Highlighting AV and ECI Resources at the AV Library

National Library Week 2026
New Streaming Videos
ECI Books and Video
Safety Training Streaming Videos
National Nutrition Month

National Library Week 2026

In honor of National Library Week 2026 (April 20-24, 2026), the DSHS Library and Information Science program is hosting four fun and informative webinars.

Monday, April 20 @ 2-3 p.m. - DSHS IRB: What It Is & How It Works
Precious Ohemeng, DSHS IRB Administrator
Designed to provide core information about the Texas DSHS Institutional Review Board (IRB) and its processes, this webinar will describe the responsibility, purpose, and composition of the Texas DSHS IRB, examine the three functions of the Texas DSHS IRB, review each step in the Texas DSHS IRB process, and provide an overview of DSHS IRB policies.

Wednesday, April 22, 10-11 a.m. - Grant Readiness: Moving Beyond Eligibility to Capacity
Betsy Cox, DSHS Grant Development Center Coordinator
Are you constantly pursuing grant opportunities but not seeing results? Set your organization up for lasting success with a smart, funder-focused grants approach. This workshop welcomes government agencies and nonprofits who are new or looking to sharpen their grant skills.

Thursday, April 23, 10-11 a.m. - Achieve Your Potential: Career & Workforce Resources at the DSHS Library
Anne Tarpey, MSIS, Senior Medical & Research Librarian
The DSHS Library & Information Science program offers many resources to assist HHS employees with career growth and workforce advancement. Anne Tarpey, Senior Medical & Research Librarian, will discuss the resources freely available to HHS employees to help them achieve their career goals.

Friday, April 24, 10-11 a.m. - Power Up Your Team Huddles: Micro Learns That Stick in 5 Minutes or Less
Katy Glazebrook, MS, CHES, CWP, CTCM, Workforce Development Training Specialist
Team huddles are prime real estate for quick, high‑impact learning - if used well. In this practical session, learn how to design “micro‑learns” that take 5 minutes or less and still drive competence and consistency across your team. Unpack when microlearning works (and when it doesn’t), demo ready‑made formats (SOP spotlight, safety snapshot, case snippet, skills micro‑drill), and co‑build a 4‑week micro‑learn series that can be launched immediately. Leave with a plug‑and‑play template pack, guidance on measuring impact, and tips for adapting micro‑learns to on‑site, hybrid, or virtual huddles - without adding prep burden.

New Streaming Videos:

Nutrition in Critical Care Patients
Streaming. 55 min. 2018. Professional. 
Designed for critical care nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, and allied health professionals, this video looks at nutrition assessment, parenteral nutrition support in the critically ill patient, and enteral nutrition support and features a detailed case study of the nutrition plan and care of a critically injured patient.

Stop Starving Your Patients! How Nurses Can Promote Nutrition
Streaming. 60 min. 2022. Professional.
This podcast with Anne Fulton and Janice Powers explores the impact of nutrition on patient outcomes, emphasizing nurses’ vital role in early intervention. It corrects the misconceptions around enteral feeding.

The Truth About Fasting (catalyst)
Streaming. 58 min. 2021. Adult. 
This program examines what is known about the health benefits of fasting. It explores how does fasting affect people in the real world? Fasting is defined as going a set amount of time with little or no food. Recently, intermittent fasting 
was growing in popularity, and health trends have reinvigorated fasting for our contemporary lifestyles.

ECI Books and Video:

The DSHS AV Library contracts with HHSC Early Childhood Intervention to provide library services and maintain a collection of ECI resources. 
Here are some of the newest selections in this collection.

Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth To Reality
Book. Laura A. Jana, 4^th ed. 2020. (WS 105.5 C3 J33h 2020 ECI)
This updated book covers everything new parents need to know, from feeding and dressing, to diapering and bathing, and from crying and sleep to travel and activities. Updates include an updated section on baby blues and postpartum depression; added information on breastfeeding, pumping and insurance benefits; new safety information on SIDS and car seats; and new information throughout to bring all advice in line with the latest policies and recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Meaningful Mealtimes: Practical Strategies for All Young Eaters
Book or eBook. Yev Veverka, 4^th ed. 2025. (WS 130 W594 2025 ECI)
Mealtimes in early learning settings present opportunities for connection, learning, and positive food experiences. Make the most of mealtimes - and prevent and address common feeding challenges - with this user-friendly planning guide, the first of its kind for early childhood educators and care providers. This book empowers you to make meaningful changes to mealtime routines that benefit children of all ability levels and cultural backgrounds.

