New Materials: Streaming Video

Hollywood has been using motion capture technology in the movies for decades, helping animated characters come to life. Michigan State University scientists are using the technology to help identify possible osteoarthritis (OA) related movements in the hands of patients.

This informational video, part 3 in the series Developmental Care, covers the typical milestones that are achieved during adult life. Healthcare professionals will learn the basics for providing care in an age-specific manner for early, young, middle, older, and elderly adults.

This program considers the development of a more sustainable agriculture in order to accommodate the eating habits of tomorrow.

Designed for training nurses, this program focuses on special considerations when performing phlebotomy on specific populations, including pediatric patients, the elderly, women who have had mastectomies, patients who are obese, and those who have needle phobia. It discusses the volume of blood at different developmental stages, shows techniques for alleviating stress of venipuncture, examines typical behavioral reactions of different ages, and demonstrates procedures for collecting blood from newborns, children, and elderly patients.

This brief program considers the impact of COVID-19 on rates of anxiety around the world.

This brief program explores challenges faced by institutions of higher education as they seek to accommodate disruptions caused by COVID-19.

This brief program explores the impact of race and racism on rates of exposure to and infection with COVID-19.

In this film, Dr. Yu Xu (PhD and RN) discusses major differences in nursing between the East and the West at the philosophical and cultural levels with concrete examples. Targeting an audience of Asian nurses seeking to adapt to a U.S. healthcare setting, this video is the first of its kind to explain differences in areas of interpersonal relationships and communication, healthcare systems, professionalism, and clinical practice. It emphasizes the importance of patient privacy, critical thinking and nurse liability, service orientation, and nursing roles and function. Challenges for Asian nurses include language communication, delegation, and conflict resolution.

New research shows inner ear hair cells may be to blame for some types of hearing loss.

Depression is a common mental health issue that can affect children and teenagers. This film identifies risk factors and symptoms, and guidelines for evaluation and treatment.

Aggressive and disruptive behaviors are common among children. This film identifies symptoms of disruptive behavior and aggression, highlights strategies for patient evaluation, and provides tips for developing a treatment plan.

Explaining that women are less likely than men to be diagnosed and treated appropriately for heart disease because the patient and healthcare provider have not been educated on the prevelence of heart disease in women and the fact women experience different symptoms than men, this video encourages women to be aware of their own symptoms.

Examine ancient conceptions of mental illness and the establishment of psychiatry. Hear contemporary stories of people living with mental illness, including an aspiring astrophysicist with schizophrenia and an Olympics-bound boxer with OCD.

This program examines the importance of making a risk assessment for each person in your care and emphasizes the importance of conducting a risk assessment of the environment. It identifies seven crucial screening factors for fall risk, shows how to identify which patients are at risk of trips or falls in a hospital, and teaches how to educate at-risk patients and their family members.

This program provides nurses and other healthcare providers with information about the wide variety of preventative strategies and products that can be used to reduce the risk of injury from falls. It teaches how to identify the risk or level of risk for patients, implement preventative strategies and nursing procedures to reduce the risk of falls for patients, and utilize a wide range of tools and products designed to prevent falls and protect patients from fall-related injuries.

This program explains how to create a comprehensive fall reduction program. It outlines the steps to make to a post-fall report, discusses the purpose and duties of a fall prevention committee, explains the importance of defining risk assessment policies and procedures within a facility, and describes the importance of defining fall prevention protocols, educating fellow staff members, and monitoring the effectiveness of protocols once they have been put in place. It also outlines important points to cover in a post-fall assessment and root cause analysis.

This program examines the importance of making a risk assessment for each person in your care and emphasizes the importance of conducting a risk assessment of the environment at the facility. It identifies seven crucial screening factors for fall risk, shows how to identify which patients are at risk of trips or falls in a facility, and teaches how to educate at-risk patients and their family members.

