Taylor's Video Guide to Clinical Nursing Skills 2nd edition & PLAN Basic Nursing Skills

Medcom, 2010. 27 min. This program has been updated to reflect practice change regarding inflation of catheter retention balloons prior to insertion of an indwelling urethral catheter. While this was once standard practice and remains common, it has become controversial and is no longer performed in many facilities.This update of Medcom's classic basic skills program demonstrates and describes the process for performing a urethral catheterization. Both intermittent straight catheters and indwelling retention catheters are shown and discussed. The need for patient education and patient support during catheterization is emphasized. The techniques for performing catheter care and removal of a catheter are also shown and discussed.

Wolters Kluwer, 2011. 1min. This instructional video demonstrates how to test a urinary catheter balloon.

Wolters Kluwer, 2011. 1min. This instructional film demonstrates how to clean the urinary meatus of a circumcised male prior to urinary catheterization.

Wolters Kluwer, 2011. 1 min. This instructional video demonstrates how to clean the urinary meatus on a female patient.

Wolters Kluwer, 2011. 1 min. This instructional film demonstrates how to secure catheter tubing to a patient's thigh.

Wolters Kluwer, 2007. 7 min. See specific nursing skills--including effective patient communications--demonstrated in realistic nurse-patient and student-instructor interactions in this series of essential nursing procedures. In this video, learn to catheterize the male urinary bladder.

Medcom, 2013. 20 min. Specimen collection, measuring urinary output and assisting with elimination are all important skills a nursing assistant needs to develop to provide effective care. Not only do they assist monitoring an individual's condition, but also help to maintain physical comfort and emotional well-being. This program teaches new nursing assistants these important skills.

Medcom, 2009. 19 min. This program on elimination, specimen collection and urinary care has been revised to be more concise and easier to understand by clearly identifying each of the three stages of a procedure: preparation, the procedure itself, and completing care.