Nursing and Allied Health Video Collection

This program focuses on those aspects of pharmacology that most impact patient care. These include: therapeutic equivalence, pharmaceutics, the three phases of drug action, toxicology, pharmacognosy, absorption of medications and site of drug action. An understanding of these aspects of pharmacology is critical if healthcare professionals are to provide safe and effective medication administration.

This program provides viewers with an overview of how the use of medication is incorporated as part of the overall process of patient assessment, diagnosis, care planning, implementation and evaluation.

Pharmacodynamics is the study of how drugs affect the body. The goal of drug therapy is to achieve a good outcome, a therapeutic effect. It is important to bear in mind that not all drug actions are beneficial. Medications may result in both therapeutic and toxic effects. This program provides a basic overview of pharmacodynamics.

Pharmacokinetics is the study of what happens to a drug from the time of administration until the parent drug and all metabolites leave the body. This process includes absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. This program provides a basic overview of pharmacokinetics.

This program will describe the safe administration of oral medications and will demonstrate practices that are required in order to help prevent medication errors

This video is about documenting medication administration.

This instructional video, from the Enteral Feeding Tubes: A Guide for Nurses series produced by MedCom, Inc., is about administering medications through feeding tubes.

Over 90% of hospital patients receive intravenous therapy, including medication, nutrition, electrolytes, and blood. These life-giving fluids are administered through an I.V. and can mean the difference between life and death for a patient. Updated with a new look and feel, and the latest venipuncture practices, this program describes the basics of intravenous therapy and demonstrates the correct technique for performing a venipuncture to initiate intravenous therapy.

In a clinical environment, nurses are often called upon to calculate medication dosages in both solid and liquid forms using basic mathematical principles to calculate the correct dosage. This program demonstrates and describes the various formula used when calculating medication dosages.

This instructional video, from the Basic Math for Nurses series produced by Medcom, Inc., is about using ratio and proportion for drug dosage calculation.

Nurses must often make medication dosage calculations for medications that are delivered orally, parenterally through I.V.s and for pediatric patients. In each case, it is critical for the nurse to know and use the appropriate calculation to determine the correct dosage.

This instructional video, from the Basic Math for Nurses series produced by Medcom, Inc., is about calculating pediatric dosages.

This instructional video, from the Basic Math for Nurses series produced by Medcom, Inc., is about calculating dosages for solid oral medications.

Over 90% of hospital patients receive intravenous therapy, including medication, nutrition, electrolytes, and blood. These life-giving fluids are administered through an I.V. and can mean the difference between life and death for a patient. Updated with a new look and feel, and the latest venipuncture practices, this program describes the basics of intravenous therapy and demonstrates the correct technique for performing a venipuncture to initiate intravenous therapy. OBJECTIVES: After completing this course, the learner should be able to: Describe the uses of IV therapy, Identify appropriate sites for venipuncture, Identify equipment used to provide IV therapy, Perform a venipuncture.

OVERVIEW: Providing intravenous therapy for infants and children offers unique challenges and may have a different rationale for the IV therapy than with an adult. Updated with a new look and feel, and the latest venipuncture practices, this program demonstrates and describes IV therapy for pediatric patients.

OBJECTIVES: After completing this course, the learner should be able to: Describe specific IV therapy considerations for infants through school-age children. Explain the unique hydration needs of pediatric patients. Identify age-appropriate venipuncture sites for pediatric patients. Describe venipuncture on a pediatric patient. Explain the need for and techniques to protect pediatric IV sites. Describe routine IV care and complications to be aware of or pediatric patients.