This program provides nurses and other healthcare providers with information about the wide variety of preventative strategies and products that can be used to reduce the risk of injury from falls. It teaches how to identify the risk or level of risk for patients, implement preventative strategies and nursing procedures to reduce the risk of falls for patients, and utilize a wide range of tools and products designed to prevent falls and protect patients from fall-related injuries.

This program explains how to create a comprehensive fall reduction program. It outlines the steps to make to a post-fall report, discusses the purpose and duties of a fall prevention committee, explains the importance of defining risk assessment policies and procedures within a facility, and describes the importance of defining fall prevention protocols, educating fellow staff members, and monitoring the effectiveness of protocols once they have been put in place. It also outlines important points to cover in a post-fall assessment and root cause analysis.

Fibromyalgia is a wide spread pain condition that affects approximately 5% of the population. This video provides an introduction to fibromyalgia as well as a full discussion of the challenges involved in managing and creating treatment strategies using both pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches. It discusses aerobic exercise, physical therapy, acupuncture, hypnosis, and cognitive therapy techniques as effective tools in managing the disease.

Understanding and monitoring a patient's fluid balance, electrolyte balance, and acid-base balance is critical to providing care. This program teaches nursing students, new nurses, and other healthcare providers the basics of fluid balance and electrolyte balance. It looks at the main electrolytes in the body and discusses maintenance of the acid-base balance in the human body.

The electrolyte balance in the body's fluids is absolutely crucial to many body processes and imbalances can cause pathological conditions and even be life threatening. This program discusses imbalances in some of the main electrolytes in the body. It considers sodium, hyponatremia, and hypernatremia; potassium, hypokalemia, and hyperkalemia; magnesium, hypomagnesemia, and hypermagnesemia; calcium, hypocalcemia, and hypercalcemia; phosphorous, hypophosphatemia, and hyperphosphatemia; and chloride, hypochloremia, and hyperchloremia.

Fluid volume balance is a crucial measure of the state of a patient's health. The body is constantly losing water through the skin, kidneys, lungs, and GI tract. As fluid enters and exits, the simple amount of fluids in the body must remain in balance. This program introduces various forms of fluid volume imbalances, the conditions that cause them, and nursing interventions to correct them. It describes the basics of dehydration, hypovolemia, hyperolemia, water intoxication, general causes of volume imbalances, interventions, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), and blood product infusions.

This program examines the steps society has taken towards genetically modified food and trans-genic agriculture.

An investigation with NPR into growing inequities in American healthcare exposed by COVID-19. How pressure for profit and uneven government support is widening the divide between rich and poor hospitals and endangering care for the most needy.

This program explores the components of the immune system and describes how they work together to protect the body. It reviews the main organs that comprise the human immune system - the thymus, the bone marrow and the cells it produces, the lymph system, and the spleen; explains the role of leukocytes; and examines the main functional divisions of the immune system - the innate system and the adaptive system. The proram also looks at the innate immune system and its main sentinels and warriors, including macrophages, neutrophils, and NK cells and considers the purposes and functions of the adaptive immune system.

Our bodies are the perfect breeding ground for pathogenic invaders. Some of these microorganisms can make people sick, some critically ill, and some are so virulent they can even kill their host. The human body responds with the organs and specialized cells of the immune system to defend itself and try to return to a state of good health. This program explores this defense process against the most common pathogens: bacteria and viruses. It examines the major cells, chemicals, and proteins that work together to fight off invading bacteria and viruses and illustrates in detail the processes of the human body's immune response to bacteria and viruses.

This program explores what happens when something goes wrong with the immune system, discussing allergies, asthma, and other common autoimmune disorders. In addition, it briefly explains primary and secondary dysfunctions, such as immunoglobulin deficiencies caused by genetic abnormalities, as well as the effect certain types of medications have on the immune system.

Impulsivity and inattention are common behaviors but are often not brought to the attention of a physician unless they interfere with a patient's ability to function. This film identifies symptoms and guidelines for evaluation and treatment.

