Fundamentals of Nursing

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1. Introduction
1. Roles and Functions of the Nurse
2. Caregiver
3. Decision Maker
4. Communicator
5. Manager of Care
6. Patient Advocate
7. Teacher
8. Example of Roles
9. Lesson Summary
10. Quiz 1.1
1. The Illness-Wellness Continuum
2. Examples of the Continuum
3. 6 Components of Personal Health
4. Creating a Specific Plan
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 1.2
1. Meaning of Homeostasis
2. Effects of Stress
3. Example of Stress and Ways to Adapt
4. Another Example of Stress
5. Solution-Focused Coping and Positive Stress
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 1.3
1. Purpose of the Nursing Process
2. Assessing
3. Diagnosing
4. Planning
5. Implementing
6. Evaluating
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 1.4
1. Goal Setting in Nursing
2. Smart Goal Criteria
3. Purpose of Goal Setting
4. Nursing Goal Criteria
5. Examples of Nursing Goal Statements
6. Tips for Writing Nursing Goals
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 1.5
1. Record Keeping
2. Importance
3. Principles
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 1.6
1. Forms of Communication
2. Oral Communication in Healthcare
3. Written Communication in Healthcare
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 1.7
1. Code of Ethics for Nurses
2. The Nine Provisions
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 1.8
1. What are Nursing Interventions?
2. Types of Nursing Interventions
3. Categories of Nursing Interventions
4. Nursing Interventions Vs. Nursing Assessments
5. Nursing Interventions Examples
6. Writing Nursing Interventions
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 1.9
1. Introduction
1. Therapeutic Communication
2. Types
3. Principles & Techniques
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.1
1. Nurse-Patient Relationship
2. Components
3. Phases
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.2
1. Client Education
2. Patient Education: Purpose
3. Client Education: Assumptions
4. Client Education: Topics
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 2.3
1. Principles of Learning & Education
2. Relevance, Motivation & Readiness
3. Maturation, Reinforcement & Participation
4. Organization & Repetition
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 2.4
1. Learning Factors
2. Barriers to Learning
3. Domains of Learning
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.5
1. Teaching Children
2. Teaching the Very Young
3. Detailed Strategies
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.6
1. Adult Education
2. Young Adults
3. Middle-Aged Adults
4. Older Adults
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 2.7
1. Special Needs
2. Developmental Delays & Poor Literacy
3. Illness & Sensory Impairment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.8
1. Patient Discharge
2. Discharge Planning
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 2.9
1. Patient Discharge
2. Risk Factors
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 2.10
1. Patient Discharge
2. Discharge Summary
3. Document the Chief Complaint
4. Document the Diagnosis
5. Summarize Procedures and Treatments
6. Discharge
7. Give Patient Instructions
8. Get Physician's Signature
9. Lesson Summary
10. Quiz 2.11
1. Introduction
1. Your Safety
2. Individual & Environmental Factors
3. Socioeconomic & Cultural
4. Medical & Psychological
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 3.1
1. Workplace Hazards
2. Physical Hazards
3. Mechanical Hazards
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 3.2
1. Hazards
2. Ecological Hazards
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 3.3
1. Environmental Hazards
2. Thermal Hazards
3. Radiation Hazards
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 3.4
1. Safety
2. Mobility Aids
3. Bed Rails
4. Restraints
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 3.5
1. Introduction
1. What Is Hygiene?
2. What Involves Good Hygiene?
3. The Importance of Hygiene
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 4.1
