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Alexander Street Nursing Videos
Unique online collection of videos created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers.
Critical Care Nurse—Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight
What is it like to be an critical care nurse? In this Career Q&A video interview, Ivan Bruce talks about his career path, what he does on the job, and the keys to success in the field.
Ethical Issues in Nursing
Using expert interviews and illustrative scenarios, this program provides a solid introduction to the fundamental ethical terms and concepts that nursing trainees need to know. It clearly defines justice, fidelity, autonomy, moral distress, and other touchstones of ethical practice.
History of Nursing: The Development of a Profession
Examines the evolution of nursing care into a profession. It considers the roles of nursing innovators and educators, the establishment of nursing schools, regulation and licensure, and modern issues in nursing.
Neonatal Nurse—Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight Full Video
What is it like to be a neonatal nurse? In this Career Q&A video interview, Stephanie Brown talks about her career path, what she does on the job, and the keys to success in the field.
Nurse Manager—Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight
What is it like to be an nurse manager? In this Career Q&A video interview, Cathy Higginbotham talks about her career path, what she does on the job, and the keys to success in the field.
Nurses: Code Blue
This program examines the numerous contributing causes of the staffing crisis in the nursing profession—a problem that has left many hospitals shorthanded and has raised concerns about the quality of patient care.
Nurses at Risk
The demands of nursing can affect an individual physically, mentally, and emotionally. This program is designed to teach nursing staff members how to cope with the unique demands of their duties, examining specific stressors and highlighting strategies nurses can use to decrease the possibility of stress-related disorders.
Oncological Nurse—Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight
What is it like to be an oncological nurse? In this Career Q&A video interview, Erin Jackson talks about this career path, what she does on the job, and the keys to success in the field.
The Patient Care Nursing Team
Describes the challenges that nurses face in a variety of work environments and outlines the education and licensing process that nurses must complete. Includes segment on Nursing Education.
Prevention of Medical Errors
With the staggering variety of pharmaceuticals available today, training in correct drug administration is more important than ever. This program serves to build skills and awareness that will ensure the safe and accurate administration of medicines by health care personnel, as well as by the layperson. It examines factors that lead to medication errors, explores methods of prevention, and features educational guidelines that help clarify best practices.
Shortage of Nursing Faculty
Segment discusses how underfunding of state colleges and community colleges makes it hard to secure nursing faculty. Demand for nurses will continue to increase as baby boomers age.
Understanding Differences between Eastern and Western Nursing
Nurses from Asia make up a growing percentage of nursing professionals in the United States. In this program, certified transcultural nurse Philip Yu Xu, Ph.D., RN, addresses major differences between Eastern and Western nursing so that RNs from China, Korea, India, the Philippines, and elsewhere can better acclimate themselves to the practice of medicine in American acute care settings.

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