Fundamentals of Nursing

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Fundamentals - Community Health, part 9: Disasters and Triage - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 9: Disasters and Triage

Ellis Parker

Different actions that should occur before, during, and after disasters. These include mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. the classification system used to triage during mass casualty events.

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 9: Disasters and Triage

Ellis Parker

Different actions that should occur before, during, and after disasters. These include mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. the classification system used to triage during mass casualty events.

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 8: Epidemiology - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 8: Epidemiology

Ellis Parker

Epidemiology including the epidemiologic triangle. This triangle consists of the agent, host, and environment. Ellis then discusses other important terms in epidemiology like incidence, prevalence, attack rate, endemic, epidemic, and...

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Fundamentals - Community Health, part 8: Epidemiology

Ellis Parker

Epidemiology including the epidemiologic triangle. This triangle consists of the agent, host, and environment. Ellis then discusses other important terms in epidemiology like incidence, prevalence, attack rate, endemic, epidemic, and...

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Fundamentals - Community Health, part 7: Community Health Plan and Assessments - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 7: Community Health Plan and Assessments

Ellis Parker

The nursing process steps as they relate to developing a community health plan, including specific data collection methods used in the assessment of a community like informal interviews, direct observation,...

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 7: Community Health Plan and Assessments

Ellis Parker

The nursing process steps as they relate to developing a community health plan, including specific data collection methods used in the assessment of a community like informal interviews, direct observation,...

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 6: Health Risks and Family Nursing - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 6: Health Risks and Family Nursing

Ellis Parker

Health risks across the lifespan by discussing health risks specific to infants, children, adolescents, and adults, including any related family or patient teaching. Family nursing is also discussed by reviewing...

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 6: Health Risks and Family Nursing

Ellis Parker

Health risks across the lifespan by discussing health risks specific to infants, children, adolescents, and adults, including any related family or patient teaching. Family nursing is also discussed by reviewing...

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 4: Vulnerable Populations and Violence - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 4: Vulnerable Populations and Violence

Ellis Parker

Vulnerable populations including examples of what unique health risks different groups face. We then transition into violence in the community covering risk factors for violence, specific violent acts, and the...

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 4: Vulnerable Populations and Violence

Ellis Parker

Vulnerable populations including examples of what unique health risks different groups face. We then transition into violence in the community covering risk factors for violence, specific violent acts, and the...

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 5: Subsidized Health Insurance - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 5: Subsidized Health Insurance

Ellis Parker

The differences between Medicare and Medicaid, including the four parts of Medicare and what each of them covers.

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Fundamentals - Community Health, part 5: Subsidized Health Insurance

Ellis Parker

The differences between Medicare and Medicaid, including the four parts of Medicare and what each of them covers.

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Fundamentals - Community Health, part 3: Environmental Hazards - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 3: Environmental Hazards

Ellis Parker

A review of community health content with environmental hazards. These include air pollution, occupational hazards, water contamination, and food deserts. Ellis further explores lead poisoning and carbon monoxide poisoning covering...

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 3: Environmental Hazards

Ellis Parker

A review of community health content with environmental hazards. These include air pollution, occupational hazards, water contamination, and food deserts. Ellis further explores lead poisoning and carbon monoxide poisoning covering...

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 2: Prevention Levels and Determinants of Health - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 2: Prevention Levels and Determinants of Health

Ellis Parker

A review of community health content with prevention levels and determinants of health. Prevention levels include primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Determinants of health have been broken into environmental and...

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 2: Prevention Levels and Determinants of Health

Ellis Parker

A review of community health content with prevention levels and determinants of health. Prevention levels include primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Determinants of health have been broken into environmental and...

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 1: Terminology and Roles - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 1: Terminology and Roles

Ellis Parker

Community health terminology including the differences between community-oriented nursing and community-based nursing. They then describe different nurse roles within the field of community health.