1. The Definition of Hygiene
2. Body Image, Age, & Culture
3. Personal Views, Economics, & Education
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 4.2
1. Hygiene
2. Skin Hygiene Agents
3. Mucous Membrane Hygiene Agents
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 4.3
1. Introduction
1. Immune System
2. Immunology
3. Antibody-Mediated Immunity
4. Cell-Mediated Immunity
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.1
1. Microbes
2. What Microbes Want
3. How to Stop Their Plan
4. Types of Microorganisms
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.2
1. Hemostasis and Clotting Factors
2. Platelets
3. Thromboxane A2
4. Coagulation Cascade
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.3
1. What Is a Wound?
2. First Phase of Wound Healing
3. Second Phase of Wound Healing
4. Third Phase Of Wound Healing
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.4
1. Reacting to a Harmful Stimulus
2. What Can Cause Inflammation?
3. Arachidonic Acid
4. What Are Eicosanoids?
5. What Are Leukotrienes?
6. What Are Prostaglandins?
7. Other Mediators Of Inflammation
8. Lesson Summary
9. Quiz 5.5
1. The Flip Side of the Immune System
2. What Is Chronic Inflammation?
3. How Does Chronic Inflammation Hurt Me?
4. What Causes Chronic Inflammation?
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.6
1. Inflammation Not Kept in Check
2. What Is Pyrexia?
3. What Is Leukocytosis?
4. Cachexia and Anaphylactic Shock
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.7
1. The Steps of the Disease Process
2. The Incubation Period
3. The Prodromal Period
4. The Period of Illness
5. The Period of Decline
6. The Period of Convalescence
7. One Last Note
8. Lesson Summary
9. Quiz 5.8
1. Disease by Pathogen
2. What Is an Infection?
3. What Is Disease?
4. The Nuances of Disease
5. Opportunistic Infections
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 5.9
1. Definition: The Chain of Infection
2. The Six Links
3. Example of a Chain of Infection
4. Control Measures
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.10
1. Safety First
2. Role of the CDC
3. Role Of OSHA
4. Quiz 5.11
1. Asepsis
2. Basics of Medical Asepsis
3. Medical Asepsis Case Example
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 5.12
1. What Is Surgical Asepsis?
2. When Is Surgical Asepsis Practiced?
3. Components of Surgical Asepsis
4. Sterile Technique Used to Establish and Maintain Surgical Asepsis
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.13
1. Surgical Asepsis
2. Sterilization
3. The Sterile Conscience
4. When to Use Sterile Technique
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.14
1. Ways to Defend Against Infection
2. Disinfection
3. Sterilization
4. Antisepsis
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.15
1. What Is Flora?
2. Normal Flora
3. Transient Flora
4. Skin Flora
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.16
1. What Is Hygiene?
2. When and Why
3. How to Wash Your Hands
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 5.17
1. Hand Sanitizers
2. Proper Use
3. Important Steps
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 5.18
1. Reasons to Put On Gloves
2. Identifying Sterile and Non-Sterile Gloves
3. Putting On Non-Sterile Gloves
4. Removing Non-Sterile Gloves
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.19
1. Pressure Cooker
2. The Purpose of an Autoclave
3. Bacterial Endospores
4. The Downside of an Autoclave
5. Lesson Summary
6. Learning Outcomes
7. Quiz 5.20
1. The Pros and Cons of Alcohol
2. Types of Alcohol
3. Mechanisms of Action
4. Ideal Concentrations
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.21
1. Pathogens and Infection
2. Chain of Infection
3. Transmission Routes
4. Susceptibility to Infection
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.22
1. Introduction
1. Principal Routes & Sites
2. Principal Routes
3. Principal Sites
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 6.1
1. Medication Administration
2. Principles
3. Rights of Medication Administration