Watch Us Grow! Scenes from Highscope Infant-Toddler Programs
DVD. 171 min. 2017. (DD0842)
This two-disc set illustrates the Highscope approach in action through 90 short video clips. These clips show learning experiences, developmental indicators, and teaching practices with young children. It is an engaging learning tool for caregivers of infants and toddlers.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from Training Network NOW / Streamery:

Physical Wellness: Feeling Your Best At Work & At Home
Streaming. 8 min. 2024. Adult.
Everyone wants to feel good physically. It improves your quality of every aspect of your life. This video explains what steps you can take to feel better all the time, at work, and at home.

To the Point About: Pits and Pedestrian Safety
Streaming. 13 min. 2022. Professional.
Powered industrial trucks (PIT) are heavy and powerful. Any contact between a PIT and a pedestrian can result in serious injury or death. This program is designed to highlight the dangers that are present when PITs and pedestrians work in shared spaces. It also describes the safe work practices necessary, such as situational awareness and visibility, to minimize those dangers and avoid injuries.

National Nutrition Month:

Low FODMAPS and IBS: What You Need to Know
DVD or Streaming. 124 min. 2018. Adult. (DV1502)
Patients with IBS are looking for a way to alleviate their symptoms without adding more medications. New research is showing that the solution may be a Low FODMAP diet. In this program, Marlisa Brown presents the new research and discusses a practical plan for implementing a Low FODMAP diet. She discusses irritable bowel syndrome and its possible causes and triggers, explains what FODMAPS are (fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols), and considers meal planning and recipe modifications.

Quick and Healthy Snacks for Kids
DVD. 10 min. 2019. Adult. (DV1411)
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Liz Weiss presents kid-friendly snack ideas as well as five simple strategies for turning your snacking struggles into good nutrition for your whole family.        

To borrow any books or videos listed above, please email avlibrary@dshs.texas.gov. 

Click on the streaming links to register to receive access information for each online video service. One registration per streaming service is required. 

Visit the library catalog at www.texashealthlibrary.com for a complete list of titles available from the library.

If you would like to subscribe, please send an email to avlibrary@dshs.texas.gov with Subscribe in the subject line. 

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Highlighting AV and ECI Resources at the AV Library

New Streaming Videos
ECI Books and Video
Safety Training Streaming Videos
National American Heart Month

New Streaming Videos:

Dosage Calculations (Math Vitals for Nurses)
Streaming. 18 min. 2024. Professional.
The foundation of safe medication administration lies in accurate dosage calculations. Underdosing may fail to treat the patient's condition and overdosing can lead to toxicity. This program teaches how to calculate medication dosages uses the ratio and proportion method, the formula method, and dimensional analysis. 

Endurance Training
Streaming. 24 min. 2017. Adult.
The human body is capable of extraordinary feats, but what is the limit? Dr. Sanjay Gupta meets the team working to reach the next level: breaking the two-hour marathon. 

Postpartum Health (Understanding Postpartum Health and Baby Care)
Streaming. 31 min. 2023. Adult, Professional.
This program provides information on postpartum recovery, including topics such as bleeding, physical changes, self-care, emotional well-being, and sleep. It covers cesarean recovery and highlights key warning signs to watch for, along with guidance on when to seek medical advice.    

ECI Books and Video:

The DSHS AV Library contracts with HHSC Early Childhood Intervention to provide library services and maintain a collection of ECI resources. Here are some of the newest selections in this collection.

Hear Our Voices! Engaging In Partnerships That Honor Families
Book. Bweikia Foster Steen. 2023. (LB 1139 S814 2023 ECI) 
Families are their children's first teachers. Early childhood educators know this, but what does it mean in practice? Participation, involvement, and engagement are only the first steps toward the true goal: reciprocal family partnerships. Discover how to move beyond inviting families to program events or connecting them to resources and instead recognize them as experts who meaningfully contribute to children's learning and development.