Fundamentals - Community Health, part 1: Terminology and Roles

Ellis Parker

Community health terminology including the differences between community-oriented nursing and community-based nursing. They then describe different nurse roles within the field of community health.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 12: Elder Mistreatment - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 12: Elder Mistreatment

Ellis Parker

Elder mistreatment, including risk factors, types of abuse, signs/symptoms, and nursing care.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 12: Elder Mistreatment

Ellis Parker

Elder mistreatment, including risk factors, types of abuse, signs/symptoms, and nursing care.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 11: Polypharmacy and Beer's List - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 11: Polypharmacy and Beer's List

Ellis Parker

Polypharmacy, including risk factors, prevention, patient teaching, and a selection of medication categories and classes that are included on the Beer's List.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 11: Polypharmacy and Beer's List

Ellis Parker

Polypharmacy, including risk factors, prevention, patient teaching, and a selection of medication categories and classes that are included on the Beer's List.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 10: The 3 D's - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 10: The 3 D's

Ellis Parker

Dementia, delirium, and depression, including the differences in onset, reversibility, causes, changes to the level of consciousness, and behavior-related changes.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 10: The 3 D's

Ellis Parker

Dementia, delirium, and depression, including the differences in onset, reversibility, causes, changes to the level of consciousness, and behavior-related changes.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 9: Alzheimer's / Parkinson's Disease - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 9: Alzheimer's / Parkinson's Disease

Ellis Parker

Alzheimer's disease, including the signs/symptoms, diagnosis, and nursing care.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 9: Alzheimer's / Parkinson's Disease

Ellis Parker

Alzheimer's disease, including the signs/symptoms, diagnosis, and nursing care.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 8: Communication Practice for Aging Adults - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 8: Communication Practice for Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The best practices in communication techniques for engaging with older adults.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 8: Communication Practice for Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The best practices in communication techniques for engaging with older adults.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 7: Sensory Changes in Aging Adults - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 7: Sensory Changes in Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The common changes that occur with aging as it relates to eye health, vision, hearing, balance, and other sensory changes.

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Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 7: Sensory Changes in Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The common changes that occur with aging as it relates to eye health, vision, hearing, balance, and other sensory changes.

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Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 6: Immune and Integumentary Changes in Aging Adults - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 6: Immune and Integumentary Changes in Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The common changes that occur with aging as it relates to the immune and integumentary systems.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 6: Immune and Integumentary Changes in Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The common changes that occur with aging as it relates to the immune and integumentary systems.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 5: Renal and Reproductive Changes in Aging Adults - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 5: Renal and Reproductive Changes in Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The common changes that occur with aging as it relates to the renal and reproductive systems.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 5: Renal and Reproductive Changes in Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The common changes that occur with aging as it relates to the renal and reproductive systems.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 4: Endocrine and Gastrointestinal Changes in Aging Adults - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 4: Endocrine and Gastrointestinal Changes in Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The common changes that occur with aging as it relates to the endocrine and gastrointestinal systems.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 4: Endocrine and Gastrointestinal Changes in Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The common changes that occur with aging as it relates to the endocrine and gastrointestinal systems.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 3: Neurological and Musculoskeletal Changes in Aging Adults - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 3: Neurological and Musculoskeletal Changes in Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The common changes that occur with aging as it relates to the nervous and musculoskeletal systems.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 3: Neurological and Musculoskeletal Changes in Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The common changes that occur with aging as it relates to the nervous and musculoskeletal systems.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 1: Psychosocial Changes in Aging Adults - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 1: Psychosocial Changes in Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The psychosocial changes an older adult may experience.

Fundamentals - Gerontology, part 1: Psychosocial Changes in Aging Adults

Ellis Parker

The psychosocial changes an older adult may experience.

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 7: Quality Improvement, Patient Safety Events, Incident Reporting - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 7: Quality Improvement, Patient Safety Events, Incident Reporting

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The quality improvement (QI) process and best practices along with different types of patient safety events (e.g., near miss, adverse event, sentinel event).