Even as many states are starting to lift mask restrictions, research shows that the masks may have been one of the key factors to slowing the spread of the virus.

This program offers general recommendations for system-wide changes to enhance medication safety. It explains the various aspects of the "systems approach to error prevention," including reporting systems, standardized safety procedures and safety training. The program describes the importance of applying lessons learned from sentinel events and identifies the key attributes of building a new culture of safety to prevent medication errors.

This program discusses important changes in healthcare practice that provide strategies for reducing most medical errors and improving patient safety, looking at the development of standardized safety procedures and the implementation of the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals and Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, and Wrong Person Surgery. It identifies four general patient safety practices that can be employed in all types of health delivery systems, examines safe practice for each of seven common types of medical errors, and looks at safe practice in each of four common areas of patient harm.

Errors that occur when providing medication are among the most common and most avoidable types of medical errors. This program provides an overview of the different kinds of medication errors that can occur and offers specific guidance on how nursing staff can prevent these errors. Presenting safety recommendations from the Joint Commission, FDA, Institute of Safe Medication Practices, and other organizations, the program identifies the different types of medication errors that can occur, explains the steps that must be taken in daily practice to successfully prevent medication errors, and identifies key precautions that can be incorporated into daily nursing practice to help protect patients from the possibility of medication errors.

This video helps women who have heart disease recognize the critical importance of medication adherence for managing chronic disease and for optimizing healthy living. It discusses what medication adherence involves.

Scientists want to mine the moon for ice to use in rocket fuel at a future refueling station.

What is it really like to care for a someone with Alzheimer's Disease? In this award-winning short film, five diverse caregivers and a compassionate psychiatrist express the fear, heartbreak, and isolation that are part of caring for a loved one who suffers from a disease that is still so misunderstood by many people. The film offers an uplifting message, focusing on the love that underlines their journey and that gives them the strength to go on with meaning and purpose, even after their loved one has passed.The purpose of this inspirational and informative film is to educate the public and raise awareness about Alzheimer's and Alzheimer's Caregivers as well as give comfort and support to anyone who has cared for someone they love.

This nursing video teaches how to provide care appropriate to neonates and infants. It includes information on developmental milestones, communication, motor skills, and safety concerns for neonates, younger infants, and older infants. It also provides nursing considerations for how to approach infants and educate parents or care takers on proper safety and care methods.

Explore today's most cutting-edge treatments, based on the latest understanding of mental illness, through profiles of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery, infusions of ketamine and modern electro-convulsive therapy.

Research with octopus limb regeneration helps scientists create smart prosthetics.

This video seminar with Barbara Bancroft examines the top drugs prescribed, the top money making drugs, and the new "game changers" in the world of pharmacology, discussing the principles of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. The video also looks at the process of senescence and its relationship to polypharmacy in the geriatric population and considers drug-drug interactions and drug interactions with herbal and OTC products.

A physicist explains the science behind a tight spiral pass down the field.

This video seminar reviews interviewing and examination techniques and teaches fun mnemonics to aid in the recall of many clinical conditions. It discusses history-taking and documentation; shows techniques for performing a physical exam, including inspection, palpation, auscultation, and percussion; and teaches creitical thinking skills. The video consider examination of the integumentary system, thorax and lungs, cardiac and vascular system, the abdomen, musculoskeletal system, and nervous system.

Perform successful physical exams on children with and emphasis on technique and communicating with the child and the family. This video features experienced examiners who demonstrate how to adapt exams for children based on their reason for the visit, degree of illness, age, and developmental level. Plus, coverage of assessing uncooperative children, communicating with children to reduce anxiety, and incorporating the parents or caregivers to prepare for any situation.

Follow the origin and downfall of mental asylums in the U.S. Glimpse inside Cook County prison, the nation's largest unintended mental health facility, meet the detainees in their care, and see the challenges they face both inside and out.

