ITEMS Video Descriptions


Interferon Alfa-2b Adjuvant Therapy in Postsurgical Melanoma
NUR VT0607

Nov-95


Hepatitis C: Diagnostic Methods & their Role in Treatment Strategies
NUR VT0611

Oct-95


Kaposi Sarcoma
NUR VT0644

Designed for physicians who are involved in diagnosis & treatment of patients with Kaposi Sarcoma. 1 hr 15 min


Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home: Portrait of Addiction
NUR VT0828A

Portrait of Addiction: 9 men & women recovering from drug or alcohol addiction tell their stories. Candid testimony from people who have been there leaves little doubt that addiction can happen to anyone & so can recovery. 57 min


Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home: The Hijacked Brain
NUR VT0828B

The Hijacked Brain: Moyers goes into laboratory to follow researchers engaged in charting an "image of desire in brain." We actually see images of a cocaine user's brain as drug takes effect & a doctor explains how these scans reveal addiction as a chronic relapsing brain disease. 57 min


Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home: Changing Lives
NUR VT0828C

Changing Lives: Visits institute near Atlanta to interview recovering addicts & sit in a group therapy session. 81 min


Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home: The Next Generation
NUR VT0828D

The Next Generation: Experts are increasingly focusing on prevention efforts based on community & family. Looks at 2 of these efforts. One works with parents addicted to heroin by teaching them how to repair damage to family & second deals with how counselors in Dade County schools watch for kids at risk of becoming drug addicts & offering of immediate counseling for those who are already involved with drugs. Nicotine addiction is addressed also. 57 min


Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home: Politics of Addiction
NUR VT0828E

The Politics of Addiction: How our society meets challenge of translating what scientists, doctors, counselors & recovering addicts have learned into rational public policy is complex & sometimes contradictory. Looks at Arizona's recent struggle to find an alternative to current policies. Proposition 200 proposed a reassessment of status of nonviolent drug addicts now serving time & emphasized treatment over incarceration. On Washington scene members of Congress, doctors & policy activists have joined in movement with recovering people pushing for new public policy. 57 min


Moyers
NUR VT0829

Circle of recovery is portrait of 7 African-American men who meet weekly to help one another in process of healing & growth. Talk is frank & subjects are personal as they share their struggles, hopes & achievements. 1991


Eating Healthy
NUR VT0868

Describes how combination of 5 food groups provides body with elements essential for its proper functioning, how vitamins contribute to growth & health of human body & why vitamins must be ingested. 1995. 23 min


Lose Weight the Safe Way
NUR VT0870

Dietitians explain nature, possible problems, & potential adverse side effects of rotation diets, prescription & non-prescription pills, powdered formulas & modified fasts. Experts recommend that to lose weight safely requires a diet program with a balanced food plan that includes reduced calorie intake, an exercise component, a support system, nutrition education & behavior modification. Point is stressed that losing weight is only half battle; toughest part is keeping it off. 19 min


Cancer
NUR VT0871

Cancer strikes more terror than any other disease. Looks at cancer as what we have only recently learned it really is: a flaw in the genetic program in certain body cells, which begin to divide in an uncontrolled fashion. In its fight against these rogue cells, modern medicine makes use of 3 major procedures: chemotherapy, radiation therapy, & surgery. New techniques are constantly being developed & program describes 2 new ones in the fight against cancer: photochemotherapy & monoclonal antibodies. 23 min


Fitness & Conditioning - Benefits For A Lifetime
NUR VT0955

Over last several years more & more Americans have been engaging in exercise. However, best estimates from survey results show that only 10-20 % of adults & 6-17% of school age youths can be classified as fit. 30 min. 1999


Stress: Keeping Your Cool
NUR VT0972

Looks at impact that stress has on our society & describes positive & negative stress, stress control & ways to simplify a hectic lifestyle. Experts identify what causes stress, why women are experiencing such high levels of stress & how teenagers are prone to stress. Explores relationship between stress levels & health & growing recognition in medical circles that physical ailments are often linked by mental & emotional stress & anxieties. 20 min 1999


