Nursing Resources

The exposure control plan identifies engineering controls to protect employees. Engineering controls include safety needles, sharps containers, and needleless systems. Work practice controls include hand hygiene, sharps disposal, lab sample handling, and surface and instrument decontamination. Reviewer: Christine Forget, RN.

After completing this video, the learner should be able to:
• Describe the three links in the chain of infection
• List three ways in which disease can be spread
• Describe how to perform routine handwashing
• Give three examples of when to wash hands
• Give three examples of when to use gloves

After watching this video viewers should be able to describe the use of, and demonstrate basic infection control practices, including:
• Standard precautions
• Transmission-based precautions
• Hand hygiene practices
• Use of protective gloves
• Use of a protective gown
• Handling infectious waste
• Handling linen
• Cleaning a blood spill

Precautions have been developed by OSHA and the CDC to help prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases. It is essential that all healthcare professionals working in long term care be aware of and abide by these precautions. This third course in the five part series on Infection Control in Long Term Care is designed to introduce and discuss these infection control policies.

This video will demonstrate:
• Pivot transfer from bed to wheelchair and back
• Pivot transfer from wheelchair to toilet and back
• Two-person lift from bed to wheelchair
• Transfer using a mechanical lift
• Assisting with ambulation
• Preventing injury during a fall

After viewing this video, the learner should be able to:
•Describe the function of a tracheostomy tube
• Explain the procedure for cleaning and changing the inner cannula
• Describe care for the stoma
• Describe the procedure for changing a tracheostomy tube
• Identify complications associated with over-inflation of a soft cuff
• Describe the preferred procedure for maintaining adequate cuff pressure

After completing this video, the learner should be able to: Describe precautions to take when administering formula using enteral feeding tubes.
- Describe and utilize the three different methods of administering feeding-tube formulas: bolus feeding, intermittent feeding and continuous feeding.
-Explain the four ways to verify tube placement.
- List the “five rights” of safe medication administration.

After completing this video, the learner should be able to:
-Describe gastrostomy tubes and their components.
-Describe jejunal tubes and their components. -Describe nasogastric tubes and their components.

After completing this video, the learner should be able to:
• Identify residents who are at risk for developing pressure ulcers
• Identify areas of the body where pressure ulcers may develop
• List the basic skills that a nurse aide needs to know to help prevent pressure ulcers
• Describe the appearance of a pressure ulcer in its early stages

This is part of the four-part Wound Care series, and it is designed to instruct nurses and other healthcare professionals with detailed information on how to properly assess and document wounds.

Topics include:
• Structure & function of the skin
• Factors contributing to skin breakdown
• Skills needed to help prevent skin breakdown include, skin inspection cleansing, moisturizing and protecting & turning and repositioning