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

Wolters Kluwer, 2007. 8 min. This instructional film teaches nursing students how to care for postoperative patients and monitor for complications. Includes verifying patient identification, taking vital signs, assessing respiratory status, measuring oxygenation, assessing cardiovascular status, checking the dressing, catheter, and IV site, and assessing for pain.

Wolters Kluwer, 2007. 5 min 27 sec. This instructional film demonstrates pre-operative nursing care on the day of surgery. A nursing student checks doctor's orders, consent forms, and medical forms; has the patient put on a hospital gown and remove her adornments; checks her identification with the transport person, briefs her husband on where to wait; and prepares the room for recovery.