Nursing and Allied Health Video Collection

The Nursing Process is an essential decision-making system used by nurses to meet the healthcare needs of patients. It can be used in any setting and it allows for specific, individualized and holistic activities that promote the patient’s return to optimum health. This program provides a description of each of the five steps of the nursing process, and demonstrates their application in a realistic patient case scenario.

Adapting to new and increasing healthcare technology and coping with multiple nursing and medical priorities has required nurses to develop essential critical thinking and reason skills. Critical thinking is the rational examination and analysis of available information that leads to the formulation of conclusions and alternatives that are the most appropriate for the situation and it is an essential part of the nursing process.This program will demonstrate how critical thinking skills are applied to clinical practice through the use of 12 vignettes that follow a nursing student and her colleagues as they care for a chronically ill patient.

Documentation serves as a legal record of the care received by a resident. As a result, it can be used in a court of law to prove if a resident received appropriate care that is in accordance with State and Federal regulations. The primary form of documentation that nurse aides are responsible for is the Activities of Daily Living sheet. The information on an ADL sheet can help a caregiving team find out if a resident’s condition is remaining the same, getting worse or improving. A nurse aide’s documentation can be critical to the development of an ongoing care plan that addresses a resident’s individual needs. Other types of documentation that may be expected of nurse aides include charting vital signs and recording whether or not a resident is experiencing pain. This program provides an understanding of why documentation is such an important part of a nurse aide’s job, focusing on three main topics:• The purpose of documentation• Documentation & reporting• The consequences of improper documentation After completing this course, the learner should be able to:• List 4 things that are required to provide proper documentation• Provide 3 reasons why documentation is important• Describe 2 situations of how your documentation can help a resident• Provide 3 examples of changes in a resident’s condition that should be immediately reported as well as documented• Describe what can happen if documentation is not properly done• Describe the actions you should take when a resident refuses care.

When a nursing home admits a resident, the facility and its staff become responsible for the person’s safety and well-being. The facility is required by law to protect a resident’s rights and provide quality care. The purpose of this program is to provide a basic understanding of resident rights. The following topics will be covered:• Introduction to resident rights• The right to privacy and free choice• Personal possessions and protection of personal funds• Access and visitation• Grievances and notification of changes• The right to be free of abuse & neglect• The right to quality care• Assisting residents in activities of daily living After completing this course, the learner should be able to:• Give 3 examples of a resident’s right to privacy• Give an example of a resident’s right to chose• Define abuse and neglect and give examples of each• Give an example of the unnecessary use of restraints• Describe quality care.

This instructional video, from the Cultural Awareness for Medical Assistants series produced by Medcom, Inc., is about cross-cultural studies related to cultural awareness in medical care and the five levels of cultural awareness in medical care.