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 6.2
1. Factors Influencing Drug Action
2. Age & Hydration
3. Pregnancy, Other Drugs, Route
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 6.3
1. Introduction
1. Your Private Security Force
2. The Immune System
3. The Innate and Adaptive Immune System
4. How the Two Systems Work Together
5. Immune Tolerance
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 7.1
1. Physiology
2. Acid, Mucus & Enzymes
3. Inflammation & Temperature
4. White Blood Cells & Antibodies
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.2
1. Anatomical Barriers of the Immune System
2. The Skin's Role in the Immune System
3. The Gastrointestinal Tract
4. The Eyes and Respiratory Tract
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.3
1. Bee Sting Reactions
2. Inflammation
3. Histamine and Cytokines
4. When Inflammation Goes Wild
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.4
1. Factors Influencing Defenses
2. Intrinsic Factors
3. Extrinsic Factors
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 7.5
1. Superhumans
2. Vaccines
3. Diet & Lifestyle
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 7.6
1. Introduction
1. Fundamentals of Nursing
2. Quiz 8.1
1. What is a Sleep Cycle?
2. Sleep Cycle Definition
3. Sleep Definition
4. Sleep Cycle vs. Sleep-Wake Cycle
5. The Five Stages of Sleep
6. Sleep Disorders
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 8.2
1. Factors Influencing Sleep
2. Life & Stress
3. Environment & Health
4. What You Can Do
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 8.3
1. Meditation
2. Hypnosis
3. Summary
4. Quiz 8.4
1. What Are Psychoactive Drugs?
2. Stimulants and Depressants
3. Narcotics and Hallucinogens
4. Tolerance and Potency
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 8.5
1. Introduction
1. Body Mechanics
2. The Musculoskeletal System
3. The Nurse's Role
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 9.1
1. Body Mechanics
2. Body Mechanics Guidelines
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 9.2
1. Caring for Patients
2. Moving Patients in Bed
3. Turning Patients
4. Ambulation of Patients
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 9.3
1. Range of Motion
2. Types of Exercises
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 9.4
1. Mobility
2. Mobility Functions
3. Non-Mobility Complications
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 9.5
1. Introduction
1. Pain: A Four-Letter Word
2. Nociception
3. Types of Noxious Stimuli
4. Pain's Pathway through Our Body
5. Other Types of Pain
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 10.1
1. Pain Defined
2. Acute Pain
3. Chronic Pain
4. Breakthrough Pain
5. Phantom Pain
6. Psychogenic Pain
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 10.2
1. What is Pain?
2. Pain Transmission
3. The Gate Control Theory of Pain
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 10.3
1. Etiology of Pain
2. Duration of Pain
3. Pain Threshold
4. Sensory Overload
5. Cultural Influences
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 10.4
1. Overview of Acute Pain
2. Guided Imagery
3. Relaxation
4. Non-Narcotic Analgesics
5. Narcotic Analgesics
6. Patient-Controlled Analgesics
7. Placebos
8. Cutaneous Stimulation
9. Lesson Summary
10. Quiz 10.5
1. Nursing Case Study on Pain
2. Assessment & Diagnosis
3. Planning & Implementation
4. Evaluation
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 10.6
1. Introduction to Fluid Volume Excess
2. Symptoms
3. Nursing Interventions
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 10.7
1. Introduction
1. Nutrition
2. What are Nutrients?
3. Purpose of Nutrition
4. Six Classes of Nutrients
5. Types of Nutrition
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 11.1
1. Benefits of a Healthy Eating Plan
2. Dietary Guidelines for Americans
3. Five Food Groups
4. Nutrients from the Food Groups
5. USDA Food Guides
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 11.2
1. Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
2. The Mouth
3. The Throat
