FAU Libraries Media Center - Videographies, Nursing

VH 4134 Abdomen, The
Summary: Assessing the general contour and internal structures of the abdomen is studied in this program. Two systems are utilized for visualizing underlying structures. Normal and common abnormal physical findings obtained from inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation are described. Visuals highlight specific techniques for examining the liver, spleen, and kidneys. 022 Min. VIDEO 1987 Series: PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

VH 8281 Aging Game, The
Summary: The Aging Game was designed to help medical students develop a personal understanding of the aging process. Participants are assigned various physical disabilities and then play various roles to experience the world from the perspective of the aged. 028 Min. VIDEO 2003

VH 4336 Alternative Medicine
Summary: Alternative, or complimentary, health systems are being integrated into American culture. From Chinese medicine to homeopathy to chiropractic, many features and systems can now be found in our physicians' office. We hear from some of the leading practitioners in the field of alternative medicine. 029 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 8356 Alzheimer's Disease
Summary: Addresses the specialized needs of individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and focuses on appropriate safe verbal and physical responses during crisis situations. Directed by Randy Griffin. 023 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 3237 America's Health Care Dilemma: Who Pays?
Summary: The cost of health care in America is skyrocketing. About 37 million people are either uninsured or under insured. Employers are cutting back on benefits because the costs are climbing too fast and too high. Who is going to make sure that all Americans have access to basic, good quality health care services ? Should hospitals have to cover all the costs? Do we need a national insurance plan? Should employers pick up the tab? Should we adopt a plan more similar? 026 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 8370 American Nurse at War, An
Summary: A historical World War I documentary seen through the eyes of nurse Mar ion Rice, who spent four years in France helping wounded soldiers and civilians as a Red Cross nurse. Based on her letters and photographs, with additional fil m and photographs of the war. 036 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 5907 Application of Heat and Cold
Summary: Presents a basic review of normal body responses and demonstrates therapeutic use of heat and cold. Identifies conditions that would pose a risk to the patient, as well as guidelines to assure the maximal effectiveness of the treatment. 061 Min. VIDEO 1992 Series: BASIC NURSING SKILLS

VH 3707 Art & Science of Nursing: Similarities, Differences...
Summary: Hildegard E. Peplau. Presented at the Nurse Theorist Conference, held in Pittsburgh, 1987. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 2868 Art of Healing, The: Advanced Practice Nursing
Summary: Describes the job requirements of advance practice nursing and discusses the trusting and caring relationships that are formed between patients and advance practice nurses. Includes interviews with patients, nurses, and doctors and shows nurse-patient interactions. 028 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 8382 ArtMind: The Healing Power of Sacred Art
Summary: Alex Grey discusses the healing potential of Sacred Art. The film includes many of his paintings and sculptures. "After describing the life experiences, sacred teaching and painters that have inspired his own artistic vision, he takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Sacred Art of spiritual traditions from around the world, demonstrating to us how these works of art have been used in the past and can be used today to revitalize our health and sense of well-being and discover our divine potential." 060 Min. VIDEO 2002 Subject: ART

VH 4146 Assessing Breath Sounds
Summary: You will hear and learn to identify normal and abnormal breath sounds and be shown what causes them physiologically. By developing your skills for detecting even subtle changes in breath sounds, you'll gain the important insights you need to act decisively in an emergency. Key topics include auscultatory sites and sequencing, normal breath sounds, bronchial breathing, bronchophony, whispered pectoriloquy, egophony, abscent breath sounds, late inspiratory bibasilar crackles, early inspiratory and expiratory crackles, random monophonic wheezes, and expiratory polyphonic wheezes. 030 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 3235 Assessing the Adult Head to Toe
Summary: Shows how to perform a complete physical assessment efficiently and confidentially. This comprehensive video will show you how to: group assessments by body region and patient position to avoid tiring the patient and wasting valuable time, integrate body system assessments within each region from head to toe, vary your techniques for male and female patients, perform basic and advanced assessments, identify normal findings for each assessment, follow assessment tips, to fine tune skills or evaluate findings more accurately, identify actual breath, heart, bowel, and vascular sounds. 055 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 2257 Assessment and Nursing Care
Summary: Begins by discussing factors in assessment that may be influenced by a patient's ethnicity, including susceptibility to disease, normal biological variations, evaluating changes in patients with highly-pigmented skin, and variations in drug actions and responses. Discusses areas in health care in which clients may experience difficulties, including expression of pain, modesty, visiting rules, and diet. 026 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: TRANSCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN NURSING

