See It · Med-Surg Nursing I · Modules 1 to 14

Med-Surg Nursing I Study Tools

See what is happening inside the patient, and what the nurse does next. Every module has an animated walkthrough you can pause, slow down or have read aloud, and a Lab with an explorer, unlimited practice with hints and explained answers, a quick game and real-life cases. Everything runs in your browser on a computer, tablet or phone. No login, nothing graded.

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How to use this: open the walkthrough first and go at your own pace with the arrow keys or Next. Then open the Lab: play with the explorer, then practice in the trainer, using the hints and explained answers. Use the tools bar at the top of each page to pause the animations, slow them down, have the text read aloud, or get a written description of each picture.

Module 1 The med-surg nurse and clinical judgment

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 1 WalkthroughIn the Walkthrough, learners watch a med-surg assignment unfold across 21 animated steps: vital-sign trends drifting toward failure to rescue, cues clustering into one hypothesis, ABC and Maslow priority ladders lighting up, a live bedside monitor and NEWS2 score climbing, an SBAR call typing out, and tasks dropping into RN, LPN and UAP columns. In the Lab, they move vital-sign sliders to watch a NEWS2 early warning score and monitor respond, practice 49 shuffled clinical judgment items at three levels with hints and a streak, race the clock to rank four patients by who to see first, and reason through five fictional med-surg scenarios. Explorer + practiceModule 1 LabExplorer, practice trainer, a game and real-life cases.

Module 2 Fluids, electrolytes and acid-base

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 2 WalkthroughIn the Walkthrough, the learner watches body water split into cells, tissue and plasma, sees edema form from high hydrostatic or low oncotic pressure, follows brain cells swelling and shrinking with sodium, and watches the ECG change as potassium rises, then reads blood gases on an animated tic-tac-toe grid and sees where each IV fluid sends its water. Explorer + practiceModule 2 LabIn the Lab, they hang IV fluids for four patients and watch plasma, cells and sodium respond, practice generated blood gases, anion gaps, potassium orders and electrolyte questions at three levels, race the clock sorting findings, and work through six bedside scenarios.

Module 3 Perioperative nursing

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 3 WalkthroughThe Walkthrough follows one surgical patient from the preoperative phone call to discharge, with animated drawings of the stress response, risk scores, medication holds, fasting times, the time out and counts, malignant hyperthermia, a tongue blocking the airway and a jaw thrust opening it, hemorrhage compensation on a moving monitor, the Aldrete score, atelectasis and the fever timeline, a clot traveling to the lungs, ileus, wound dehiscence and delirium in the older adult. Explorer + practiceModule 3 LabIn the Lab, learners run a PACU bedside simulator where blood loss, opioids, jaw thrust, oxygen and naloxone drive the airway, vital signs and Aldrete score, practice unlimited leveled questions and calculations, race the clock sorting medications, fevers and warning signs, and work through five applied patient scenarios.

Module 4 Pain, comfort and palliative care

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 4 WalkthroughWatch a pain signal travel from the nerve ending to the brain and see where each drug acts, then follow animated scenes of pain tools, red flag pain, multimodal analgesia, PCA, POSS sedation scoring, dilute naloxone and comfort care at the end of life. In the Lab, you run a bedside opioid safety simulator that responds to dose, sedating drugs and naloxone, practice unlimited questions at three levels, race the clock in sorting rounds, and reason through real-life scenarios with fictional patients. Explorer + practiceModule 4 LabExplorer, practice trainer, a game and real-life cases.

Module 5 Infection, sepsis and the immunocompromised patient

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 5 WalkthroughIn the Walkthrough, learners watch cytokines reset the body's thermostat, vessels leak, a left shift appear and organs fail one by one, then follow the Hour-1 sepsis bundle, antibiotic monitoring and an absolute neutrophil count worked out step by step. In the Lab, they run the first hour of care on a simulated septic patient, practice with unlimited questions at three levels, race the clock sorting precautions, vaccines, delegation and drug monitoring, and reason through five real-life nursing scenarios. Explorer + practiceModule 5 LabExplorer, practice trainer, a game and real-life cases.

Module 6 Airway and obstructive lung disease

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 6 WalkthroughAnimated drawings show air trapping and hyperinflation, lung sounds and the silent chest, blood gases, capnography and spirometry, asthma's three narrowings and drug timing, COPD staging, oxygen targets and BiPAP, cystic fibrosis therapy order, sleep apnea, oxygen devices, tracheostomy suctioning and respiratory priorities. In the Lab, learners narrow an airway and change breathing rate, pursed lips and bronchodilators to watch air stack up in a live simulator, practice unlimited blood gas, peak flow, GOLD and priority items, race to sequence nursing steps, and work through bedside scenarios. Explorer + practiceModule 6 LabExplorer, practice trainer, a game and real-life cases.

Module 7 Lung infection, trauma and respiratory failure

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 7 WalkthroughIn the Walkthrough, learners watch alveoli fill with exudate and blood stay unoxygenated, a clot turn lung into dead space and strain the right heart, a tension pneumothorax shove the trachea aside, a chest drain tidal and bubble, and blood gases sort failure into type I or type II, with ARDS, ventilation and nursing priorities animated step by step. In the Lab, they change shunt, dead space, breathing rate and oxygen in a live gas exchange simulator, practice with unlimited questions at three levels, race the clock sorting chest emergencies, chest tube findings and delegation, and work through five bedside scenarios. Explorer + practiceModule 7 LabExplorer, practice trainer, a game and real-life cases.