Little Brains Matter: A Practical Guide To Brain Development And Neuroscience In Early Childhood
Book. Debbie Garvey. 2023. (WL 300 G244 2023 ECI) 
This book highlights the multi-faceted role of adults as 'brain builders' and encourages the reader to consider how the environment, play and interactions are crucially interlinked. It considers cutting-edge science and introduces a range of ways that adults can support children, exploring: how poverty, adversity, and social, emotional and mental health all influence the developing child; the science behind play, and why it is so important for young children; how we can take ideas from different disciplines such as psychology and anthropology and interweave these with the overarching research of neuroscience; why adult interaction (both practitioner and parent/carer) with children is crucial for the developing brain, and the importance of reflective practice.

Parenting Basics: Play & Milestones: 1 Year Olds
DVD. 12 min. 2016. (DD0869)
This film explores the physical, language, social and thinking milestones for one-year-olds. They develop skills such as walking, climbing through movement, games, song, pretend and parallel play.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from AP Safety Training:

Filling Propane Tanks Safely 
Streaming. 6 min. 2020.
Propane has a variety of uses, including fueling forklifts. To accomplish this, it is frequently stored in cylinders. When a cylinder is empty, it will need to be refilled. Propane is highly flammable in gas and liquid forms, but it can be used safely by following a few simple safety procedures. This brief program highlights the main safety procedures to use when refilling a propane tank.

Hospitality: Safety Orientation
Streaming. 10 min. 2019. 
This program is designed to prevent workplace incidents or injuries through employee training, eliminating hazards, following safe work procedures and the use of personal protective equipment. All employees must help in our safety efforts by reporting to work each day well rested, fit for duty and committed to performing your job in a safe manner. This program discusses the most common safety issues new workers may encounter while performing their jobs and the safe work practices and job procedures that must be followed to prevent injuries and ensure that they arrive home safely at the end of each day. Topics include various types of personal protective equipment, preventing slips, trips and falls, ladder safety, pedestrian safety, safety lifting techniques, hazard communication, lockout/tagout, emergency response, bloodborne pathogens, incident reporting and confined spaces.

New Hire Safety Essentials
Streaming. 15 min. 2017. 
This safety training video discusses many of the fundamentals and knowledge new hires need to stay safe in their new job. Topics include: Personal protective equipment, hazards of moving equipment and moving machine parts, HazCom/chemical hazards, confined space awareness, lockout/tagout awareness, bloodborne pathogens, and emergency response. 

American Heart Month:

The Cardiovascular System: Nursing Assessment.
Streaming. 24 min. 2018. Professional.
Looking at the structures and function of the components of the cardiovascular system, this video teaches how to perform a cardiac assessment. It traces the flow of blood through the heart and pulmonary system, looks at the cardiac conduction system, and explains the role of lymph nodes. It demonstrates how to examine the cardiac and lymph systems, assess for deep vein thrombosis, palpate lymph nodes, assess peripheral pulses, and auscultate the heart.

Organ Donations: Identification, Referral & Consent Process.
Streaming. 44 min. 2018. Professional.
Featuring experts in the area of organ donation, this video teaches nurses, nursing students, administrators, and other health care professionals and students on how to identify and refer potential organ donors, as well as, the many factors which should be considered in the consent process. It describes how brain death is determined and explains how to maintain a brain-dead heart donor.

This video teaches how to identify risk factors and associated healthcare issues in cases of human trafficking. It discusses comprehensive assessment and documentation, as well as the legalities involved, and presents actual patient case studies that highlight ways that nurses can intervene for these victims.

To borrow any books or videos listed above, please email avlibrary@dshs.texas.gov. 

Click on the streaming links to register to receive access information for each online video service. One registration per streaming service is required. 

Visit the library catalog at www.texashealthlibrary.com for a complete list of titles available from the library.

If you would like to subscribe, please send an email to avlibrary@dshs.texas.gov with Subscribe in the subject line. 

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Highlighting AV and ECI Resources at the AV Library

New Streaming Video
ECI Books and Video
Safety Training Streaming Video
National Human Trafficking Prevention Month

New Streaming Video

Conquering Cancer
Streaming. 68 min. 2021. Professional.
This program looks at the quest to eliminate cervical cancer. It describes the implications as “rivalling the end of polio in terms of shear impact on humankind." Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. Cervical cancer alone kills over 300,000 women each year. But these deaths are preventable. Cervical cancer – the fourth most common in women – is on the brink of being the first to be eliminated. The implications of this for conquering cancer more broadly are profound. 

