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Administering Oral, Topical, Suppository and Inhalant Medications
Product code: M226
Overview:
Prerequisite knowledge and skills for administrating oral, suppository and inhalant medications are presented in this program which has also been updated to reflect current hand hygiene technique. Oral medications are introduced first beginning with types of solid and liquid forms. Guidelines for preparing oral medications are demonstrated including administration via a nasogastric tube and sublingual administration. Different forms of topical medications and techniques for application of topical discs, sterile ophthalmic ointments and drops, and nasal agents are shown. The suppository method of administration is presented with emphasis given to techniques for rectal and vaginal administration. Devices used to administer prescribed inhalant medication are introduced and skills for their use are demonstrated for patient teaching.
Case Studies in Medication Error Prevention
Product code: 78794 Copyright © 2007
Caring for patients is challenging and fulfilling, but often stressful and harried as well. But frequent interruptions and constantly changing patient needs can lead to error. Since nurses do most of the actual medication administration in a facility, they provide the last opportunity to prevent a medication error.This program presents 12 scenarios that result in medication errors, then discuss how they could have been avoided. The goal is to help the viewer identify ways errors can creep in to nursing practice and develop strategies that can be used to prevent them.
Heart Medications, Part 1: Anatomy Review and Angina Medications
Product code: 78584
Overview: This program provides an overview of the cardiovascular system, including the major components of their various functions and the parameters that help determine how well the heart is functioning. This program also defines angina and provides an overview of the various types of medications used to treat this condition.
Heart Medications: Antiarrhythmic Agents, Part 2
Product code: 78588
Overview:
Heart Medications: Antiarrhythmic Agents, Part II provides a detailed overview and discussion of the four classes of antiarrhythmic drugs.
Purpose/Overall Goal:
The goal of this program is to provide a detailed overview of the four categories of antiarrhythmic drugs. This discussion includes the purpose of each type of drug, circumstances under which they are administered, general dosing procedures, and potential side effects. A thorough understanding of the purpose and use of these types of drugs is essential to administering proper care for heart patients.
Module Objectives:
After completing this course the learner will be able to:
- Identify the Vaughn Williams classification system for antiarrhythmic drugs.
- Identify and understand the purpose, function, and proper dosing of the various drugs within each of the four antiarrhythmic categories/classifications.
- Properly evaluate patient response to treatment with antiarrhythmic agents.
- Identify and deal effectively with the contraindications and side effects of each antiarrhythmic drug.
Heart Medications: Antiarrhythmic Agents, Part I
Product code: 78587
Overview:
Heart Medications: Heart Failure Medications and Cholesterol-Lowering Agents provides an overview and discussion of heart failure medications and cholesterol-lowering agents.
Purpose / Overall Goal:
The goal of this program is to define and discuss heart failure medications, including digoxin and various types of diuretics. The program also reviews cholesterol-lowering agents, including circumstances under which they should be administered and possible side effects. This information is important because a thorough knowledge of the purpose and function of these medications is essential to providing proper care for patients with experiencing heart failure.
Objectives:
After completing this course the learner will be able to:
- Identify the causes and symptoms of congestive heart failure.
- Discuss the origin, action, administration, and side effects of digoxin.
- Understand the purpose and administration of loop and potassium-sparing diuretics.
- Identify high cholesterol and understand the purpose, proper administration, and possible side effects of cholesterol-lowering medications, including cholestyramine and lovastatin.
Heart Medications: Blood Pressure Medications and Anticoagulants
Product code: 78585
Overview: The goal of this program is to briefly define and discuss high blood pressure, or hypertension, and provide a detailed overview of high blood pressure medications, including ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, and central adrenergic inhibitors. The program also reviews anticoagulants, including circumstances under which they should be administered, proper dosing, and possible side effects. This information is important because a thorough knowledge of the purpose and functions of these medications is essential to providing proper care for patients with hypertension.
Heart Medications: Heart Failure Medications and Cholesterol-Lowering Agents
Product code: 78586
Overview: The goal of this program is to define and discuss heart failure medications, including digoxen and various types of diuretics. The program also reviews cholesterol-lowering agents, including circumstances under which they should be administered and possible side effects. This information is important because a thorough knowledge of the purpose and function of these medications is essential to providing proper care for patients experiencing heart failure.
Medication Use by the Elderly: Implications for Nurses
Product code: 88202
Overview:
UCLA Medical Center staff and professors interact with a number of elderly patients focusing on:
- Correct procedures for taking a drug history from an elderly client
- Effects of physiologic changes of aging on drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion
- Principles of prescribing for the elderly with regard to drug/drug interactions, drug/food interactions, common drugs prescribed to elderly patients and problematic drugs.
- OBRA regulations, including Resident Rights, self administration of drugs, antipsychotics and drug monitoring.
