hi i'm kathy and in this video i'm going
to share some more information
about our latest deck which is medical
surgical nursing
edition 2. this deck has been
completely reimagined and it's bigger
and better than before
in this video i am going to share some
of the new features of this deck
and then also show you some examples of
cards from this deck
so one of the first new features of this
deck is that we've included
an anatomy and physiology review for
each of the 10
body systems so this is not like a
full-blown
anatomy and physiology deck but it does
provide
a nice review and foundation so that you
can understand how
a body system is supposed to work so
you can better understand what to expect
if a body system malfunctions
due to a disease or disorder for some
body systems this amp
review is very short like for the
integumentary system
we simply go into the different skin
layers
but for like the endocrine system the
amp section
is a little bigger because we go through
each of the hormones
what it's you know what their functions
are in the body and what controls
release of those hormones
so that takes a number of cards to uh go
through that information
so in addition to an amp review with
each body system
in this deck we have also included
pathophysiology
and critical care topics so over the
last couple years
lots of students have asked me to make a
patho deck or a critical care deck
however there is a great deal of overlap
between what is covered in a
pathophysiology class and what
is covered in a medical surgical class
and what is covered in a critical care
class and it really makes sense to cover
these
topics together so that you don't have
to go through
redundant information in separate decks
so in your patho class in a typical
patho class
you go over why and how a disease
process takes place in the body
and then you also usually cover signs
and symptoms of the disease
lab values diagnostics treatment
and maybe go into a little bit of
nursing care
well in medical surgical nursing you may
not go into as much detail about the
path though
but you still cover those same signs and
symptoms
labs diagnostics treatment and then you
maybe go into more detail about nursing
care and
patient teaching so you can see there's
like all this
overlap so it just really made sense to
bring these topics together
and then when it comes to critical care
nursing
most critical care concepts deal with
complications of diseases and disorders
that you cover
in medical surgical nursing for example
diabetes
is a key disorder that we talk about in
medical surgical nursing
if diabetes is not managed properly or
if a patient has an
infection they can end up with
life-threatening complications such as
dka
and hhs so in order to understand dka
and hhs you really need to understand
diabetes and that is why i've combined
these three topics
into one deck other new features of this
deck
include an index at the end of the deck
so you can quickly look up a disease or
disorder and go straight
to that card in the deck this index
is color coded by body system so it's
really easy to use
we've also included many of my silly
hints
or mnemonics kind of sprinkled
throughout the deck these hints are
designated with a little cool chicken
icon and i'll show you some examples
when i show you some cards
and then we've also included references
to our other decks at the bottom of many
of the cards
and i'll show you some examples of this
and explain why we've done that
so to give you a feel for some of the
cards i've pulled some examples out of
the
gi system so in the gi system
of course the small intestine is part of
that if you turn it over here
you'll see some information about the
structure and functions
of the small intestine we have one of
our little cool chicken
hints there at the top and you'll notice
that the word
absorption is in bold and red which
means that's an important thing to
remember
as it pertains to the small intestine
also as part of our amp review for each
of the body systems we've included
full color illustrations so here's an
example
of one of those illustrations in the gi
system
i love this drawing and i wish i had it
when i was in nursing school
but this gives you a good visual
description of the biliary tract which
will be really helpful
especially when you're talking about
cholethiasis
so that's an example of a drawing
let's look at what you can expect to
find in terms of information for each
disorder
so if we look at pancreatitis
you'll notice here at the top of the
card we have a definition
of the disorder in italics at the top
then we go
into the pathophysiology behind
pancreatitis
then risk factors signs and symptoms
again you'll see one of my little cool
chicken icons there at the bottom
and then on the next card we have
the labs that you will see with
pancreatitis as well as
diagnostic testing treatment nursing
care
and patient teaching again you'll notice
that some of the text is in bold and red
so you definitely need to know those
things
and then at the bottom of the card
you'll see those
deck references that i was talking about
so for this example
you'll see that we're referencing
several different cards in our
pharmacology deck
so that would let you pull those cards
and get
more details on the medications used to
treat pancreatitis
and then we also have references to our
lab values
deck so if you want more information
about the expected ranges
of these lab values you can pull those
cards out of our lab values deck
as well so hopefully that gives you a
feel for what these cards look like
and how they're organized okay so to sum
up
i know this is a big deck it seems like
a lot of cards
and it is a lot of cards but it is
divided into 10 body systems and if you
tackle one body system at a time it is
very
manageable plus this deck will take you
through
many of your classes so pathophysiology
medical surgical nursing which for some
students that's like two or three
semesters
and critical care nursing so it really
is designed to help you with a number of
your classes
in addition we have our level up
learning system available
to help you organize your deck by body
system
and keep track of your progress when
learning the information
on those cards so i definitely advise
you to take a look at that
i love using my learning system to help
organize my carts
so hope you love this deck can't wait to
get your feedback
take care and good luck studying