As of October 1, 2015, all providers need to have an understanding of the new ICD-10 system that consists of more than 69,000 codes. This video seminar with Steven Atkinson offers strategies that will make ICD-10 easier to navigate. It explains how ICD-10 differs from ICD-9, reviews the top 20 codes for the top 21 subspecialties, and discusses the new characters and the new added details in this system.

Some teenagers have difficulty managing intense emotions and may contemplate self-harm or suicide. This film identifies self-harm behaviors and suicide warning signs. It provides strategies for addressing concerns and developing a working plan.

Coronaviruses have been around for decades, but it was the COVID-19 pandemic that many of us heard about coronaviruses for the first time.

Early identification of emotional impairments and behavioral difficulties benefits a patient's long-term health. This film identifies symptoms, risk factors, evaluation guidelines, and treatment guidelines for patients 5-years-old and younger.

This video set teaches basic Spanish related to healthcare, from basic grammar to greetings to conducting head-to-toe assessments of the body systems to vocabulary relating to medical equipment, emotions, and medications.

High-speed camera footage shows how the COVID-19 virus spreads through speech.

The use of substances is common among adolescents and pediatricians are on the frontline of addressing the issue. This film provides information and demonstrations to help pediatricians perform brief interventions. Topics include: CRAFFT questions, patient engagement, and behavior change plans.

Jump back in time to the Big Bang and relive history from the birth of the sun to the blossoming of its relationship with man. Experts in various fields, including astrophysics, microbiology, and climatology, explore mankind's fascination and fear of the sun, from ancient times to present day.

Our physical abilities, body proportions, the shape of our noses, and even the texture of our hair, are all adaptations to the sun. Dating back to the first great civilizations, our fascination with the sun began as worship and culminated in discovery. Observe the burning star and learn from it as the Mayans did thousands of years ago, and as we still do today.

What's cooking in the Silicon Valley? This program looks at how scientists are using biotechnology to create new food sources.

A geobiologist at the California Institute of Technology researches teeny tiny microorganisms and how they interact with the environment.

This film describes developmental stages from 12 months to 18 years. Learn what to look for and how to interact with patients and their parents in each age specific group: young toddler, older toddlers, preschooler, school age children, pre-teen, early teens, and late teens. Hear safety concerns and expectations of risky behaviors for each age group.

This information-packed video seminar highlights changes from the DSM-IV® to DSM-5®. It goes through the DSM-5® manual and highlight the revisions, new diagnoses, and new specifiers that are most relevant to daily practice, integrating information about the ICD-10, designated to be HIPAA's official code book for mental disorders. The video presents case examples and case studies to help viewers transition from making DSM-IV® multi-axial diagnoses (Axis I-V) to effective diagnosis with the DSM-5® and ICD-10 coding systems without axis.

This may look like an architectural work of art but this glass dome, called Biosphere 2, is actually a work of science.

In this video, the director of a sleep center discusses sleep quality guidelines and the various pharmacological strategies for the management of insomnia. The video explains the use of behavior modification as a key component of the treatment in most cases and considers various methods the patient can use in order to ease the modification process. It also explains that while insomnia is a frustrating condition for both patients and doctors, it can be successfully managed in most cases.

Designed for healthcare providers to provide their patients with a solid introduction to diabetic neuropathy this video examines strategies for diagnosing and treating various types of nerve pain originating from diabetes. Neurologist Dr. Jeffrey Nelson addresses the serious issues related to diabetic neuropathy, discussing proper foot care, anti-seizure medications, and antidepressants to manage the disease.

Designed for healthcare providers to provide their patients with a solid introduction to migraine headaches, this video with neurologist Jeffrey Nelson differentiates among sinus headaches, tension headaches, and migraines. It also explores the causes of migraines, considering their auras, triggers, and potential treatment regimens, including abortive strategies and preventive treatments.

Trace efforts to develop guidelines for diagnosing mental illness rooted in empirical science rather than dogma. Explore how science and societal factors are deeply entwined with shifting definitions of mental health and mental illness.