VH 5091 Assessment of the Older Adult: An Overview
Summary: A distinguished author, consultant and educator guides nurses through the comprehensive assessment of the aging adult, with careful consideration of multiple conditions and problems that can affect one another. 023 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 5092 Assessment of the Older Adult: The Physical Exam
Summary: Host is Charlotte Eliopoulos. The video offers learners a basic understanding of issues, concerns, and procedures applicable to geriatric older adults. 024 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 4898 Auscultation of Heart Sounds
Summary: This begins with a general discussion of the origin of the first, second, third, and fourth heart sounds as they relate to the events in the cardiac cycle. It discusses techniques for listening to each of the heart sounds and discusses significant abnormalities. 029 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 5906 Bandages and Binders
Summary: Begins with the definition of terms and identification of situations that warrant the use of bandages and binders. Basic principles of bandaging are demonstrated through the application of commonly used roller bandages as well as various types of binders. 061 Min. VIDEO 1992 Series: BASIC NURSING SKILLS

VH 3716 Bed Making - Occupied, Unoccupied
Summary: Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Professor Jill Winland-Brown demonstrates bed making, both occupied and unoccupied. Recorded at Florida Atlantic University, September 1990. 060 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 8287 Beloved Strangers
Summary: Caring for an Alzheimer's patient is one of the most difficult of all caregiving roles. Profiles three stories. Among them, a young physician and newlywed in Staten Island, and a sandwich-generation family in Arizona. 028 Min. VIDEO 2003

VH 2001 Blocks to Therapeutic Communication
Summary: Discusses how to communicate with patients. 017 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: NURSE & PATIENT INTERACTION

VH 4595 Breathing Easy: Children on Ventilators at School
Summary: This video introduces the program and experiences at the Henry Viscardi School in Albertson, New York. This addresses what is needed to educate children on ventilators: medical, technological, and psychological support. All of which is needed for children who are totally or partially dependent on artificial ventilation. Successful classroom performance is the goal of this program. 030 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: ED EXCEPT

VH 4597 Care of Children with Asthma in Child Care & School Settings
Summary: This skill video tape gives an overview of asthma, what causes an asthma episode and safety precautions to be taken at school. 037 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: ED EXCEPT

VH 8286 Caring for the Caregiver
Summary: Without scheduled respite, caregivers run the risk of burnout, exhaustion or other stress-related illness, thus endangering the very person they are ca ring for. Caregiver support groups, retreats, adult day care and anger management groups are just some of the tools that enable caregivers to cope. This video covers a variety of respite scenarios and explores safeguarding the well being of caregivers. 026 Min. VIDEO 2003

VH 3713 Catheterization
Summary: Florida Atlantic University (FAU) demonstrates proper techniques for administering a catheter in a patient. Recorded at Florida Atlantic University, October 1989. 060 Min. VIDEO

VH 3241 Chest Drainage
Summary: Covers the following: how chest drainage systems work, patient preparation and chest tube insertion, how to set up and connect a water seal chest drainage system, assessing and managing intrapleural and mediastinal chest drainage, assessing and managing both the patient and the chest drainage system, locating and correcting air leaks, dislodging a blood clot safely, assessing tidaling, knowing when and when not to clamp a chest tube, chest tube removal. 030 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 2211 Children By Design
Summary: A couple has one child with cystic fibrosis and another free of CF; determined that their next child will be free of the CF gene, they join in an experiment in which the fertilized egg is tested--and possibly rejected. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Series: SECRET OF LIFE, THE

VH 4593 Children with Casts at School
Summary: Many children come to school in casts. For example, children who have had orthopedic surgery to correct problems with their muscles or bones may have special casts that are large and bulky. This video tape provides information about surgical procedures and the casts children commonly have after these procedures. The special physical requirements of children and their casts at school are covered including adaptations to the school environment to facilitate the child's return to the classroom. 018 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ED EXCEPT

VH 2820 Choice Among Risks: Physical Restraints Rejected, A
Summary: This video focuses on two nursing home residents restrained against their wishes by well-meaning staff, an experience that leaves both residents feeling debased and humiliated. Attorney/ethicist Nancy Dubler highlights the ethical, legal, and health issues raised by restraining residents against their will. Examines actual cases to illustrate the negative outcomes of restraints. 030 Min. VIDEO

VH 2823 Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing
Summary: Documents four actual situations where nurses must balance the often contradictory views of patients, family members, and other staff about what is best for their patients. Code Gray offers no easy answers, but will trigger discussion among nurses, physicians, and health care consumers, about the realities of nursing in a technologically complex world. 026 Min. VIDEO

VH 5298 Communicating with Compassion
Summary: Explains a step by step method for communicating with people who are ill, injured, isolated, or in distress. Demonstrates, using real situations, four key communication skills that empower, encourage, bring hope, and lift the spirits. 040 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2255 Communication, Part 1
Summary: Discusses verbal communication with clients. Includes guidelines for working with an interpreter and common errors which occur in this situation. Also discusses communication with clients who speak English as a second language, highlighting techniques which increase the exchange of information. 020 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: TRANSCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN NURSING