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 7: Quality Improvement, Patient Safety Events, Incident Reporting

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The quality improvement (QI) process and best practices along with different types of patient safety events (e.g., near miss, adverse event, sentinel event).

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 6: Employee Performance Appraisal, Disciplinary Action - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 6: Employee Performance Appraisal, Disciplinary Action

Meris Shuwarger

Best practices for employee performance appraisal and disciplinary action (e.g., for the chemically-impaired employee and the progressive approach to discipline).

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 6: Employee Performance Appraisal, Disciplinary Action

Meris Shuwarger

Best practices for employee performance appraisal and disciplinary action (e.g., for the chemically-impaired employee and the progressive approach to discipline).

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 4: Efficient Nursing Practice, Critical Paths - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 4: Efficient Nursing Practice, Critical Paths

Meris Shuwarger

Best practices for efficiency in nursing practice and critical pathways.

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 4: Efficient Nursing Practice, Critical Paths

Meris Shuwarger

Best practices for efficiency in nursing practice and critical pathways.

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 3: Delegation - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 3: Delegation

Meris Shuwarger

Delegation of tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) and practical nurses (LVNs/LPNs).

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 3: Delegation

Meris Shuwarger

Delegation of tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) and practical nurses (LVNs/LPNs).

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 2: Patient Prioritization - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 2: Patient Prioritization

Meris Shuwarger

Patient prioritization models, including the nursing process, Maslow's hierarchy, ABCs, acute vs. Chronic, unexpected vs. Expected, restrictive/invasive procedures, and survivability potential.

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 2: Patient Prioritization

Meris Shuwarger

Patient prioritization models, including the nursing process, Maslow's hierarchy, ABCs, acute vs. Chronic, unexpected vs. Expected, restrictive/invasive procedures, and survivability potential.

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 1: Leadership Styles - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 1: Leadership Styles

Meris Shuwarger

Types of leadership styles, including authoritarian, autocratic, laissez-faire, democratic, transactional, transformational.

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 1: Leadership Styles

Meris Shuwarger

Types of leadership styles, including authoritarian, autocratic, laissez-faire, democratic, transactional, transformational.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 29: Perioperative Nursing Care - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 29: Perioperative Nursing Care

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The essential points of perioperative (preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative) nursing care.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 29: Perioperative Nursing Care

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The essential points of perioperative (preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative) nursing care.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 28: Chest Tubes, Artificial Airways, Tracheostomy Care, Home Oxygen Safety - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 28: Chest Tubes, Artificial Airways, Tracheostomy Care, Home Oxygen Safety

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The basics of chest tubes, artificial airways, tracheostomy care, and home oxygen safety.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 28: Chest Tubes, Artificial Airways, Tracheostomy Care, Home Oxygen Safety

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The basics of chest tubes, artificial airways, tracheostomy care, and home oxygen safety.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 27: Oxygen Delivery Devices, Oxygenation Interventions, and Suctioning - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 27: Oxygen Delivery Devices, Oxygenation Interventions, and Suctioning

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Oxygen delivery devices (nasal cannula, non-rebreather, venturi device), therapeutic oxygenation interventions (chest physiotherapy and positive airway pressure), and suctioning.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 27: Oxygen Delivery Devices, Oxygenation Interventions, and Suctioning

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Oxygen delivery devices (nasal cannula, non-rebreather, venturi device), therapeutic oxygenation interventions (chest physiotherapy and positive airway pressure), and suctioning.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 26: Hypoxemia, Hypoxia, Techniques to Improve Oxygenation - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 26: Hypoxemia, Hypoxia, Techniques to Improve Oxygenation

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Ventilation, diffusion, and perfusion, along with hypoxemia, hypoxia, and techniques to improve oxygenation.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 26: Hypoxemia, Hypoxia, Techniques to Improve Oxygenation

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Ventilation, diffusion, and perfusion, along with hypoxemia, hypoxia, and techniques to improve oxygenation.