; to diagnose diseases, and preferably sub-classify it regarding, for example, severity and treatability or to confirm that a person is free from disease. In this video students learn the nurse's role for each of the phases involved in diagnostic testing, list common blood tests, and accurately how to measure blood glucose from a capillary blood specimen using a blood glucose meter. It is the nursing responsibilities for specimen collection thus students learn the rationale for the collection and testing of each type of specimen such as stool, urine, sputum, and throat specimens. Furthermore, visualization procedures that may be used for the client with gastrointestinal, urinary, and cardiopulmonary alterations are discussed, this may include CT, MRI, and nuclear imaging studies and the nurse's role in caring for clients undergoing aspiration/biopsy procedures are emphasized.
This video discusses the historical and contemporary factors influencing the development of nursing, it identifies the essential aspects of nursing and four major areas within the scope of nursing practice. This includes the purposes of nurse practice acts and standards for nursing practice, the roles of nurses, the expanded career roles and their functions. The criteria of a profession and the professionalization of nursing and Benner's levels of nursing proficiency are discussed. Additionally, it relates essential nursing values to attitudes, personal qualities, and professional behaviors and also explains the functions of national and international nurses' associations.
The nurse implements the nursing care plan, performing the determined interventions that were selected to help meet the goals/outcomes that were established. Delegated tasks and the monitoring of them is included here as well. The nurse evaluates the progress toward the goals/outcomes identified in the previous phases. If progress towards the goal is slow, or if regression has occurred, the nurse must change the plan of care accordingly. Conversely, if the goal has been achieved then the care can cease. New problems may be identified at this stage, and thus the process will start all over again. This video lecture explains how implementing relates to other phases of the nursing process and describes three categories of skills used to implement nursing interventions. The five activities of the implementing phase and guidelines for implementing nursing interventions are discussed followed by evaluation components, and steps involved in reviewing and modifying the client's care plan. It is important for students to differentiate quality improvement from quality assurance and to understand three components of quality evaluation: structure, process, and outcomes.
This video lecture discusses the importance of the teaching role of the nurse and describes the attributes of learning as it relates to andragogy, pedagogy, and geragogy. The learning theories of behaviorism, cognitivism, and humanism and how nurses can use each of these theories are explained together with the three domains of learning and factors that affect learning. As the teacher, nurses assess learning needs of learners and the learning environment; identify nursing diagnoses, outcomes, and interventions that reflect the learning needs of clients. The essential aspects of a teaching plan include guidelines for effective teaching, strategies to use when teaching clients of different cultures, methods to evaluate learning and demonstration effective documentation of teaching-learning activities.
This topic discusses how cognitive development, values, moral frameworks, and codes of ethics affect moral decisions and explains how nurses use knowledge of values transmission and values clarification to make ethical decisions and facilitate ethical decision making by clients. When presented with an ethical situation, identifies the moral issues and principles involved. The lecture covers the uses and limitations of professional codes of ethics and discusses common ethical issues currently facing health care professionals and ways in which nurses can enhance their ethical decision making and practice and their advocacy role.
This program includes epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk behaviors, opportunistic diseases and diagnostic tests. Transmission, prevention and current treatment modalities are reviewed. Complies with OSHA standards.
Professional nursing requires a highly sophisticated set of communication skills. Every day, nurses must effectively communicate with people of differing religions, ages, sexes and cultures. To deliver the most appropriate and effective medical treatment to such a broad spectrum of people, nurses must have an understanding of the way different cultures interact. Framed as a discussion forum, this program offers a starting point for training in transcultural nursing. We define culture and multiculturalism in Australia, and discuss the aspects of transcultural nursing, the dangers of cultural conflict, and effective multicultural communication methods.
