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Your tutoring resource from the William Paterson University School of Nursing

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  • This site offers a variety of help on the most frequently asked questions.
  • Links are offered to the favorite sites of students and faculty.
  • Student tutors are available for one on one tutoring sessions. Email:  NUR-Tutor@wpunj.edu to schedule an appointment with a tutor.
  • Tutors and faculty conduct workshops through out the school year.
Nursing Student Encouragement Video

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For more info contact Prof. Renee Pevour RN MS at 973-720-3516 or at pevourr@wpunj.edu.

Advanced A&P

Heart electrical activity (ECG)

This video helps students by clearly showing how the heart's electrical system works and what really happens with each beat, and how it connects to ECG waves, making it easier to understand heart rhythms.

Heart sounds (S1, S2, S3, S4)

This video will help students recognize and understand heart sounds (S1, S2, S3, S4) in a simple way, making it easier to identify normal and abnormal findings during patient assessments.

UDC I

3280 Nursing Practice

Safety
Nexus Nursing Patient and Environmental Safety Video

This video provides practice exam questions that help to enforce the safety concepts taught in lecture.

Isolation Precaution Video

This video provides mnemonic tricks to help you remember each type of isolation precaution and how donning/doffing of PPE should be done.

Registered Nurse RN Practice Quiz

These quizzes will help test your knowledge on the different types of isolation precautions and which conditions require each isolation status, as well as the different types of PPE.

Giddens/Davis Safety Fundamental Video

This video goes over the basic concepts related to safety in nursing fundamentals.

Med Administration
Registered Nurse RN Med Routes and Abbreviations

This video will help you familiarize yourself with all of the common medication routes of administration and their abbreviations you will likely see in the clinical setting.

Med Admin Checkoff Video

This video provides a demonstration of how a standard med pass would look like and help you prepare for your skills check off.

Level Up RN Safe Medication Administration Video

This video goes over the different rights of med administration and best practices for medication administration.

Fluids and Electrolytes
Nexus Nursing Fluid and Electrolytes Video

This video provides practice exam questions based on fluid and electrolyte concepts that may be covered in your lectures.

Infection
Level Up RN Chain and Stages of Infection Video

This video goes over the chain and stages of infection and can help to reinforce concepts gone over in your lecture.

Lecturio Nursing Infection Fundamental Video

This video goes over the basic components of an infection, how it spreads, and how to break the chain and control the infection.

Nexus Nursing Infection Control and Prevention Video

This video provides practice exam questions on the topics of infection control and prevention.

Registered Nurse RN Infection Control Video

This video includes practice exam questions related to the topic of infection control and safety precautions that can help test your knowledge on the subject.

Care of a Surgical Patient
Perioperative Care Nursing Video

This video provides a five minute overview of the concepts encompassed in perioperative care from a surgical nurse.

Nexus Nursing Care of a Surgical Patient Video

This video provides practice exam questions based on care of the surgical patient and emphasizes important concepts that may show up on your exams.

Nexus Nursing Pre Op Video

This video provides practice exam questions related to surgical nursing, specifically the pre op phase, that can help reinforce the concepts taught during lecture.

Tissue Integrity
Nexus Nursing Skin and Wound Care Video

This video provides practice exam questions related to the topics of skin and wound care.

Simple Nursing Pressure Injury Video

This video goes over the pathophysiology, causes, and stages of pressure injuries and helps to reinforce the concepts taught during lecture.

Level Up RN Would Healing Video

This video goes over the basics of wound healing like the phases of healing, healing by intention, wound drainage, and complications/barriers to healing.

Registered Nurse RN Pressure Ulcer Quiz

This quiz provides pictures of different types of wounds and helps test your knowledge on staging pressure wounds.

Gas Exchange
Nurse In The Making Oxygen Delivery Device Tik Tok

This Tik Tok explains how each oxygen delivery device works and how to put them on for patient use.

Level Up RN Oxygen Delivery Devices Video

This video goes over the different types of oxygen delivery devices and common oxygenation interventions.

Nexus Nursing Oxygenation Video

This video provides practice questions related to the topic of oxygenation and can help to reinforce the knowledge gained in lecture.

Gas Exchange Core Concepts Video

This video goes over the core concepts related to gas exchange and provides a quick review to reinforce important concepts.

Elimination
Level Up RN Urinary Elimination Video

This video goes over the different types of incontinence and urine specimen collection techniques.

Nexus Nursing Urinary Elimination Video

This video provides practice exam questions related to urinary elimination and can help to test your knowledge on the subject.