4. The Stomach
5. Pepsin
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 11.3
1. The Lower Gastrointestinal Tract
2. Digestion in the Duodenum
3. Lipid Digestion
4. Absorption in the Small Intestine
5. The Large Intestine and Rectum
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 11.4
1. Calories
2. Estimated Energy Requirement (EER)
3. AMDRs
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 11.5
1. Nutritional Disturbances
2. Vomiting
3. Heartburn
4. Obesity
5. Anorexia Nervosa
6. Malnutrition
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 11.6
1. A Unique Diet for You
2. Gender and Diet
3. Culture and Diet
4. Age and Diet
5. Other Factors Influencing Dietary Choice
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 11.7
1. What is Diet Adaptation?
2. Types of Diet Adaptations
3. Alternative Feeding Methods
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 11.8
1. Assessing the Patient
2. The Patients
3. Background Information
4. Nutritional Assessment
5. Physical Exam
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 11.9
1. Health History Assessment
2. Nutritional Assessment
3. Gastrointestinal Assessment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 11.10
1. Vitamins Overview
2. Water-Soluble Vitamins
3. Fat-Soluble Vitamins
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 11.11
1. Minerals Overview
2. Macrominerals
3. Trace Minerals
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 11.12
1. A Nutrition Case Study
2. Assessing Nutritional Habits
3. Prioritizing a Diagnosis
4. Nutrition Planning
5. Nutrition Plan Implementation
6. Evaluating a Plan
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 11.13
1. Introduction
1. Fluid and Electrolytes
2. Fluid Balance
3. Electrolyte Balance
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 12.1
1. Electrolytes
2. Electrolyte Disorders
3. Causes
4. Manifestations
5. Care
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 12.2
1. Hydration
2. IV Fluids
3. Electrolyte Supplements
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 12.3
1. Fluids & Electrolytes
2. Illness
3. Environmental Factors
4. Diet
5. Kidney Problems
6. Diuretics
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 12.4
1. Introduction
1. Bowel Elimination
2. Large Intestine
3. Rectum
4. Anus
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 13.1
1. Intestinal Elimination
2. Constipation
3. Causes of Constipation
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.2
1. Fecal Incontinence
2. What Is Fecal Incontinence?
3. Causes of Fecal Incontinence
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.3
1. Farting
2. Flatulence: Causes and Process
3. Symptoms and Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.4
1. Diarrhea Defined
2. Causes of Diarrhea
3. Types of Diarrhea
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.5
1. Bowel Elimination
2. Diet & Exercise
3. Psychological Factors & Habits
4. Age & Health Conditions
5. Medications & Surgical Treatment
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 13.6
1. The Bowel
2. Patient History
3. Techniques to Determine Bowel Integrity
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.7
1. The Bowel of the GI Tract
2. Patient History
3. Observation and Charting
4. Physical Assessment
5. Fecal Examination
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 13.8
1. Bowel Movement
2. Laxatives
3. Stool Softeners & Suppositories
4. Enemas
5. Patient Education
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 13.9
1. Case Study
2. Assessment
3. Diagnosis
4. Planning
5. Implementation
6. Evaluation
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 13.10
1. Introduction
1. Overview
2. Dyspnea
3. Tachypnea
4. Orthopnea
5. Hypoxia
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 14.1
1. Overview
2. Sources of Oxygenation
3. Incentive Spirometry
4. Chest Physiotherapy
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 14.2
1. Oxygenation Case Study
2. Part 1
3. Part 2
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 14.3
6. FINAL EXAM