VH 2256 Communication, Part 2
Summary: Presents aspects of verbal and nonverbal communication, such as eye contact, gestures, expressions and communication styles, that go beyond vocabulary, grammar and verbal facility. Discusses communication with American Indian, Asian-American, Latino and African-American clients. 019 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: TRANSCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN NURSING

VH 8354 Confidentiality Concerns
Summary: Addresses common breaches of confidentiality and explains how they can b e avoided. 020 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 3228 Critical Thinking and Intuition in Nursing Practice, Part 1
Summary: Discussion by Penny Heaslip and Richard Paul. Discussion of critical thinking, reasoning and listening skills. Penny Heaslip relates these topics to the practice of nursing. 035 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 3229 Critical Thinking and Intuition in Nursing Practice, Part 2
Summary: Discussion by Penny Heaslip and Richard Paul. Discussion of critical thinking, reasoning and listening skills. Penny Heaslip relates these topics to the practice of nursing. 045 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 2856 Cultural Assessment
Summary: Nurses, and other health care professionals, need skills to conduct cultural assessments of the diverse clients with whom they interact. This videotape has been produced in order to achieve this goal. A Guatemalan refugee woman is interviewed using the Herberg (1989) guide which emphasized value orientations, interpersonal relationships, communication, religion, social systems, health care beliefs and dietary habits. Open-ended questions, combined 050 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 3244 Denver II Item Administration
Summary: Denver II items must be administered correctly or test results are invalid. Now Denver II Item Administration Videotape demonstrates how to accurately administer and score each of the Denver II's 125 items. This video is designed for use with the Denver II Training Videotape, Test Forms, Manual and Kit. 085 Min. VIDEO

VH 3243 Denver II Training Video
Summary: Revised in 1993 to reflect changes to scoring, interpretation and referral. This essential video describes how to administer and interpret the test with demonstration of items more difficult to administer. The proficiency determines student knowledge in scoring items on the video. To be used in conjunction with Technical Manual and its written Proficiency. 050 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 3220 Diabetes and Its Complications
Summary: Provides the information you need to recognize the warning signs of common diabetic complications, prevention and treatment. These complications ma y range from immediate and life threatening to long term and debilitating. In either case, expert clinical skills can restore comfort and control to the diabetic patient. Reviews the causes, signs, symptoms, and basic treatments for diabetes. It also presents the latest clinical data of diabetic complications. 040 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 6062 Dying
Summary: Covering a period of two years, this film shows how three Americans faced their own deaths from cancer. Through interviews with individuals insight is provided into the experience of dying as felt by those dying and their survivors. Looks at the resources dying people draw on from the humanities, such as religious faith, music, poetry, etc. Aims to widen the perception and understanding of death. 082 Min. VIDEO 1976

VH 2683 Effective Supervisor Skills
Summary: Overview for hospital administrators and managers how to effectively supervise employees. 030 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: MANAGEMENT

VH 3712 Enema and Ostomy Care
Summary: In part one, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Professor Cathie Wallace shows her nursing class how to administer an enema. In part two, she demonstrates proper ostomy care. Recorded at Florida Atlantic University, October 1989. 060 Min. VIDEO

VH 3233 Ethics and Economics: Willard Gaylin
Summary: Government agencies and professionals who deal with damage claims are literally trying to determine the dollars and cents worth of human life. How do we decide if $30, 000 a year for a nursing home is cost efficient? Or $250, 000 for a new liver? And who is going to pay? Dr. Willard Gaylin is a practicing psychiatrist and president of the Hastings Center, an institute devoted to studying the relationships between biology and ethics. 030 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 6061 Euthanasia
Summary: Examines the legal, moral and ethical implications of euthanasia. It invites arguments from both sides of the debate. Part of the film was shot in Holland, the only country to openly permit euthanasia at the patient's request. Allows the viewer to learn first hand how this policy is affecting doctors, their patients and the general public. 046 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 8289 Every American's Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance
Summary: Phyllis Shelton, a leading authority in long term care insurance, explains the essentials every American must consider to protect themselves, their children, and their assets. 058 Min. VIDEO 2003

VH 2824 Fate Worse Than Death, A?
Summary: Advances in medical science sometimes make life and death choices more, rather than less, difficult. This powerful documentary follows several families through the process of deciding whether to withdraw artificial life support from a loved one in a coma or vegetative state. Some families feel their relative should be allowed to die with dignity. Others believe that "pulling the plug" is the equivalent of murder. Relatives, doctors, nurses, 050 Min. VIDEO