Moyers On Addiction: The Hijacked Brain
NUR VT0828F

The Hijacked Brain: Moyers goes into laboratory to follow researchers engaged in charting an "image of desire in brain." We actually see images of a cocaine user's brain as drug takes effect & a doctor explains how these scans reveal addiction as a chronic relapsing brain disease. 57 min


Depression: Beyond the Blues
NUR VT0973

Depression is not just a passing mood of sadness experienced at one time or another. It is a medical condition affecting 10 million Americans every year. Program talks with a psychiatric causes, symptoms, & treatments for depression. A woman whose father killed himself speaks first-hand about what it's like to lose a loved one to suicide. It also profiles a young girl & man who were so depressed they attempted suicide. Program stresses need for early diagnosis & treatment of depression 19 min 1999


Preventing A Heart Attack
NUR VT1083

This program examines heart disease through the eyes of a young man who's at risk of a heart attack becuase of a family history of the disease. The program explains the four major factors which contribute to heart disease: smoking, cholesterol, high blood pressure, and lack of physical activity. The program compares risk factors and their significance and discusses which can be controlled, explains the importance of cholesterol, the role of family history in predicting heart attacks, the effectiveness of lifestyle changes, and the importance of exercise. 19 min


Nurses: Battling For Babies
NUR VT1192A

We get an inside look at the world of obstetrics & neonatal intensive care nursing where, nurses navigate the many hazards of childbirth, including anxious families, unforeseen problems, & the devastation when a newborn dies. We watch a medical team deliver premature triplets, then follow the frail threesome to neonatal intensive care, where nurses Colleen Grubb & Mary O'Neill help bring them back from the brink of death. At Johns Hopkins Maternity Center East, we follow dedicated director, nurse midwife Jeri Mancini, as she provides critical prenatal care to Baltimore inner-city teenagers. And we experience both the highs & lows of obstetrics nursing through veteran nurse Mary Evans as she helps bring a healthy baby into the world one moment, then helps a mother cope with loss the next. Nurses in this episode also include Rhonda Johnson, Krissa Ditsious, & Bernadette Adams. 52 min


Nurses: Pediatrics
NUR VT1192B

Pediatric nursing is defined by drama & diplomacy, where these specialized nurses lend their expertise & emotional support to both patients & their worried parents. The job demands a special breed of medical professional willing to face difficulties few of us can imagine. We follow 1st year nurse Charlie Wheeler, a former Army medic who became a nurse after his own son died, as he struggles with the difficulties of becoming too attached to his patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. We learn some of the tricks of the trade from 20-year veteran Pam Butler, who has a true gift for communicating with infants & toddlers. And we witness 25 year old nurse Kimberly Pfeifer's firm, but caring, no nonsense approach with teenage patients who, even in a hospital setting, still try to push the boundaries. And we follow the amazing work of Intensive Care nurses in the story of a father who undergoes liver transplant surgery in the hope of saving the life of his year old daughter. 52 min


Nurses: Critical Care
NUR VT1192C

We step into the ED, the OR, & the ICU, where patients are often in crisis, & treatment can be a race against time. In this unpredictable, high-stress, high-tech world, physicians rely on the expertise of these nurses, who must think fast, be creative, & inevitably, learn to cope with unpredictable events. We watch Jean Lucas manage the controlled chaos of an Emergency Department where nurses must cope with the stress of working in a large urban setting. Nurse Heather MacPherson mans the frontlines as patients come in. Nurses Steve Allen & Karen Lasaga are involved in the successful care & treatment of trauma patients. And Nurse Tom Galloway assembles a medical team to care for a young victim of a car accident who has been medivaced to Johns Hopkins. We learn how OR nurses Susan Lynch & Germaine Williams coordinate complicated double surgeries so that a wife can donate a kidney to her desperately ill husband. And we experience the challenges of ICU nurse Diane Rusnak in her struggle to relive the suffering of a patient. 52 min