Digital Minimalism: Strategies for Mindful Tech
Streaming. 34 min. 2020. Adult.
Is your phone the first thing you reach for in the morning? Do your eyes hurt from staring at screens all day long? Technology and screens connect us, but they can get in the way of interpersonal relationships and our relationship to ourselves. In this taped webinar from the MAPP (Masters in Applied Positive Psychology) Alumni Association, positive psychology practitioner Stephanie Shear teaches tips and tricks to help analyze your habits and relationship to technology.

Episode 2: Identifying Signs and Symptoms of Stress (A Nurse’s Guide to Stress Management)
Streaming. 15 min. 2023. Professional.
This program looks at specific signs and symptoms of stress and discusses the impact of long-term stress on a nurse's well-being. It explains how stress can manifest in physical, emotional, and behavioral ways. Practicing nurses discuss burnout and compassion fatigue and present tips for self-care that will help minimize stress and its impact.

ECI Books and Video:

The DSHS AV Library contracts with HHSC Early Childhood Intervention to provide library services and maintain a collection of ECI resources. Here are some of the newest selections in this collection.

Fine Motor Foundations: Tools and Techniques for Tiny Hands
Book or eBook. Keriann Wilmot, 2024. (LB 1139 W744 2024 ECI)
This guide equips you with the tools to empower children’s fine motor development. It provides age-specific milestones, ready-to-use activities, differentiation strategies, classroom adaptations, and collaboration tips.

The Moving Child Film III: Developmental Movement in the First Years
DVD. 60 min. 2019. (DD0838)
Occupational Therapist Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen, along with other leading movement development experts, discusses and demonstrates the physical, emotional and cognitive importance of the developmental movement babies engage in their first year.

Newborn to Crawler: Baby Instructions
Streaming or DVD. 61 min. 2011. (DD0732)
This video helps parents and caregivers create the best possible environment in which to maximize a baby’s learning potential. Topics include gross motor development, reading a baby’s cues, tummy time, language development, crawling, communication, fine motor development, bonding, visual development, attachment, the auditory system, behavioral states, sensory processing, brain development, infant massage, reflex development, calming an infant, establishing routines, feeding, encouraging play, and dressing.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from Training Network NOW / Streamery:

Back Safety in Transportation and Warehouse Environments
Streaming. 15 min. 2022. Professional.
This program discusses situations that can lead to back injuries and what employees can do to avoid them, both at work and at home. Areas covered are information on the structure of the back, the sources of back pain and injuries, the importance of good posture, how to lift objects without injuring your back, and developing healthy habits to keep your back pain-free.

Bloodborne Pathogens for Custodial
Streaming. 12 min. 2010. Professional. 
Maintenance and custodial workers regularly encounter situations where they could be exposed to a bloodborne pathogen. This video demonstrates how custodians and maintenance workers can safely clean up spills of blood or other potentially infectious materials without risking exposure. Topics covered include what bloodborne pathogens are, diseases that could be transmitted, potential exposure routes, and how to protect yourself from exposure.

National Human Trafficking Prevention Month:

Be the One in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
DVD. 52 min. 2018. Professional. (DV1324)
This documentary walks its audience through actual cases of human trafficking prosecuted in Texas, identifies the tools of traffickers, and how they are typically utilized to obtain and maintain victims. It identifies critical red flags and specifies the correct reporting protocol. It challenges Texans to change their culture to one that provides security, safety, and integration to survivors.

Human Trafficking: Identification and Response Within Healthcare
Streaming. 134 min. 2017. Professional.
This video teaches how to identify risk factors and associated healthcare issues in cases of human trafficking. It discusses comprehensive assessment and documentation, as well as the legalities involved, and presents actual patient case studies that highlight ways that nurses can intervene for these victims.

To borrow any books or videos listed above, please email avlibrary@dshs.texas.gov. 

Click on the streaming links to register to receive access information for each online video service. One registration per streaming service is required.

Visit the library catalog at www.texashealthlibrary.com for a complete list of titles available from the library.

If you would like to subscribe, please send an email to avlibrary@dshs.texas.gov with Subscribe in the subject line.

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