VH 3242 Fluid and Electrolytes
Summary: Provides a complete learning package that takes the mystery out of this complex topic. The video uses dramatic computer graphics to review the principles of fluid and electrolyte balance. Then, with patient examples, it focuses on the causes, detection, and treatment of the following six common fluid and electrolyte disturbances: hypokalemia, hyperkalemia, hypercalcemia, dehydration, syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion, diabetes insipidus. 050 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 2193 From Beginner to Expert: Clinical Knowledge in Critical ...
Summary: Discusses the rise of and the need for Clinical Knowledge in Critical Care Nursing. 046 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 3714 Gastric Intubation
Summary: Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Professor Cathie Wallace demonstrates the insertion of a gastric tube, giving tube feedings, irrigating, patient assessment, and tube removal. Recorded at Florida Atlantic University, October 1989. 060 Min. VIDEO

VH 3809 Handmaidens
Summary: Nurses are expected to be sweet, caring and quietly efficient, even while working under difficult and stressful circumstances - sometimes despite disrespectful treatment from colleagues and administrators. Some recent studies suggest that many people who enter nursing have been trained from childhood for roles as selfless caregivers. Growing up in alcoholic, or otherwise dysfunctional families, they learned to ignore their own needs, take care of others and, above all, not make waves. A nurse for 25 years, the producer surveys the roots and the present day realities of nursing, and intertwines the information with the stories of several nurses. 033 Min. VIDEO

VH 8388 Handmaidens and Battleaxes
Summary: Traces the role of Australian nurses from pre-industrial times to the modern day. The film probes why nursing evolved primarily as a women's profession and examines the psychological and sociological influences that have held the profession in check and fed the age old disregard for the work of the nurse. 055 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 3808 Harriett's People
Summary: Discussions with nursing staff at the Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital regarding caring for their patients. 028 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 4131 Head and Neck, The
Summary: Colorful graphics and clinical photography are combined in this program to present physical assessment of the head and neck. Specific structures included in the examinations are the scalp, hair, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, and neck. Use of the ophthalmoscope and otoscope are demonstrated and specific techniques for examining structures of the head and neck are highlighted. Throughout the program, normal and common abnormal physical findings are visualized. 021 Min. VIDEO 1987 Series: PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

VH 4335 Healing Arts
Summary: Dance, art, music, and other expressive therapies have shown tremendous positive effects in the healing process of patients. This video explores their uses and how practitioners can encourage these tools as a means towards health. We see music therapy for stroke patients, paintings for children and adults, a dance based on AIDS, and clowning in a Russian hospital. Shows results in easing pain, restoring health, and reducing complications. 028 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: DANCE

VH 4338 Healing Circles: Choices for Arthritis
Summary: This film looks at how medical professionals can work together with alternative medicine practitioners in the treatment of this potentially crippling disease of the joints. Treatments discussed range from bee stings and acupuncture to exercise and river rafting, to intervention with drugs or surgery. 054 Min. VIDEO

VH 5297 Health Care's Invisible Partner / The Woodhull Study
Summary: Designed to document popular cultural attitudes, as reflected by the print news media, about nurses and the nursing profession, and the relationship of nurses and nursing to American health care. 014 Min. VIDEO

VH 4133 Heart, The
Summary: Vivid illustrations of basic anatomy and events of the cardiac cycle highlight the assessment of the heart and great vessels. Specific techniques for examining the apical impulse, cardiac size and location, carotid and jugular pulsations, and for evaluating heart sounds, rate, and rhythm are featured. Throughout the assessment of the patient's chest, normal and common abnormal findings are identified. Also included are the normal heart sounds as they are heard on auscultation at specific anatomical locations. 025 Min. VIDEO 1987 Series: PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

VH 5949 Ida S. Orlando
Summary: Ida Orlando discusses, in an interview, her theory of the nursing process, which stresses person-to-person contact and reaction to contact. Includes a brief biographical sketch and a synopsis of her nursing process discipline theory. 038 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: BIOGRAPHY Series: NURSE THEORISTS, THE: PORTRAITS OF EXCELLENCE

VH 2254 Improving Nurse-Client Effectiveness
Summary: Discusses specific guidelines for working with clients whose medical beliefs, practices, and attitudes toward health care differ significantly from those of the caregiver, emphasizing how to deliver optimum health care to such clients. 028 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: TRANSCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN NURSING

VH 8285 In Sickness and In Health
Summary: Three different families share their insights and pain on caring for an d living with a major illness. 031 Min. VIDEO 2003

VH 2002 Interactions for Study
Summary: Depicts situations to assist in communication with patients. 013 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: NURSE & PATIENT INTERACTION

