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Key facts about prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, and lung cancer. Includes screening, risk factors, signs/symptoms, labs & diagnosis, and treatment options including surgeries.
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Key facts about cancers of the female reproductive system, plus breast cancer. Includes screening, risk factors, signs/symptoms, treatment, nursing care and patient teaching.
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What you need to know about skin cancer: prevention, the 3 types (basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma), and the ABCDE assessment. Plus these blood cancers: leukemia, Hodgkin's vs. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.
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Learn about nursing care and patient teaching for neutropenia, anemia, and thrombocytopenia; common complications associated with cancer treatment and chemotherapy.
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Nursing precautions for patients receiving chemotherapy or internal and external radiation. Includes two common chemotherapy complications: malnutrition and mucositis.
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Learn how to classify tumors, including tissue type, grading, and staging; the 5 main types of cancer: carcinomas, sarcomas, leukemia, myeloma, and lymphoma; and Tumor, Node, Metastasis (TNM) staging.
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Cathy begins her coverage of Cancer. Pathophysiology of cancer: Initiation, Promotion, and Progression. Includes risk factors, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. Complications associated with cancer and its treatment. Nursing care will follow in later videos.
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Cathy explains key facts about HIV/AIDS. Includes pathophysiology, risk factors, sign/symptoms, labs, diagnosis, treatment, and patient teaching.
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Cathy explains Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma), including its pathophysiology and Limited vs. Diffused Scleroderma. Includes risk factors, signs/symptoms, labs, diagnosis, treatment, and patient teaching.
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Cathy explains Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), including pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, labs, diagnosis, treatment, nursing care, and patient teaching associated with Lupus.
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Key immune system diagnostic tests. Leukocytosis, leukopenia, neutropenia, "left shift" or banded neutrophils, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and C-reactive protein (CRP). Plus, the components of a differential white blood cell count test: neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils.
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Cathy covers hypersensitivity, autoimmune reactions, immunodeficiency and infection. Includes the chain of infection, stages of infection, risk factors associated with infection, and symptoms of systemic vs. local infections.
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In this video, Cathy covers Acquired Immunity, which includes both humoral and cellular immunity. Cathy discusses B Cell activation and proliferation, as well as important types of T cells. Includes the difference between active and passive immunity, and natural and artificial immunity.
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Cathy highlights what will be covered in the Immune System playlist for Medical Surgical Nursing. She discusses the difference between innate and acquired immunity, and covers the 3 stages of the body's inflammatory response (which is a key part of innate immunity).
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Cathy teaches the risk factors, signs/symptoms, labs, treatment, and nursing care of Hypoglycemia, Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA), and Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State (HHS). Includes chronic complications associated with Diabetes
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Diabetes Mellitus pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, labs/diagnostics, and treatment. Includes important patient teaching regarding foot care and illness care to prevent life-threatening complications.
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The pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, labs, diagnostics, treatment, and nursing care of hypoparathyroidism and hyperparathyroidism.
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The nursing care of a patient requiring a thyroidectomy. Includes patient positioning, assessment of bleeding, and assessment for signs/symptoms of parathyroid damage (i.e. signs of hypocalcemia). Plus, post-thyroidectomy patient teaching.
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The pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, labs, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of patients with (primary, secondary, tertiary) hyperthyroidism. Plus, the causes, signs/symptoms and nursing care of a Thyroid Storm (or Thyrotoxicosis)— a life-threatening disorder.
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The pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, labs, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of patients with (primary, secondary, tertiary) hypothyroidism. Plus, the causes, signs/symptoms and nursing care of a Myxedema Coma— a life-threatening condition.
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The pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, labs, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of Pheochromocytoma and Hyperaldosteronism.
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The pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, labs, diagnosis (including the dexamethasone suppression test), treatment, and nursing care of Glucocorticoid Hormone Excess (Cushing's Syndrome).
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The primary and secondary causes, signs/symptoms, abnormal labs, treatment, and nursing care of Adrenocortical Insufficiency (includes the ACTH stimulation test). Plus, causes, signs/symptoms, treatment, and nursing care of an Addisonian Crisis (Addison's Disease).
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The pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, labs, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of Diabetes Insipidus and Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH (SIADH).
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