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thanks for the other suggestions

Where did you get your copies of these? I looked at the HBO and PBS website and couldn't see where you might be able to order.

thanks for the suggestions. I'm going to check these out.

Looking for movies or documentaries that would be good to use in teaching a Practical nursing course. I would like something that protrays some disorders or discusses several and maybe therapies. It would need to be less than 2 hours. thanks

I teach in a LPN program in Illinois. We have a community nursing course that requires 41 hours of course work which is a mix of clinical, seminars, group work, and independent work. We allow students to go into community settings if there is an RN in the building but it is only observation. The only time students can do tasks or procedures is with designated faculty. We are always looking for new experiences but here are a few examples: we have assigned groups that developed a disaster preparedness kit for a particular type of family (2 adults with a newborn, or teen that is blind and with physical disabilities, pets, Alzheimer's parent, etc.) They put together the kits and turned in a typed paper of the contents and why items were added to accommodate the special needs. Kits will be displayed for the college to view. We are also doing group community assessments with presentations to be done later in the semester. We work alot of the local schools and do physicals including VS height, weight. We assist with dissections in grade schools that prepare students for working with kids of different ages and patient education strategies. We have a discussion board with a new question posted each month that the students must respond to regarding some community issues. We do BP clinics at the college or in the community. Last year the students planned a health fair for girl scouts in our region in conjuction with the girl scout groups. The students had small groups about topics of interest, nutrition, our nursing program, exercise, and worked with other programs such as cosmotology and cardiac ultrasound, and dental. Some is observation such as spending several hours with a nurse in a nursing home pass meds, do treatments, observe paperwork, etc. As you can see alot of variety. It's alot of work putting the course together and I team teach with another faculty. We have 70 students every year to schedule and monitor. Any other questions I'd be glad to help.