VH 4341 Key Skills for Effective Leadership and Management
Summary: Supplemental material for the text "Effective leadership and Management." Call Number RT89 .S85 1997. 034 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: MANAGEMENT

VH 3708 King's Theory
Summary: Imogene M. King describes her theory of nursing in a presentation at the 1987 Nurse Theorist Conference, Held May 20-22 in Pittsburgh, Pa. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 2909 Knowledge Deficit: Infant Care
Summary: This program is designed to prepare nursing students and inexperienced staff nurses to teach basic new-born care. The primary focus is to provide a hands-on demonstration of how to meet the infant's need for warmth, security, hygiene and nutrition. In addition, interventions are illustrated for the most common concerns expressed by parents: what to do about crying, when to call the physician, and how to provide a stimulating environment. 023 Min. VIDEO Series: NURSING CARE OF THE NEW FAMILY

VH 3709 Leininger's Model
Summary: Madeleine M. Leininger describes her theory of nursing in a presentation at the 1987 Nurse Theorist Conference, held May 20-22 in Pittsburgh, Pa. 060 Min. VIDEO

VH 6643 Living Fully Until Death
Summary: Morrie Schwartz, Shirley Waring, and William Meyer each find a unique path toward coming to terms with terminal illness. Each struggles in his or her own way of trying to find personal control, planning for the unknown, and finding a place for spirituality. Each finds new meaning in life and courage to deal with the challenge of living fully, despite their illnesses. 029 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 3236 Living Wills
Summary: This program examines the concept of living wills and advance directives. Host Jamie Guth spends time with families in intensive care units, where they are forced to make decisions about lifesaving care; their experience may serve as a guide to viewers who may want to decide the event whether they wish to be maintained on ventilators, fluids, and drugs. Patients, their families, and doctors also present their views of the situation. 030 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 6642 Living with Loss, Healing with Hope
Summary: Compiled from the works of Dr. Earl A. Grollman to help a bereaved person during the grieving process. This program offers comfort and support during the times when a person feels empty, powerless, and incapable of dealing with their grief. The visual serenity created by watching reflective patterns in the cool still surface of a mountain lake, or rain drops rolling gently off the golden tips of an autumn leaf, or seeing birds soaring silently in a peaceful sky provide an uplifting and nourishing mood. 013 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 4132 Lungs, The
Summary: The patient's chest and respiratory status is assessed through systematic inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation. Normal and common abnormal physical findings are identified. Additionally, percussion notes over the chest are also described. Demonstrations of respiratory excursion, diaphragmatic excursion, tactile fremitus, and vocal resonance on the anterior and posterior chest wall are shown. Then examples of bronchovesicular, vesicular, bronchial, and adventitious breath sounds as heard through auscultation are presented. 024 Min. VIDEO 1987 Series: PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

VH 3234 Moral Implications of Scientific Advances, The: Leon R. Kass
Summary: Leon R. Kass joins body and soul uniquely as a physician and philosopher. Trained as a doctor, with a degree in biochemistry, he believes that scientific discoveries have raised questions which scientific reasoning can't answer. In this program with Bill Moyers, Dr. Kass, a professor at the University of Chicago, explores the moral implications of euthanasia and of medical advances in assisted reproduction. 060 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 4331 My Body is Not Who I Am
Summary: Covers such diverse topics as the issues of social stigma, mobility, health care, familial relationships, emotional and sexual intimacy, and the unique type of personal growth and introspection that is often affiliated with living with limited physical capabilities. 035 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 4135 Neurologic System, The
Summary: Criteria used in determining the level of consciousness, speech and language usage begin the neurologic evaluation. Specific techniques for examining each of the 12 cranial nerves are given. Throughout the assessment, normal and common abnormal physical findings are described. Also presented are methods for examining sensory responses; reflex responses; sense of positions; two point discrimination; balance; and muscle tone, symmetry, and strength. 026 Min. VIDEO 1987 Series: PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

VH 3803 Neville Strumpf, Lois Evans: Toward Restraint-Free Care...
Summary: Complete title, "Toward Restraint-Free Care of the Elderly". Lois Evans is an expert in social interaction skills and mental health in the elderly. Neville Strumpf has worked to provide dignified and individualized care for frail, elderly people, especially those patients who display characteristic problems behaviors such as risk of falling, interfering with caregiving, or other challenging behaviors. 037 Min. VIDEO 1995 Series: CAMEO OUTSTANDING NURSE RESEARCHERS AND THEIR WORK

VH 8284 Nightingale's Legacy
Summary: Nursing students expectantly look towards their caregiving journeys. Nursing staff discusses the stresses and rewards of their job and the impending nursing shortage around the country. 025 Min. VIDEO 2003