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Nurses are one of a few professions many people trust with their lives. However like any other occupation, nursing professionals still need to maintain their skills in their current area of practice and Professional Practice Portfolios (PPP) offers just that. In this highly informative program we discuss what professional portfolios are, including an overview of its structure and look into detail at the two main components vital to a portfolio. Strategies for maintaining a portfolio and advice from some experienced nursing professionals are also provided. This program highlights the importance a portfolio plays in a nursing career and the benefits it adds to the wider community.
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Infection control in a health care setting is a fundamental responsibility shared by all staff. This video resource will ensure that infection control is front of mind for every worker. It starts by outlining the four principles of infection control, followed by a detailed examination of standard precautions that must be undertaken at all times, including a step-by-step demonstration of correct hand washing technique. Transmission-based precautions are explained, grouped into three broad groups: contact, droplet, and airborne. Finally, organisational support is described, including the importance of the infection control committee and regular health screenings for all staff.
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Direct patient care is one of the most rewarding jobs in the nursing profession. However it's not the only one. There are many opportunities to expand your career out of the ward. Nurse unit management is a rewarding pathway for aspiring senior nurses looking to diversify their professional portfolio. This program looks at the role of Nurse Unit Manager (NUM), and includes interviews from aspiring and practising NUMs. We discuss typical duties such as managing resources, budgeting, planning, problem solving and organising. We also explore the importance of communication with allied health professionals, the use of different management techniques, and demonstrate effective leadership behaviours.
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This program will train the nurse in some of the latest techniques to mitigate or alleviate stress induced by the caregiver's workplace. Several options are highlighted that can be implemented in the workplace to reduce the impact of stress causing events.
Gail Stuart, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN; Michele Laria, MSN, RN; Linda Beeber, PhD, RN; Carol Glod, MS, RN
Prominent physicians and nurses discuss the fundamentals of depression and its detection as well as treatment options for the disease. Specific topics include: definition, epidemiology, consequences and diagnosis of depression/patient education and compliance counseling; etiology of depression; treatment options - psychotherapy; treatment options - medications.
Culturally competent care adapts care interventions to the cultural needs and preferences (ethnic and religious beliefs, values, and practices) of diverse clients. This program provides practical and effective methods of recognizing and dealing with the special needs of different cultures.
Penny Heaslip and Richard Paul discuss the role of intuition in nursing practice. Topics include: a definition of critical thinking,"Why is critical thinking important to nursing?," "What is intuition?," the confusion between intuition and prejudice, and how intuitions are fostered.
Hillary Rodham Clinton; panel: Michael Evans, PhD, RN, FACHE; Kathleen Smith, BS, RN, CNN; Virginia Trotter Betts, JD, MSN, RN; Carol Alexander, RN, MS; Patricia L. Starck, DSN, RN, FAAN; Diana Mason; Judith Kline Leavitt
This program addresses the effects of healthcare reform on nursing. Speakers will present an overview of the reform issues and ways in which individuals can become involved in the process. Featured are exerpts from "New Directions in Healthcare" presented by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chairperson, President's National Health Reform Task Force, prerecorded at the American Nurses Assoc, Convention in San Antonio, TX, June 11, 1994.
As the need for licensed practical nurses grows each year, so does the necessity for quality nursing educational material. The following series of video clips provides nursing students with the opportunity to gain the required knowledge and complex skill sets of a licensed practical nurse. Follow along as each of the 16 modules and 2 case studies show the specific steps involved in common nursing procedures.
Margaret W. Berrio, RN, MS; Donna DeMartino, RN; Maureen Levesque, RN; Norma Fortin; Lisa Walker
Define the patient's right to self determination; Describe the historical perspective surrounding the PDSA; Identify approaches that may be used to communicate choices for medical care at the end of life; Identify factors that influence decision-making for healthcare at the end of life; Identify approaches to resolving conflict among health care agents caring for a patient with an ADHC; Describe the role of the nurse regarding Advance Directives; Discuss strategies to facilitate the Advance Directives process; Define the implications for decision-making as a Health Care Proxy Agent; Describe a family's experience with the Advance Directive process.