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Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Assessment (continually updated)

Bates Visual Guide
Bates has moved to a new platform, and older links to its videos will no longer work as of January 14, 2025. To find a replacement link for your video, please consult the following spreadsheet.

Contains instructional videos of head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for the Assessment or Introduction to Clinical Medicine course.

The Bates video series is moving to a new platform. As a result, all of the previous links will stop working on January 14, 2025.

To locate the replacement link for a Bates video, please refer to the following list.

There have been changes to how the videos are labelled and organized, so you may find it helpful to search the list for the unique video number (look for a number at the end of the existing link to the video e.g. https://batesvisualguide.com/multimediaplayer.aspx?multimediaid=6091086)

Mosby Nursing Skills Videos (4th edition)

Direct links to the videos in the following playlists are available in the following document.

Basic Infection Control playlist
Playlist includes the videos Performing Hand Hygiene and Using Personal Protective Equipment and Isolation Precautions
Bathing playlist
Playlist includes: Performing a Complete or Partial Bed Bath, Assisting With a Tub Bath or Shower, Performing Back Massage, Performing Perineal Care for a Female Patient, Performing Perineal Care for a Male Patient
Bedmaking playlist
Playlist includes: Making an Unoccupied Bed, Making an Occupied Bed, Making a Surgical Bed
Safe Patient Handling playlist
Playlist includes: Assisting With Moving a Patient in Bed, Assisting With Positioning a Patient in Bed, Transferring From a Bed to a Wheelchair Using a Transfer Belt, Transferring From a Bed to a Stretcher, Performing Passive Range-of-Motion Exercises, Applying Elastic Stockings, Assisting With Ambulation Using a Gait Belt, Using a Sequential Compression Device, Using a Hydraulic Lift
Assisting with Elimination playlist
Playlist includes: Assisting With a Urinal, Assisting With a Bedpan, Applying a Condom Catheter, Administering a Cleansing Enema, Providing Catheter Care
Nutrition and Fluids playlist
Playlist includes: Assisting With Meals, Taking Aspiration Precautions, Measuring Intake and Output
Personal Hygiene and Grooming playlist
Playlist includes: Performing Oral Hygiene for an Unconscious Patient, Cleaning Dentures, Performing Hair Care and Shampooing in Bed, Shaving a Male Patient, Performing Nail and Foot Care, Assisting With a Gown Change
Vital Signs playlist
Playlist includes: Taking a Temperature, Assessing Radial Pulse, Assessing Apical Pulse, Assessing Apical-Radial Pulse, Assessing Respiration — Rate, Rhythm, and Effort, Obtaining Blood Pressure by the One-Step Method, Obtaining Blood Pressure by the Two-Step Method, Measuring Oxygen Saturation With Pulse Oximetry, Assessing Pain, Measuring Height and Weight
Restraints and Alternatives playlist
Playlist includes: Using Restraint Alternatives, Applying Restraints

Direct links to the videos in the following playlists are available in the following document.

Infection Control playlist
Playlist includes: Establishing and Maintaining a Sterile Field, Adding Items to a Sterile Field, Pouring a Sterile Solution, Using a Prepackaged Sterile Kit, Performing Sterile Gloving
Enteral Nutrition playlist
Playlist includes: Inserting a Nasogastric Tube, Providing Enteral Feedings, Removing a Feeding Tube
Ostomy Care playlist
Playlist includes: Pouching a Colostomy, Pouching a Urostomy
Respiratory Care and Suctioning playlist
Playlist includes: Ensuring Oxygen Safety, Setting Oxygen Flow Rates, Applying a Nasal Cannula or Face Mask, Maintaining an Airway, Providing Tracheostomy Care, Performing Oropharyngeal Suctioning, Performing Nasotracheal and Nasopharyngeal Suctioning
Preoperative Nursing Care playlist
Playlist includes: Performing a Preoperative Assessment, Promoting Family Support and Participation, Teaching Postoperative Exercises, Preparing a Patient for Surgery
Postoperative Nursing playlist
Playlist includes: Providing Postoperative Care, Managing Pain, Managing a Nasogastric Tube
Specimen Collection playlist
Playlist includes: Collecting a Midstream Urine Specimen, Performing Fecal Occult Blood Testing, Performing Gastric Occult Blood Testing, Collecting a Sputum Specimen, Collecting a Specimen for Wound Culture, Performing Blood Glucose Testing, Screening Urine for Chemical Properties
Urinary Catheter Management playlist
Playlist includes: Inserting an Indwelling Urinary Catheter in a Female Patient, Inserting an Indwelling Urinary Catheter in a Male Patient, Irrigating a Urinary Catheter, Performing Intermittent Straight Catheterization, Obtaining a Specimen From an Indwelling Urinary Catheter, Removing an Indwelling Urinary Catheter, Caring for a Suprapubic Catheter
Wound and Pressure Ulcer Care playlist
Playlist includes: Assessing Wounds, Irrigating Wounds, Changing a Dressing, Using Wound Drainage Systems, Caring for Pressure Ulcers

Direct links to the videos in the following playlists are available in the following document.

Safe Medication Administration playlist
Playlist includes: Ensuring The Six Rights of Medication Administration, Administering Oral Medications, Documenting Medication Administration, Handling Medication Variations, Preventing Medication Errors, Using Automated Medication Dispensing Systems
Nonparenteral Medication Administration playlist
Playlist includes: Applying Topical Medications, Applying an Estrogen Patch and Nitroglycerin Ointment, Administering Eye Medications, Administering Ear Medications, Using a Metered-Dose Inhaler, Using a Dry Powder Inhaler, Inserting a Rectal Suppository
Injections playlist
Playlist includes: Preparing Injections From an Ampule, Preparing Injections From a Vial, Preparing and Administering Insulin, Drawing up More Than One Type of Insulin, Administering Intradermal Injections, Administering Subcutaneous Injections, Administering Intramuscular Injections
Administering Intravenous Fluid Therapy playlist
Playlist includes: Preparing an Infusion Site, Performing Venipuncture, Dressing the Infusion Site, Troubleshooting Intravenous Infusions, Discontinuing Intravenous Therapy
Managing Intravenous Fluid Therapy playlist
Playlist includes: Regulating an Intravenous Infusion, Using an Infusion Pump, Changing Intravenous Tubing and Fluids, Changing Intravenous Dressings
Intravenous Medication Administration playlist
Playlist includes: Administering IV Medication by Piggyback, Administering IV Medications by Mini-Infusion Pump, Administering Medications by Intravenous Bolus
Transfusion of Blood and Blood Products playlist
Playlist includes: Preparing for a Transfusion, Initiating a Transfusion, Monitoring for Adverse Reactions to a Transfusion
Vascular Access playlist
Playlist includes: Performing Dressing Care for a Central Venous Access Device, Drawing Blood and Administering Fluid, Troubleshooting Vascular Access Devices
Parenteral Nutrition playlist
Playlist includes: Administering Parenteral Nutrition Through a Central Line (CPN), Administering PPN With Lipid Infusion

Taylor Video Series (2015 edition)

List of all Taylor Clinical Nursing Skills videos (2015 edition)

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Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Assessment (continually updated)

Mosby Nursing Skills Videos (4th edition)

Taylor Video Series (2015 edition)