VH 2910 Nursing Assessment of the Postpartum Patient
Summary: This program is designed to prepare nursing students and inexperienced nurses to complete a thorough, systematic physical assessment of the postpartum patient, as well as a psychosocial assessment of the childbearing family. Emphasis is placed on demonstration of all components of the assessment so that the learner will be able to function in the maternity unit as soon as she/he begins the clinical experience. This program is divided into three parts: 022 Min. VIDEO Series: NURSING CARE OF THE NEW FAMILY

VH 6238 Nursing Management of Labor and Delivery, Pt. 1
Summary: Part 1 explains the physiology of labor with emphasis on maternal and fetal assessment prior to birth. 030 Min. VIDEO 1996 Series: NURSE'S STATION

VH 6239 Nursing Management of Labor and Delivery, Pt. 2
Summary: Part 2 continues with complications of delivery and addresses pain management and childbirth education. 030 Min. VIDEO 1996 Series: NURSE'S STATION

VH 3710 Nursing Science in the 21st Century
Summary: A presentation by Rozella Schlotfeldt, recorded live at Discovery International, Inc.'s Nurse Theorist Conference held in Pittsburgh on May 20-22, 1987. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 2626 Nursing: Check It Out!
Summary: Presents interviews with nurses who work in various health care settings. Each shares reasons for choosing nursing, examples of what they do in their chosen speciality, and the benefits of their respective careers. 017 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 3758 Of Sound Mind And Body: Music And Vibrational Healing
Summary: The first in a series of programs exploring the myriad ways in which music, sound and vibration influence every aspect of our being. Orchestrating the talents of world-class artists, performers, musician, scientists and healers, this program conveys a wealth of detailed information, specific enough to serve as an educational tool for health-care professionals, music therapists, and body workers yet it also presents many practical and enjoyable exercises to assist you in enhancing your own well-being and effectiveness in our increasingly noisy and chaotic world. 071 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 3805 Omaha System, The: Applications for Community-Focused Doc...
Summary: Members of the Omaha Visiting Nurses Association explain the various components of the Omaha System, a system of classification of nursing interventions specifically designed for community health situations. 043 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 3804 Omaha System, The: Basics for Community Forced Practice
Summary: Members of the Omaha Visiting Nurses Association explain the various components of the Omaha System, a system of classification of nursing interventions specifically designed for community health situations. 028 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 3810 Opening Doors: Public Health Nursing in its 100th Year
Summary: This documentary program is dedicated to American public health nurses and to the individuals and families with whom they work. It celebrates the extraordinary stories of health professionals who often go unrecognized, but who for the past century have met the public health needs of their communities by going to the people. 033 Min. VIDEO

VH 3711 Panel Discussion with Theorists (1987)
Summary: Presented at the 1987 Nurse Theorist Conference in Pittsburgh. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 3492 Pass NCLEX-RN!
Summary: A quick review of the elements covered on the National Council of State Boards of Nursing licensure exam. Shows what to expect on the computerized exam, case studies of patients in real life situations, questions based on these real life scenarios, and test taking tips. 040 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 3854 Patient Assessment: Hearing
Summary: Shows a hearing examination using the Weber's and Rinne's Tests for hearing. The patient hearing assessment program with its excellent graphics and definitions makes it a must-see videotape for any student wanting to learn a basic hearing exam. 012 Min. VIDEO Series: NURSING VIDEO SERIES

VH 3855 Patient Assessment: Measurement
Summary: Shows a student nurse demonstrating how to weigh an adult and an infant the height on infants, routinely measured to monitor growth, is shown with a parent and student nurse cooperating together. 011 Min. VIDEO Series: NURSING VIDEO SERIES

VH 2553 Patient Assessment: Vision
Summary: An eye examination is demonstrated using the Snellen Eye Chart. In addition, the procedure for assessing functional vision is demonstrated. Also included is near vision testing, pupil response, and gross screening. Students learn about administering an eye exam and the importance of communication. 011 Min. VIDEO 1994 Series: NURSING VIDEO SERIES

VH 5090 Pediatric Assessment, Infants and Toddlers
Summary: This program offers a basic understanding of the issues, clinical conditions, and procedures involved when evaluating infant and toddler aged pediatric patients. 028 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 5089 Pediatric Assessment, Preschool and School-Age Children
Summary: This program offers a basic understanding of the issues, clinical conditions, and procedures involved when evaluating pre-school and school aged pediatric patients. 022 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 5088 Pediatric Assessment, The Adolescent
Summary: This program offers a basic understanding of the issues, clinical conditions, and procedures involved when evaluating adolescent aged pediatric patients. 024 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 4899 Percussion and Auscultation of the Lungs and Thorax, Part 1
Summary: Begins with an overview of pertinent features of the lungs and thorax including location of the lobes, lines of reference, and bony landmarks. It describes the nature and characteristics of sounds as they relate to percussion and auscultation, and discusses the various percussion tones. 028 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 4900 Percussion and Auscultation of the Lungs and Thorax, Part 2
Summary: The continues the subject matter introduced in the first program focusing on the essential aspects of auscultation of the lungs. It discusses breath sounds and illustrates in detail the procedure for auscultation of the lungs. 029 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 3717 Personal Hygiene, Baths
Summary: Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Professor Cathie Wallace demonstrates procedures for bathing patients. Recorded At Florida Atlantic University, September 1990. 060 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 5064 Prepare and Administer Oral and Topical Medications
Summary: Includes both clinical and administrative procedures. 022 Min. VIDEO 1997 Series: MEDICAL ASSISTING VIDEO SERIES