Nexus Nursing Bowel Elimination Video

This video provides practice exam questions related to bowel elimination and can help to test your knowledge on the subject.

Understanding Stomas Video

This video helps to differentiate between the different locations and types of stomas and what conditions they could be used in.

Registered Nurse RN Colostomy and Ileostomy Video

This video explains the different types of ostomies and the characteristics of each.

Registered Nurse RN Ostomy Care Quiz

This quiz can help test your knowledge surrounding ostomies and the specific care required to maintain them.

Mobility
Nexus Nursing Mobility Video

This video provides practice exam questions based on mobility concepts.

Level Up RN Effects of Immobility Video

This video goes into the specific complications that can accompany immobility, like DVTs, and what interventions are appropriate to promote patient safety.

Level Up RN Fall Prevention and Restraints Video

This video reviews the specific types of restraints and the important rules you must know when dealing with a restrained patient.

3270 Comprehensive Health Assessment

Therapeutic Communication
Simple Nursing Therapeutic Communication Techniques Video

The first 14 minutes of this video provide the student with a simple definition of therapeutic communication and goes over commonly missed NCLEX questions related to the topic.

Nexus Nursing Therapeutic vs. Non Therapeutic Communication Video

This video provides practice exam questions specific to the topic of communication in the healthcare setting and includes detailed rationales that help dissect the “why” behind each answer.

Nexus Nursing Therapeutic Communication Video

This video is the second part to the above video and provides more practice exam questions on the topic of communication.

Nexus Nursing Therapeutic Communication in Culturally Diverse Patients Video

This video provides practice exam questions related to therapeutic communication through a cultural lens.

General Survey
Quizlet General Survey Practice Questions

These questions help to test your knowledge and application of the information and techniques used when conducting a general survey.

Vital Sign Ranges Based on Age Group
Pediatric Vital Sign Ranges Tik Tok

This video quickly explains the different ranges for HR, RR, and BP for each pediatric age category and provides helpful memory tricks.

Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Vital Signs Article

This article clearly lays out the expected vital signs according to the different pediatric age categories.

Quizlet Vital Signs Across the Lifespan Practice Questions

These practice questions help to test your knowledge on the expected ranges for each stage of life.

Theories of Health, Illness, and Wellness
Leavell and Clark → Levels of Prevention
  • Nurse In The Making Levels of Prevention Video

    This video will help students recognize and understand heart sounds (S1, S2, S3, S4) in a simple way, making it easier to identify normal and abnormal findings during patient assessments.

  • Quizlet Levels of Prevention Practice Questions

    These questions help to test and reinforce your knowledge surrounding the different levels of prevention.

Comprehensive Health Assessment
Registered Nurse RN Health Assessment Video Playlist

This playlist contains videos relating to your head to toe assessment and has specific videos that highlight how to examine each system you will be tested on in your practicum.

Subjective vs. Objective Data Collection
Quizlet Subjective vs Objective Data

This Quizlet goes over different types of data examples and defines them as either subjective or objective.

Vital Signs Validation
Simple Nursing Vital Signs Made Simple Video

This video goes over the basic supplies and procedures needed to initiate a vital sign assessment and goes over the expected ranges for each vital sign.

Registered Nurse RN Vital Signs Video

This video reviews the six common vital signs that we assess daily as nurses and helps to reinforce the processes learned in class.

3260 Critical Thinking

Simple Nursing ADPIE Video
Simple Nursing ADPIE Video

This video goes over each step in the ADPIE Nursing Process and gives examples of what may happen in each step.

Concept Maps Made Easy Video
Concept Maps Made Easy Video

This video explains why concept mapping is important and how it can help connect the dots when looking at clinical symptoms and different disease processes.

Concept Map Video
Concept Map Video

This video explains the basics of creating a concept map and how it can be used to study different conditions you will learn about throughout nursing school.

Simple Nursing Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Video
Simple Nursing Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Video

This video goes into the different stages of Maslow's and explains why knowledge of this hierarchy is important for prioritization of patient needs.

Quizlet Maslow's Hierarchy Practice Questions
Quizlet Maslow's Hierarchy Practice Questions

These questions help enforce the order of needs and how to prioritize them in different scenarios.

UDC II

3321 Pharmacology

Pixorize Mnemonics
Pixorize Mnemonics

This is a link to many different mnemonics that helped me a lot with pharmacology exams. There are a lot of medications to learn, and these videos help you recall the meds for exams.

Registered Nurse RN Study Tips
Registered Nurse RN Study Tips

This video provides helpful tips specific to studying for pharmacology exams.