Nurses: Touch Of Mercy
NUR VT1192D

Cancer is one of the most feared diagnoses in medicine & the nurses willing to deal with the consequences of this disease on a daily basis draw upon special skills & inner resources. We are introduced to three nurses whose dedication to improving the lives of their patients is remarkable. Lillie Shockney, a pioneering nurse with a mission, draws on her own experience with breast cancer as she guides 31 year old newlywed Kirstin Pickle through various options, including whether to proceed with a double mastectory. Gifted hospice nurse Stephanie Mehr is determined to help a woman dying of lung cancer live well to the end. Finally, we follow first year nurse Melanie Michel through a dramatic time in the Bone Marrow Transplant Ward, where two of her leukemia patients wait to see if a bone marrow transplant procedure will save their lives. 52 min


Nurses: Nursing The Mind
NUR VT1192E

In 'Nursing the Mind' we discover the fascinating challenges that confront highly experienced psychiatric nurses Daniel Jackson & Bernard Keenan. Dan & Bernie are involved in the treatment of mental illness. We learn how they apply their professional training & skills of keen observation & communication in the treatment of patients afflicted with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia & major depression. Diseases of the mind include anorexia nervosa, a complex pschophysiological disorder. We witness a battle of wills as nurse Sandra Kirckhoff helps eating disorder patients overcome their distorted self-image. 52 min


100-Something
NUR VT1228

Once a rarity, centenarians are becoming noticeably less unusual. How have they managed to live so long in such good health? In this program, doctors from Harvard Medical School's New England Centenarian Study & the University of Georgia's study of extreme longevity search for a correlation between life span & the genetic, physical, psychological, & cognitive dimensions of aging. In addition, people who have surpassed the ten-decade mark offer personal insights into the importance of key aspects of life such as faith, exercise, nutrition, sexuality, & continued involvement in daily routines & meaningful work. Color/47 minutes


Binge Drinking: The Right To Party?
NUR VT1244

Banning alcohol on college campuses to curb binge drinking - periodic episodes of excessive alcohol consumption - has sparked violence & debate around the country. This ABC News program visits trouble spots such as Michigan State University as anchor Forrest Sawyer talks with the President of the University of Iowa about community coalitions, alcohol education programs, alternative activities & other initiatives as substitutes for bans. In addition, a senior at the University of Maryland & a junior at the University of California, Berkeley, present their own ideas about student rights & how best to deal with on-campus alcohol abuse & the assiciated issues of crime & unsafe sex. Color/1999/ 22 min


Drinking: Are You In Control?
NUR VT1245

Most Americans readily accept that alcoholism is a disease & that the only treatment is abstinence. but in an eye-opening report, ABC News medical correspondent Nancy Snyderman questions the established beliefs & conventional theories about drinking, opening the door to a heated & even hostile debate within the medical & treatment communites. Metabolic, genetic & neurochemical models of alcoholism are challenged & alternatives to twelve-step programs are considered - although helpful to many, Alcoholics Anonymous & similar organizations suffer a drop-out rate of 90 percent. 44 min


Chronic Neuopathic Pain Syndromes
NUR VT0585

1 hour 58 minutes


Abortion Clinic (2000 outdated)
NUR VT0001

No description (very outdated) 56 min


Aids: Changing the Rules
NUR VT0078

Two heterosexual people with AIDS tell their stories. Intended for adult audience. No nudity, but material is explicit. 60 min.


Research Utilization: A Process of Organizational Change
NUR VT0308

Describes how to implement research utilization at organizational level. 25 min


Learning Health Care in the Age of AIDS
NUR VT0390

18 min


Nursing Skills - Vital Signs
NUR VT0470

Features step-by-step procedures for thorough instruction of essential nursing skills. Written, & developed by experienced instructors, presents state-of-the-art skills techniques supplemented with rationales & physiologic explanations to encourage student understanding.