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Aged care seriesSummary: Disorientation in an elder-care patient poses a wide range of risks-from difficulties in socializing with other residents to the dangers confused seniors face if they venture outside a care facility unattended. This program depicts common characteristics of dementia and demonstrates intervention techniques for dealing with them in an effective, compassionate manner. Problems outlined in the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In 1978, a technician at University of Wisconsin Hospital contracted hepatitis B from a needlestick injury. The incident sparked groundbreaking research that identified recapping attempts as a major hazard-but it took the specter of HIV/AIDS to push the medical community into full-scale development of new syringe technologies. This program presents the results of that protracted innovation...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Effective communication with elderly people living in residential care is key to the delivery of high-quality treatment that not only meets the physical needs of patients, but also their mental, emotional, social, and spiritual needs. This program examines the basic elements of communication and how they can be adapted to older people who are living with hearing, vision, speech, and cognitive...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Effective employee communication is vitally important in every area of health service delivery and care. This program, filmed with a focus on the aged-care environment, covers verbal and nonverbal communication, formal and informal communication, conflict resolution and negotiation, and staff-to-staff and staff-to-management communication. A valuable training and professional development resource.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Maintaining a patient's personal hygiene plays an important role in preventing disease, especially infection, as well as helping with comfort and body image issues. This program demonstrates basic care procedures and best practices for showering and bed bathing a patient in a professional and caring manner. Preparation steps for these procedures are included, as are dressing, grooming,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Caring for a patient who has had surgery requires a broad knowledge base and expertise in performing a wide range of skills. This program demonstrates techniques that promote normal healing of a surgical wound. Viewers learn about proper wound drainage and irrigation procedures in order to remove tissue debris and prevent infection; use of sterile normal saline solution as well as hydrogen...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Regular repositioning of a hospital patient is necessary to maintain healthy blood circulation, prevent pressure sores, and maximize comfort. Taking into account all three of those reasons, this program illustrates the best methods for moving, turning, and otherwise adjusting the position of a bedridden patient. Topics include explaining to a resident the movement that is about to happen;...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Designed to help caregivers in long-term care settings, this program describes the skills necessary to prevent residents from wandering and leaving facilities. A discussion of HIPAA initiatives and guidelines is included. After watching the video, viewers should be able to define the terms wandering and elopement; determine the difference between safe and unsafe wandering; identify triggers of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: With diabetes on the rise around the world-and with the type 2 strain afflicting up to 90 percent of the diabetic population-the need for greater awareness and working knowledge of type 2 has also risen. This program was developed as a response to growing demand for diabetic nursing expertise in Australia. Topics include types, characteristics, and symptoms of type 2; monitoring blood glucose...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Knowing how to situate and stabilize a patient before and during surgery is essential to functioning effectively as part of a surgical team. This program introduces specific types of surgical positions and placement techniques using detailed live-action video and helpful graphics. With an overview of the ergonomic and physiological issues that make proper configuration necessary, the program...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Assisting with or directly administering medication is an important role of the personal caregiver and carries significant responsibility. In fulfilling this role effectively and safely, the caregiver becomes a vital member of the health care team. This program introduces safe and responsible medication practices. Topics include the Five Rights principles of medication administration, proper...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009