Registered Nurse RN Pharmacology Quizzes
Registered Nurse RN Pharmacology Quizzes

These questions help evaluate your knowledge on different medications and drug classes you will be tested on in class. Scroll down to the "Pharmacology" tab to view the different drug classes.

Pixorize YouTube Videos
Pixorize YouTube Videos

This channel contains easy mnemonics and memory tricks for different medications and their side effects.

Simple Nursing Pharmacology Playlist
Simple Nursing Pharmacology Playlist

These videos break down common medication classes and their most tested side effects.

3310 and 3290

Adaptation to Anxiety
These videos help explain the pathophysiology of GAD.
These videos help explain the pathophysiology of PTSD.
These videos help explain the pathophysiology of postpartum anxiety and depression.
Adaptation to Cognition and Coping
These videos help explain the nursing interventions and conderations when dealing with suicidal patients.
These videos provide practice exam questions revolving around caring for a suicidal patient.
These videos help explain the differences between delirium and dementia.
This video provides practice exam questions to help the student differentiate between delirium and dementia.
These videos help explain the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
This video provides practice exam questions about mental health and schizophrenia.
Adaptation to Reproductive Health/Growth and Development
These videos help explain the pathophysiology of menopause.
These videos detail key components of the postpartum period.
These videos provide practice exam questions surrounding postpartum nursing care.
These videos help explain expected findings of a healthy newborn.
This video provides practice exam questions about nursing care of the neonate.
Alterations in Respiratory Function
This video helps learn arterial blood gas (ABG) concepts using easy explanations, memory tricks, and practice questions, making it easier to understand acid–base imbalances.
Adaptation to Fluids and Electrolyte Balance
This video helps learn arterial blood gas (ABG) concepts using easy explanations, memory tricks, and practice questions, making it easier to understand acid–base imbalances.
Alterations in Renal and Genitourinary Processes
This video helps to explain and review the anatomy of the kidney and how it functions.
This video helps to explain the pathophysiology of acute kidney injury and the complications that can accompany this condition.
This video helps to explain the pathophysiology of chronic kidney disease and the complications that can accompany this condition.
This video helps to explain renal failure.
This video helps to explain the process of dialysis and complications that can occur.
Alterations to Gastrointestinal Function and Inflammatory Processes
This video provides practice questions related to inflammatory conditions of the GI tract.
This video reviews the concepts of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease and their pathophysiology.
This playlist provides a good review for all things GI related.
This video provides practcie NCLEX questions related to the GI system.
Alterations in Mood, Affect, and Addiction
This video helps explain the differences between mood and affect and what a mood episode entails.
These videos go over substance use disorders and nursing care for the withdrawing patient.
These videos go over the pharmacology related to substance use disorders.
Alterations in Immune, Metabolic, and Endocrine Function
These videos provide an in-depth review of diabetes mellitus.
This video goes over the different components of the endocrine system and how they work together.
This video introduces the immune system and the different types of immunity.
This video provides an overview of SLE.
This video provides an overview of HIV and AIDS.
This video provides practice questions based on immunity.
These videos go over the differences between DKA and HHS.
Alterations in Hematologic and Cellular Function
These videos go over the different types of anemia and their pathophysiology.
These videos go over the pathophysiology of leukemia.
Alterations in Neurologic Function
These videos provide overviews of important neuro topics.
Alterations in Reproduction
These videos help review the stages of labor and important maternity nursing topics.
These videos provide important information for the postpartum period.

UDC III

4251 Dimensions of Public Health

Notebook LM

This platform can help simplify abstract topics and provides recall options like flashcards, quiz questions, and practice tests based on the powerpoint material.

4340 Critical Care Elective

Cardiac
Burns
Emergency Triage
Cholinergic vs. Myesthenic Crisis
Neuro
Increased ICP
Seizures
Autonomic Dysreflexia
Meningitis
Guillain Barre Syndrome
Chest Tubes
ICU Advantage Youtube Channel

4271 Health Indicators Seminar

Osteo vs. Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cardiac
Breast Cancer
Colon Cancer
Sickle Cell
Cystic Fibrosis
Parkinson’s Disease
Myasthenia Gravis
Multiple Sclerosis
Hyperthyroidism vs. Hypothyroidism
Addison’s and Cushing’s Disease
ACTH Test Explained
Chronic Kidney Disease and Acute Kidney Injury

UDC IV

4307 Leadership Seminar and 4305 Nursing Leadership and Professional Practice

Notebook LM

This platform can help simplify abstract topics and provides recall options like flashcards, quiz questions, and practice tests based on the powerpoint material.