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Health 302: Healthcare Organization and Management

Critical Care Nursing

Health 303: Human Resource Management in Healthcare

Ch 1 - The Profession of Nursing

Ch 1.1 - Roles and Functions of the Nurse

Ch 1.2 - Understanding the Health Continuum: A Guide for Nurses

Ch 1.3 - Homeostasis and Adaptation to Stress

Ch 1.4 - Nursing Process: Purpose and Steps

Ch 1.5 - Goal Setting in Nursing

Ch 1.6 - Principles of Recording in Nursing

Ch 1.7 - Principles of Communication in Nursing

Ch 1.8 - Ethics and Values in Nursing

Ch 1.9 - What Is Nursing Intervention? - Definition & Examples

Ch 2 - Communication & Interpersonal Relations in Nursing

Ch 2.1 - Therapeutic Communication: Definition, Goals, Types & Principles

Ch 2.2 - The Nurse-Patient Relationship: Components, Phases & Outcomes

Ch 2.3 - Nursing & Patient Education: Purpose, Assumptions & Topics

Ch 2.4 - Nursing & Patient Education: Principles of Learning

Ch 2.5 - Nursing & Patient Education: Learning Barriers & Domains

Ch 2.6 - Nursing & Patient Education: Strategies for Children

Ch 2.7 - Nursing & Patient Education: Strategies for Adults

Ch 2.8 - Nursing & Patient Education: Patients With Special Needs

Ch 2.9 - Patient Discharge Process: Discharge Planning

Ch 2.10 - Patient Discharge Process: Discharge Risk Factors

Ch 2.11 - Patient Discharge Process: Discharge Summary

Ch 3 - Nursing Safety

Ch 3.1 - Influences on a Person's Safety: Individual, Environmental, Socioeconomic & Cultural

Ch 3.2 - How to Identify Physical & Mechanical Hazards

Ch 3.3 - How to Identify Ecological Hazards

Ch 3.4 - How to Identify Thermal & Radiation Hazards

Ch 3.5 - Devices Used in Nursing to Promote Safety

Ch 4 - Hygiene for Nurses

Ch 4.1 - Importance of Good Personal Hygiene for Health

Ch 4.2 - Factors that Influence Personal Hygiene

Ch 4.3 - Hygiene Agents Used on Skin & Mucous Membranes

Ch 5 - Asepsis & Infection Control

Ch 5.1 - Immune System & Immune Response

Ch 5.2 - Basic Principles of Infection Control

Ch 5.3 - Blood Coagulation and Wound Healing

Ch 5.4 - The Three Phases of Wound Healing

Ch 5.5 - Acute Inflammation: Causes, Examples & Impact

Ch 5.6 - Chronic Inflammation: Long Term Consequences

Ch 5.7 - The Inflammatory Response's Effect on the Entire Body

Ch 5.8 - Progress of Disease: Infection to Recovery

Ch 5.9 - The Differences Between Infection and Disease

Ch 5.10 - Chain of Infection: Definition & Example

Ch 5.11 - Role of the CDC & OSHA in Standard Precautions

Ch 5.12 - Medical Asepsis: Precautions & Case Example

Ch 5.13 - Surgical Asepsis: Definition, Technique & Examples

Ch 5.14 - Surgical Asepsis: Sterilization & the Surgical Conscience

Ch 5.15 - Antiseptics, Disinfectants & Sterilization

Ch 5.16 - What Are Normal Flora & Transient Flora? - Definitions

Ch 5.17 - Hand Hygiene for Health Care: When & How to Clean Hands

Ch 5.18 - How to Use Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers

Ch 5.19 - How to Apply & Remove Non-Sterile Gloves

Ch 5.20 - Autoclaves and Moist Heat Sterilization: Use With Surgical Tools

Ch 5.21 - Using Alcohol as a Disinfectant and Antiseptic

Ch 5.22 - Infection Transmission & Susceptibility

Ch 6 - Medication Administration & Nursing

Ch 6.1 - Principal Routes & Sites of Drug Administration

Ch 6.2 - Principles of Medication Administration

Ch 6.3 - Factors Influencing Medication Action & Effectiveness

Ch 7 - Understanding the Body's Defenses in Nursing

Ch 7.1 - What Is the Immune System? - Our Body's Defense Against Pathogens

Ch 7.2 - Physiological Responses to Infection

Ch 7.3 - The Anatomical Barriers of the Immune System

Ch 7.4 - What Is Inflammation? - Definition, Causes & Symptoms

Ch 7.5 - Factors Influencing the Human Body's Defenses

Ch 7.6 - Techniques Used to Promote the Body's Defenses

Ch 8 - Understanding Rest & Sleep for Nurses

Ch 8.1 - States of Consciousness, Self-Awareness & the Unconscious Mind

Ch 8.2 - What is the Sleep Cycle? - Definition, Stages & Disorders

Ch 8.3 - Factors that Influence Rest & Sleep

Ch 8.4 - Altered States of Consciousness: Meditation & Hypnosis