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How To: Discontinue an IV line in nursing

Studying to be a nurse? Then a very common procedure in nursing involves removing a saline lock or an IV line. This procedure is also called DC IV, or discontinue an IV. Follow along in this nursing how-to video to learn the proper protocol for discontinuing an IV line. Before DCing the IV always double check the doctor's orders and have your materials handy.

How To: Choose and put on sterile gloves for nursing

Studying to be a nurse? Then here is a nursing how-to video that teaches you how to choose and put on sterile gloves. Every nurse should know the basics of this technique, follow along and see how easy it is to read the directions on the packaging for donning sterile gloves. These medical tips are sure to help you pass your nursing exam with flying colors.

How To: Treat a toe nail wound in nursing

Studying to be a podiatry nurse? Then here is a nursing how-to video that teaches you how to treat a wound that came as a result of toe nails being cut too short. Every nurse should know the basics of this technique, follow along and see how easy it is to care for a toe nail wound on a diabetic patient. These medical tips are sure to help you pass your nursing exam with flying colors.

How To: Measure blood pressure with automated cuffs in nursing

Studying to be a nurse? Then here is a nursing how-to video that teaches you how to measure blood pressure (BP) with an automated cuff. Every nurse should know the basics of this technique, follow along and see how easy it is to use an automated cuff for blood pressure readings, temperature and pulse oximetry. These medical tips on reading vital signs are sure to help you pass your nursing exam with flying colors.

How To: Sing Rusky Ed's Russian alphabet song

Rusky Ed puts the Russian alphabet to a song! So check out this Russian language video that shows you how to pronounce the Russian alphabet with this fun song! Learn all the letters in the proper order with this instructional Russian alphabet song. This video reaches a nice culmination of your Russian alphabet studies. Enjoy it with Rusky Ed's song.

How To: Pronounce the 11-15

Rusky Ed introduces some Russian words that begin with the next letters of the Russian alphabet in this Russian language tutorial video for beginners. Learn the letters of the Russian alphabet slowly with letters 11 through 15 and soon you'll be able to master the whole Russian alphabet and move on to more advanced Russian lessons! Make sure to study hard so you retain this language information.

How To: Pronounce the last 6 letters of the Russian alphabet

Rusky Ed introduces some Russian words that begin with the last letters of the Russian alphabet in this Russian language tutorial video for beginners. Learn the last letters of the Russian alphabet slowly with the final 6 letters and soon you'll be able to master the whole Russian alphabet and move on to more advanced Russian lessons! Make sure to study hard so you retain this language information.

How To: Pronounce the 16-21 letters of the Russian alphabet

Rusky Ed introduces some Russian words that begin with the next letters of the Russian alphabet in this Russian language tutorial video for beginners. Learn the letters of the Russian alphabet slowly with letters 16 through 21 and soon you'll be able to master the whole Russian alphabet and move on to more advanced Russian lessons! Make sure to study hard so you retain this language information.

How To: Burn calories with a group of friends

Who says you have to workout by yourself? Studies show that people who workout to socialize and have fun workout forty percent more. Grab a group of friends and start shedding the pounds. In this how to video SELF Magazine presents a simple fitness workout routine that can be used by multiple people. Slim down and tone up with your friends.

How To: Make an emergency magnifier

Forgot your glasses? Can't read the print? You can use a technology that has been studied for over a millennium! By making pinholes in a piece of tape, make an emergency magnifier. Watch this video survival training and learn how to make a simple magnifying glass.

How To: Play from the Saavedra position in endgame chess

Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk teaches you how to play from the Saavedra position in endgame chess. White plays and wins, but remember to look for the best defense for black. Your rook and kings will get a workout, but if you do it right, you might just get out of a chess jam and win the endgame. You'll have to advance the pawn to get a rook, yes, not a queen, a rook.

How To: Practice Kabbalah

This video includes the 3 reasons why Kabbalah is called “the hidden science.” Kabbalah studies how our life and our world has been created, and how to achieve connection with our life’s source, the totality of reality.

How To: Grasp the human physiology of the heart

Want to know what a septum is? An aorta? The bicuspid valve? These are all parts of the human heart, and in these educational tutorial videos, you'll learn all you need to know about the physiology of the human heart. Anatomy, biology, physiology... it's all science, so no matter what field you are studying, these will be very helpful for you in your further medical studies, or for just know-it-all knowledge.

News: Airlines' Reliance on Group Boarding Could Spread Pandemics

On the airplane, in the middle of cold and flu season, your seatmate is spewing, despite the clutch of tissues in their lap. Your proximity to an infectious person probably leaves you daydreaming (or is it a nightmare?) of pandemics and estimating how likely it is that this seatmate's viral or bacterial effusions will circulate throughout the plane and infect everyone on board.

News: Starve E Coli of Copper to Cure Aggressive UTIs

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) drive over eight million people to seek medical attention every year. Almost all — as many as 90% — of those infections are caused by Escherichia coli. Copper can kill bacteria, but E. coli has found a way to capture the copper, preventing its antibacterial action. Now, researchers have found that, in a cruel irony, the bacteria use the copper it grabs as a nutrient to feed its growth.

News: Unexpected Microbial Life in Glacial Clay Could Offer Antibiotic Solutions

For as long as 14,000 years, the First Nations people of the Heitsuk Nation have made their home along the Central Coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Among the territory's inlets, islands, rivers, and valleys lie a clay deposit on the north side of Kisameet Bay, near King Island. For as long as most can remember, the tribe has used the clay as medicine. Now science says microbes that live in that clay may have important antibacterial properties.