Meds Intramuscular, Subcutaneous, Intradermal
Product code: 50158
Overview:
A comprehensive, interactive, multimedia CD ROM was developed to teach health professionals how to administer intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intradermal medications. The software was designed based on a "hyperlearning approach," that is, allowing students to control their learning in a non-linear format. The CD ROM contains a self-directed program so a learner can stop and take notes, review the videos repeatedly, or go through the complete program as many times as needed. The program includes four dimensions: general principles, process, client teaching, and critical thinking that organizes the knowledge into categories, so participants can learn content in order that makes the most sense to them. Additionally, a pre/post test is included in the CD ROM for the students to take as a self-evaluation or for instructors to use in order to measure cognitive gains.
Moderate or Procedural Sedation: Patient Assessment and Monitoring
Product code: 78804AR Copyright © 2009
UPDATE INFO: These courses have been revised to increase clarity by removing references to Demerol. SERIES OVERVIEW: Moderate, or procedural sedation is the condition produced by the administration of a drug or combination of drugs with the intent to sedate during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in a way that allows the patient to maintain protective reflexes such as the ability to swallow, gag, and cough, and remain responsive to verbal stimuli. This series is designed to provide nurses with and overview of the procedures and drugs used in moderate sedation as well as the potential complications of the procedure and how to avoid them. OVERVIEW: The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of patient assessment and monitoring during moderate or procedural sedation.
Moderate or Procedural Sedation: Preventing and Managing Complications: Sedation in Children
Product code: 78804BR Copyright © 2009
UPDATE INFO: These courses have been revised to increase clarity by removing references to Demerol. SERIES OVERVIEW: Moderate, or procedural sedation is the condition produced by the administration of a drug or combination of drugs with the intent to sedate during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in a way that allows the patient to maintain protective reflexes such as the ability to swallow, gag, and cough, and remain responsive to verbal stimuli. This series is designed to provide nurses with and overview of the procedures and drugs used in moderate sedation as well as the potential complications of the procedure and how to avoid them. OVERVIEW:The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and others an understanding of monitoring and managing complications of moderate sedation, and the special responsibilities of performing moderate sedation on children.
Multi-lumen Central Venous Catheters
Product code: A2218
Overview:
Shows nurses how to provide safe, competent care when using multi-lumen catheters.
Never Events and Hospital-Acquired Infections: Admission Assessment and Quality Reporting
Product code: M254CR Copyright © 2009
SERIES OVERVIEW: A "Never Event" is an adverse medical event, occurring during care that is unambiguous, serious, and preventable. These are shocking medical errors, such as wrong-site surgery, that should never occur. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has moved aggressively to improve patient safety by adopting a policy of actively addressing some of these identified Never Events—and in fact denies payment to providers for some of them, when they do occur. This series identifies specific Never Events and describes practices that can prevent them. This series is designated for a total of 1.5 contact hours of continuing nursing education. OVERVIEW: The final program will discuss identifying conditions present on admission, plus the quality measures that need to be reported to CMS in order to qualify for the updated payment schedule. UPDATED INFO: This series has been updated with a new title to emphasize Hospital-Acquired Conditions, and to reflect the CMS's revised organization of Hospital-Acquired Conditions into the following 10 categories: 1. Foreign Object Retained After Surgery 2. Air Embolism 3. Blood Incompatibility 4. Stage III and IV Pressure Ulcers 5. Falls and Trauma 6. Manifestations of Poor Glycemic Control 7. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) 8. Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection 9. Surgical Site Infection following:--Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) - Mediastinitis--Bariatric Surgery--Orthopedic Procedures 10. Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)/Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
Never Events and Hospital-Acquired Infections: Identifying the Danger
Product code: M254AR Copyright © 2009
SERIES OVERVIEW: A "Never Event" is an adverse medical event, occurring during care that is unambiguous, serious, and preventable. These are shocking medical errors, such as wrong-site surgery, that should never occur. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has moved aggressively to improve patient safety by adopting a policy of actively addressing some of these identified Never Events—and in fact denies payment to providers for some of them, when they do occur. This series identifies specific Never Events and describes practices that can prevent them. This series is designated for a total of 1.5 contact hours of continuing nursing education. OVERVIEW: This program identifies specific Never Events, and provides background information on the CMS’s decision to withhold payment of specific never events. UPDATED INFO: This series has been updated with a new title to emphasize Hospital-Acquired Conditions, and to reflect the CMS's revised organization of Hospital-Acquired Conditions into the following 10 categories: 1. Foreign Object Retained After Surgery 2. Air Embolism 3. Blood Incompatibility 4. Stage III and IV Pressure Ulcers 5. Falls and Trauma 6. Manifestations of Poor Glycemic Control 7. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) 8. Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection 9. Surgical Site Infection following:--Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) - Mediastinitis--Bariatric Surgery--Orthopedic Procedures 10. Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)/Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
Never Events and Hospital-Acquired Infections: Prevention Practices
Product code: M254BR Copyright © 2009
SERIES OVERVIEW: A "Never Event" is an adverse medical event, occurring during care that is unambiguous, serious, and preventable. These are shocking medical errors, such as wrong-site surgery, that should never occur. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has moved aggressively to improve patient safety by adopting a policy of actively addressing some of these identified Never Events—and in fact denies payment to providers for some of them, when they do occur. This series identifies specific Never Events and describes practices that can prevent them. This series is designated for a total of 1.5 contact hours of continuing nursing education. OVERVIEW: This program will discuss nursing practices that can prevent Never Events — many of which are already in place in healthcare institutions. UPDATED INFO: This series has been updated with a new title to emphasize Hospital-Acquired Conditions, and to reflect the CMS's revised organization of Hospital-Acquired Conditions into the following 10 categories: 1. Foreign Object Retained After Surgery 2. Air Embolism 3. Blood Incompatibility 4. Stage III and IV Pressure Ulcers 5. Falls and Trauma 6. Manifestations of Poor Glycemic Control 7. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) 8. Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection 9. Surgical Site Infection following:--Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) - Mediastinitis--Bariatric Surgery--Orthopedic Procedures 10. Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)/Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
Parenteral Medication Administration: Equipment Preparation
Product code: 78773R Copyright © 2008
Series Overview: This comprehensive series has been updated to include safer-needle devices, and features updated graphics to better provide iformation on the equipment and techniques utilized in administering both subcutaneous and intramuscualr injections. This includes equipment preparation, withdrawing medication from ampules and vials, side selection, and injection techniques. Overview: This program provides an introduction to the basic equipment necessary for administering medications by injection, featuring safer needle devices. This includes discussion and demonstration of syringe and needle selection, and safety precautions.