VH 7945 Preventing Medication Errors: Prescription For Patient Safety
Summary: After completing this course, the learner should be able to understand and describe medication errors; the five "rights" of administering medications; a "systems approach" to preventing medication errors; the nurses's role in preventing medication errors. 027 Min. VIDEO 2002

VH 2684 Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution
Summary: Explores conflicts in hospital management situations and how they can be handled and resolved. 028 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: MANAGEMENT

VH 5905 Range of Motion
Summary: Explains the objectives of range and joint motion and defines key terminology for the understanding and performance of this skill. 061 Min. VIDEO 1992 Series: BASIC NURSING SKILLS

VH 3191 Rehabilitation: The Road to Recovery
Summary: This program shows both the rehabilitative techniques used with stroke and spinal injury patients and the techniques and tools available to patients after rehabilitation has proceeded to the maximum physiologically possible. The program stresses the role played by the patient as well as by rehabilitation specialists in the patient's recovery, contrasting the very expensive high tech technologies at the forefront of rehabilitation techniques with the 019 Min. VIDEO

VH 4594 Rolling Along: Children in Wheelchairs at School (skill)
Summary: The skill video tape examines types of wheelchairs often used by children, common barriers and safety factors for school settings. Also discussed are alternative devices and equipment, as well as social factors. 040 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: ED EXCEPT

VH 3119 RX for Success: How to Start Your Own Nursing Business
Summary: Discusses how to measure entrepreneurial potential, how to develop a business plan, how to plan cost-effective marketing strategies, how to obtain insurance reimbursement and how to get a bank loan or find a venture capitalist. 048 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: MARKETING

VH 3213 Schizophrenia Symptomatology
Summary: Discusses both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and assists helpers in determining whether or not an individual has such symptoms. Also assists helpers interacting with individuals who are symptomatic and increases awareness of situations in which violence might occur. Discusses the DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia. After viewing this program the learner will be able to: Differentiate between positive and negative symptoms, discuss 031 Min. VIDEO

VH 8283 Separated by Time and Distance
Summary: Explores several dilemmas and solutions to dealing with caregivers from afar. 026 Min. VIDEO 2003

VH 8282 Spiritual Caregiver
Summary: Our spiritual leaders and communities of every denomination give us strength through the hardest parts of our caregiving journeys. Among the spiritual caregivers portrayed in this video is Rev. Lois Knutson, who ministers to the elderly in Minnesota, and a church sponsored AIDS support group in southern California, helping afflicted patients transition into effective caregivers. 030 Min. VIDEO 2003

VH 3122 Strategies that Work
Summary: Part 2 of a three-tape set with work books and CEs. Including: Issues and Opportunities; Strategies that Work; Case Studies in Success. 035 Min. VIDEO Series: CHALLENGES OF HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT IN THE 1990's

VH 3123 Strategies that Work
Summary: Part 3 of a three-tape set with work books and CEs. Including: Issues and Opportunities; Strategies that Work; Case Studies in Success. 037 Min. VIDEO Series: CHALLENGES OF HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT IN THE 1990's

VH 2000 Techniques of Therapeutic Communication
Summary: Discusses mutual understanding between nurse & patient. 020 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: NURSE & PATIENT INTERACTION

VH 2262 Temperature Measurement and Shivering
Summary: Healthy human beings are able to regulate their body temperature even when environmental temperature fluctuate greatly. This regulation is important for the proper functioning of body cells and organs. Accurate measurement of body temperature is important as changes in the body temperature assist is the detection of disease and infection. Also, shivering has been shown to be a problem for patients recovering from surgery, as it has significant effect on the patient's heart rate and blood pressure. 025 Min. VIDEO

