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Streaming Videos on Health Assessment and Promotion
To access an SBU video resource, click on the link in your library research guide. This should open the video in the SBU database in which it is housed. If you have not logged into Open Athens in your current browser, you will be required to enter your SBU credentials before proceeding. Once the video loads, press play.
- Bates' Visual Guide to Physical ExaminationThis resource features head-to-toe and systems physical exam videos completely reshot with an emphasis on clinical accuracy and patient care. These patient encounter videos allow you to practice your clinical reasoning skills and review for exams, such as OSCEs.
- Inpatient Assessment: Ten-Minute Assessment of the AdultThis program covers a change of shift report in a medical-surgical unit, and includes a nurse-to-nurse verbal report, a chart review, definitions of American Hospital Association-approved patient condition descriptors, a patient interview, and a systems assessment review.
- Strategies to Promote the Health of IndividualsThe World Health Organization defines health promotion as “the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health.” Referencing the WHO’s Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, this program takes a close look at lifestyle approaches, preventive medical approaches, and public health approaches to health promotion. The importance of integrated health promotion involving educational initiatives, a variety of media approaches, the expansion of health-friendly environments, government support, and ongoing medical research is stressed. Viewable/printable educational resources are available online. A part of the series Understanding Personal Health.
- Spiritual Assessment in Health Care: Spirituality in Nursing PracticeThis program focuses on the place of spiritual assessment in health care. Through interviews with two people experiencing chronic health problems, the video explores questions for clinicians to use to assess the spiritual dimension. Guidelines for health professionals in conducting a spiritual assessment are also explored.
- Head-to-Toe Patient Assessment: Nursing AssessmentThis video teaches how to perform a head-to-toe physical assessment using palpation and visualization. It explains how to develop a plan for an admission assessment, create a supportive environment for a patient, and ensure patient privacy.
- Head and Neck, Mouth and Throat: Nursing AssessmentListing common causes of head and neck pain, This video shows the normal prominences on the skull, compares microencephaly and macroencephaly, and identifies common causes of abnormal breath odors. It demonstrates how to assess the oral cavity; describes physical changes that accompany thrush, herpes simplex, and methamphetamine abuse; and compares tonsillitis and epiglottitis.
- Eyes, Ears, Nose: Nursing AssessmentThis video shows how to examine the external features of the eyes, ears, and nose; perform a basic vision screening; perform a basic hearing screening using the whisper test; palpate the facial sinuses; and inspect the inside of the nares using an otoscope with a nasal speculum. It differentiates between normal and abnormal findings and shows the visible signs of drug abuse.
- Health Assessment in Nursing: Collecting Subjective DataPerforming a health assessment is a key skill in any medical profession. This program, in the style of “Scrubs," showcases skills required to conduct a thorough health assessment. Follow J.C. around the hospital as he discovers that the assessment is a critical time to acquire accurate information for appropriate planning, care, and treatment of the patient. He will learn key skills and knowledge required when performing medical evaluations.