Parenteral Medication Administration: Preparing Medication for a Vial
Product code: 78776R Copyright © 2008
Series Overview: This comprehensive series has been updated to include safer-needle devices, and features updated graphics to better provide iformation on the equipment and techniques utilized in administering both subcutaneous and intramuscualr injections. This includes equipment preparation, withdrawing medication from ampules and vials, side selection, and injection techniques. Overview: The techniques for withdrawing medication from a vial are demonstrated in this program, and include discussion and demonstration of reconstituting powdered medication and combining two medications into a single syringe.
Parenteral Medication Administration: Preparing Medication from an Ampule
Product code: 78774R Copyright © 2008
Series Overview: This comprehensive series has been updated to include safer-needle devices, and features updated graphics to better provide iformation on the equipment and techniques utilized in administering both subcutaneous and intramuscualr injections. This includes equipment preparation, withdrawing medication from ampules and vials, side selection, and injection techniques. Overview: The techniques for withdrawing medication from a glass ampule are demonstrated in this program.
Parenteral Medication Administration: Site Selection and Injection Techniques
Product code: 78775R Copyright © 2008
Series Overview: This comprehensive series has been updated to include safer-needle devices, and features updated graphics to better provide iformation on the equipment and techniques utilized in administering both subcutaneous and intramuscualr injections. This includes equipment preparation, withdrawing medication from ampules and vials, side selection, and injection techniques. Overview: This program identifies commonly used sites for intramuscular and subcutaneous injections, and discusses considerations for site assessment and selection. The techniques for intramuscular and subcutaneous administration of medication are demonstrated using a step-by-step process ending with documentation. Emphasis is placed on the "z-track" method of intramuscular injection.
PO Meds Oral EEN
Product code: 50157
Overview:
This interactive, multimedia CD ROM was developed to teach health professionals how to administer oral and EEN medication. The software was designed based on a "hyperlearning approach," that is, allowing students to control their learning in a non-linear format. The CD contains a self-directed program so a learner can stop and take notes, review the videos repeatedly, or go through the complete program as many times as needed. The comprehensive medication administration program includes four dimensions: general principles, process, client teaching, and critical thinking that organizes the knowledge into categories, so participants can learn content in order that makes the most sense to them. Additionally, a pre/post test is included in the CD ROM for the students to take as a self-evaluation or for instructors to use in order to measure cognitive gains.
Preventing Medication Errors: A Prescription for Patient Safety
Product code: M218S Reviewed for accuracy: 2006
Overview:
Thousands of deaths and injuries occur to patients in a healthcare setting each year due to medication errors that could have been avoided. Statistics indicate that between 7,000 and 14,000 death's occur each year in the United States alone.
In 2000, the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, released a report on medical errors of all kinds called To Err is Human. The report estimated that up to 98,000 patients die each year from medical errors -- a shocking statistic -- and identified a significant number of those deaths as specifically due to medication errors.
While administering the wrong medication is an obvious medication error, there are others. For example, the nurse may administer a drug to the wrong patient, give the wrong dosage or operate the infusion pump incorrectly. In fact, infusion pumps have been linked to more than a thousand deaths over the last decade. And there are plenty of other common medication errors.
Objectives:
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
- Understand and describe medication errors and the common types of medication errors that can occur.
- Understand and describe the five "rights" of administering medications to patients.
- Understand and describe a "systems approach" to preventing medication errors and how every member of the medical team can work to prevent medication errors.
- Understand the nurse's role in preventing medication errors.
Venous Access Devices Program 3: Ports
Product code: A2216
Overview:
This program defines and describes a venous port. The position and placement of the port as well as flushing are discussed. Viewers will also learn how to select the appropriate length, gauge, and style of a Huber point needle.