VH 8355 Ten Teaching Tips
Summary: Demonstrates ten effective teaching strategies based on the principles of adult learning. Discusses how to establish rapport quickly to facilitate learning and compliance with the medical regimen; The "Teachable Moment" what it is and how to grasp it. 024 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 3816 To Advance We Must Unite! 100 Yrs. of the Am. Nurses Assoc.
Summary: This program details the history of the American Nurses Association. Topics include educational standardization, registration, licensure, and race relations. 056 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 3715 Tracheostomy Care & Suctioning
Summary: Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Professor Cathie Wallace demonstrates suctioning and tracheostomy care. Recorded at Florida Atlantic University, November 1989. 060 Min. VIDEO

VH 5925 Training Video for Dementia Care Specialists
Summary: Training for dementia care specialists. 084 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 3192 Treating Stroke
Summary: This program explains how new therapies provided during the critical period after a stroke can prevent the customary consequences of stroke. It lists the warning signs of a stroke, illustrates the difference between hemorrhagic and thromboembolic strokes, explains the importance of CAT scans in diagnosis, shows how damaged nerve tissue can cause neurological deficits, and discusses the use of drug therapy. 019 Min. VIDEO

VH 3193 Treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults, The
Summary: Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) talk about how this disorder, which went undiagnosed for years, has affected their lives, from their choices of spouses, to work, and what treatments they have found to help them. Biofeedback, which is growing as a treatment choice, is explained and demonstrated by its founder, Dr. Joel Lubar. Drug treatment through the use of antidepressants and stimulants along with behavioral changes is also discussed. 027 Min. VIDEO

VH 3504 Understanding and Comm. With a Person Who Is Exp. Mania
Summary: Full title, "Understanding and Communicating With a Person Who Is Experiencing Mania. This program focuses on bi-polar disorder and specifically how to help a loved one or client when he or she is experiencing one of the many forms of mania. 063 Min. VIDEO

VH 4592 Understanding Autism
Summary: Therapists, teachers, and parents discuss the nature and symptoms of autism and outline a treatment program based on behavior modification. 020 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: ED EXCEPT

VH 3225 Vascular System
Summary: The vascular system, just one of the valuable videos in the Assessment Review Series, can help you perform a vascular assessment accurately and completely. From this video, you'll learn what to assess for, how to assess for it, and why. You'll also discover how to: inspect for arterial pulsations and signs of arterial insufficiency, palpate for arterial pulsations, auscultate for blood pressure and bruits, measure jugular venous pressure. 030 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 3554 Virginia Henderson
Summary: Virginia Henderson talks about her life and nursing career. 055 Min. VIDEO 1978 Series: DISTINGUISHED LEADERS IN NURSING

VH 3245 Vital Signs
Summary: Included in this video: Taking a temperature with different types of thermometers, Anatomy information on pulse rate and demonstration of common arteries used, Blood pressure techniques using a sphygmomanometer, Recording results. 025 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 8288 Voices from the Trenches
Summary: Examines the relationship between the Certified Nursing Assistants and those they care for at home and in care facilities. 024 Min. VIDEO 2003

VH 3503 With Liberty and Health Care for All
Summary: Nurses are answering the public's plea for major health care reform with a plan like no other: Nursing's agenda for health care reform. Spearheaded by the National League for Nursing, this plan is endorsed by over one million nurses nationwide. This program takes a choices and financial nightmares that three typical American families face under the current health are system. Then it shows how nursing's plan offers real answers to these problems. 021 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 8326 Worlds Apart: Alicia Mercado's Story
Summary: These films follow patients and families facing critical medical decisions as they navigate their way through the health care system. They provide a look at a variety of patients' cultures and the culture of medicine. The films raise awareness about the role sociocultural barriers play in patient-provider communication and in the provision of healthcare services for culturally and ethnically diverse patients. 013 Min. VIDEO 2003

VH 8323 Worlds Apart: Justine Chitsena's Story
Summary: These films follow patients and families facing critical medical decisions as they navigate their way through the health care system. They provide a look at a variety of patients' cultures and the culture of medicine. The films raise awareness about the role sociocultural barriers play in patient-provider communication and in the provision of healthcare services for culturally and ethnically diverse patients. 012 Min. VIDEO 2003

VH 8324 Worlds Apart: Mohammad Kochi's Story
Summary: These films follow patients and families facing critical medical decisions as they navigate their way through the health care system. They provide a look at a variety of patients' cultures and the culture of medicine. The films raise awareness about the role sociocultural barriers play in patient-provider communication and in the provision of healthcare services for culturally and ethnically diverse patients. 014 Min. VIDEO 2003

VH 8325 Worlds Apart: Robert Phillip's Story
Summary: These films follow patients and families facing critical medical decisions as they navigate their way through the health care system. They provide a look at a variety of patients' cultures and the culture of medicine. The films raise awareness about the role sociocultural barriers play in patient-provider communication and in the provision of healthcare services for culturally and ethnically diverse patients. 050 Min. VIDEO 2003