Nursing Education Program Resources
Library and learning resources for nursing students.
Incredibly Easy Series
- Fluids & Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy! This link opens in a new windowFrom the Made Incredibly Easy Collection.
Introduction to Fluids & Electrolytes
Streaming Video Content from Films On Demand Nursing Collection
This series examines fluid and electrolyte balance in the body, providing an overview of the basic concepts and discussing electrolyte and fluid volume imbalances.
- Fluids & Electrolytes: The BasicsUnderstanding 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.
- Fluids & Electrolytes: Fluid Volume ImbalancesFluid 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.
- Fluids & Electrolytes: Electrolyte ImbalancesThe 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.
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Fluids & Electrolytes Skill Sets
- Skill Sets: Fluid ImbalanceNursing & Practice Skill documents on fluid balance.
- Skill Sets: Electrolyte ImbalancesNursing & Practice Skill documents on electrolyte imbalance.
Intravenous Therapy Skill Sets
Intravenous Therapy Administration : A Practical GuideCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781905539901This handy book, written by the author of the very popular Venepuncture and Cannulation: A Practical Guide, offers step-by-step guidance in how to administer intravenous fluids and medicines. It will be equally helpful, whether you are already practising intravenous therapy and wish to refresh or update your knowledge or you are learning this skill for the first time. Each chapter contains intended learning outcomes, clinical points for practice, and activities that enable you to relate the content to your own clinical area. The book opens with a general discussion of intravenous therapy, followed by an overview of the circulatory system and different types of intravenous access.