Module 8 Coronary artery disease and heart failure

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 8 WalkthroughIn the Walkthrough, learners watch heart rate squeeze diastolic filling time, a plaque build and then rupture into unstable angina, NSTEMI or STEMI, ST segments and troponin change over time, a blocked artery reopened by PCI, and a weakened heart back fluid into the lungs and body, along with the medicines, priorities and teaching that matter at the bedside. Explorer + practiceModule 8 LabIn the Lab, they adjust heart rate, blood pressure, stenosis, hemoglobin and medicines on a live supply and demand simulator, practice with unlimited questions at three levels, race the clock sorting findings, syndromes, leads and drugs, and work through five bedside scenarios.

Module 9 Dysrhythmias, valves and vascular disease

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 9 WalkthroughWatch an impulse travel the conduction system as the ECG draws itself, read strips with a six-step method, and see atrial fibrillation, heart blocks, shocks and pacing, valve stenosis and regurgitation, murmurs, endocarditis, arterial versus venous legs, heparin safety and aortic emergencies animated on live monitors and diagrams. In the Lab, you build rhythms on a live monitor with a ladder diagram, practice strip reading and nursing priorities at three levels, race the clock choosing shock, sync, pace or CPR, and work through six floor scenarios. Explorer + practiceModule 9 LabExplorer, practice trainer, a game and real-life cases.

Module 10 Hematologic and oncologic disorders

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 10 WalkthroughIn the Walkthrough, learners watch red cells shrink and swell on the MCV scale, platelets plug a cut while a heparin count collapses, a transfusion checklist tick off, blasts crowd a marrow and tumor cells burst as anemia, clotting, transfusion, marrow cancers, neutropenia and the oncologic emergencies unfold step by step. Explorer + practiceModule 10 LabIn the Lab, they move a patient's blood counts and temperature in a live simulator, work unlimited practice items at three levels, race the clock to match problems with first actions, and reason through six bedside cases.

Module 11 Gastrointestinal disorders

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 11 WalkthroughIn the Walkthrough, the learner watches the GI tract's three jobs (move, absorb, contain) fail and get rescued across 22 animated steps: abdominal assessment and pain types, upper versus lower bleeding with labs and first actions, reflux, ulcers and dumping syndrome, appendicitis, diverticulitis, Crohn disease versus ulcerative colitis, C. difficile, obstruction and strangulation, colorectal screening, stomas, NG tubes, tube feeding, laxatives and postoperative complications. In the Lab, they run a GI bleed explorer that shows vital signs, hemoglobin, BUN to creatinine ratio and stool changing with blood loss, time and fluids, practice with a 48-question trainer at three levels, race the clock sorting GI findings and tasks, and work through six ward scenarios with fictional patients. Explorer + practiceModule 11 LabExplorer, practice trainer, a game and real-life cases.

Module 12 Liver, gallbladder and pancreas

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 12 WalkthroughIn the Walkthrough, the learner watches the liver's four jobs fail one by one, reads jaundice and the liver panel, traces portal pressure into varices, ascites and encephalopathy, follows a gallstone through the bile ducts, and sees the pancreas digest itself, with a quick check at almost every step. In the Lab, they run a cirrhosis simulator that responds to scarring, triggers and treatments, practice with 50 leveled questions, race the clock matching key terms, and work through five bedside scenarios such as paracentesis, hepatic encephalopathy and acute pancreatitis. Explorer + practiceModule 12 LabExplorer, practice trainer, a game and real-life cases.

Module 13 Renal and urinary disorders

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 13 WalkthroughWatch filtrate move through a nephron, creatinine hide early kidney loss, acute kidney injury split into prerenal, intrarenal and postrenal doors, a hyperkalemia ECG peak and widen while calcium, insulin and dialysis act in order, and CKD, dialysis access, catheters, stones and retention drawn as living diagrams. In the Lab, you push a kidney into each kind of injury and watch urine output, FeNa, the bladder scan, potassium and the ECG respond, practice without limits at three levels, beat the clock sorting causes and treatments, and work through bedside scenarios. Explorer + practiceModule 13 LabExplorer, practice trainer, a game and real-life cases.

Module 14 Shock, trauma and emergency care

Start here · Animated walkthroughModule 14 WalkthroughWatch a cell run out of oxygen and make lactate, read the four stages of shock off a live monitor, sort hypovolemic, cardiogenic, obstructive and distributive shock by tank, pump and pipes, then follow the sepsis Hour-1 bundle, anaphylaxis and neurogenic shock, the ABCDE trauma survey, GCS and the lethal triad, and ESI and START triage. In the Lab, you build and treat each type of shock in a tank, pump and pipes simulator, practice with unlimited questions at three levels, race the clock sorting shock types and triage tags, and reason through five patient scenarios. Explorer + practiceModule 14 LabExplorer, practice trainer, a game and real-life cases.