Mosby's Nursing Video Skills - Basic Skills DVD

Basic Skills

Basic Infection Control

Performing hand hygiene

Using Personal Protective Equipment

Bathing

Performing a complete and partial bed bath

Assisting with a tub bath or shower

Performing back massage

Performing perineal care for the female patient

Performing perineal care for the male patient

Bedmaking

Making the unoccupied bed

Making the occupied bed

NEW! Making the surgical bed

Safe Patient Handling

Assisting with moving a patient in bed

Assisting with positioning a patient in bed

Transferring from bed to wheelchair using a transfer belt

Transferring from bed to a stretcher

Performing passive range-of-motion exercises

Applying elastic stockings

Assisting with ambulation using a gait belt

Using a sequential compression device

Using a hydraulic lift

Assisting with Elimination

Assisting with a urinal

Assisting with a bedpan

Applying a condom catheter

Administering a cleansing enema

Providing catheter care

Nutrition & Fluids

Assisting with meals

Taking aspiration precautions

Measuring intake and output

Personal Hygiene & Grooming

Performing oral hygiene for an unconscious patient

Cleaning dentures

Performing hair care and shampooing in bed

Shaving a male patient

Performing nail and foot care

Assisting with gown change

Vital Signs

Taking a temperature

Assessing radial pulse

Assessing apical pulse

Assessing apical-radial pulse

Assessing respiration: rate, rhythm, and effort

Obtaining blood pressure by the one-step method

Obtaining blood pressure by the two-step method

Measuring oxygen saturation with pulse oximetry

Assessing pain

Measuring height and weight

Restraints and Alternatives

Using restraint alternatives

Applying restraints

Intermediate Skills

Infection Control

Establishing & maintaining sterile field

Adding items to a sterile field

Pouring a sterile solution

Using a pre-packaged sterile kit

Performing sterile gloving

Enteral Nutrition

Inserting a nasogastric tube

Providing enteral feedings

Removing a feeding tube

Ostomy Care

Pouching a colostomy

Pouching a ureterostomy

Respiratory Care and Suctioning

Ensuring oxygen safety

Setting oxygen flow rates

Applying a nasal cannula or face mask

Maintaining an airway

Providing tracheostomy care

Performing oropharyngeal suctioning

Performing nasotracheal suctioning

Suctioning an artificial airway

Preoperative Nursing Care

Performing a preoperative assessment

Promoting family support and participation

Teaching postoperative exercises and pain management

Preparing a patient for surgery

Postoperative Nursing Care

Providing postoperative care

Managing pain

Managing a nasogastric tube

Specimen Collection

Collecting a midstream urine specimen

Performing fecal occult blood testing

Performing gastroccult and gastric pH testing

Collecting a sputum specimen

Collecting a specimen for wound culture

Performing blood glucose testing

Screening urine for chemical properties

Urinary Catheter Management

Inserting an indwelling urinary catheter in a female patient

Inserting an indwelling urinary catheter in a male patients

Irrigating a urinary catheter

Performing intermittent straight catheterization

Obtaining a sterile urine specimens

Removing indwelling urinary catheter

Caring for suprapubic catheter

Wound and Pressure Ulcer Care

Assessing wounds

Irrigating wounds

Changing a dressing

Using wound drainage systems

Caring for pressure ulcers

Advanced Skills

Safe Medication Administration

The Six Rights of Medication Administration

Administering oral medication

Documenting medication administration

Handling variations in medication administration

Preventing medication errors

Use of specialty medication administration systems

Nonparenteral Medications

Applying topical medications

Applying an estrogen patch or nitroglycerin paste

Administering eye medications

Administering eardrops

Use of metered-dose inhaler (MDI)

Use of dry powder inhaler (DPI)

Insertion of rectal suppository

Injections

Preparing injections from an ampule

Preparing injections from a vial

Preparing insulin

Drawing up more than one type of insulin

Administering an intradermal injections

Administering a subcutaneous injections

Administering an intramuscular injections

Administering Intravenous Fluid Therapy

Preparing an infusion site

Performing venipuncture and initiating infusion

Dressing infusion site

Troubleshooting intravenous infusions

Discontinuing intravenous therapy

Managing Intravenous Fluid Therapy

Regulating intravenous infusions

Using an infusion pumps

Changing intravenous tubing and fluids

Changing intravenous dressings

Intravenous Medications

Administering medication by intravenous piggyback

Administering medications by mini-infusion pump

Administering medications by intravenous bolus

NEW! Transfusion of Blood and Blood Products

Preparing for Transfusion

Initiating Transfusions

Monitoring for Adverse Reactions to Transfusion

Vascular Access

Performing dressing care

Drawing Blood and Administering fluid

Troubleshooting vascular access devices

Parenteral Nutrition

Total parenteral nutrition therapy

Lipid infusion