Canadian Nursing E Book

With a greater emphasis on, and integration of, interprofessional collaboration, health literacy, and clinical reasoning, Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, Sixth Edition provides you with the solid educational foundation to learn nursing principles, concepts, and skills with ease. The text’s proven, reader-friendly approach describes the principles, concepts, and skills essential to your success. The Sixth edition includes new chapters focused on the health needs of Indigenous people along with information on how to collaborate among interprofessional disciplines. Thoroughly reviewed by Canadian nursing experts, this edition ensures that you are well prepared to practise in Canada. Case studies include unique clinical application questions and exercises, allowing students to practise using care plans and concept maps. New photos capture the latest updates in skills and equipment relevant to Canadian nursing practice. Key points and key terms in each chapter summarize important content for more efficient review and study. More than 50 skills demonstrations provide illustrated, step-by-step instructions for safe nursing care — and include rationales for each step. The 5-step nursing process provides a consistent framework for care, and is demonstrated in more than 20 care plans. More than 20 concept maps show care planning for clients with multiple nursing diagnoses. A glossary provides quick access to definitions for all key terms. Cultural Aspects of Care boxes summarize cultural considerations related to the chapter topic and provide practical guidelines for how to meet patients’ cultural needs and preferences. Patient Teaching boxes help you plan effective teaching by first identifying outcomes, then developing strategies on how to teach, and, finally, implementing measures to evaluate learning. Focus on Older Persons boxes highlight key aspects of nursing assessment and care for this population. Planning sections help nurses plan and prioritize care by emphasizing Goals and Outcomes, Setting Priorities, and Teamwork and Collaboration. Implementation sections cover health promotion, acute care, and continuing care to prepare you for all levels of care in all settings. Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions for each skill offer alerts to potential problems and appropriate nursing actions. Procedural guidelines provide streamlined, step-by-step instructions for performing basic skills. UNIQUE! Critical Thinking Models in each clinical chapter show students how to apply the nursing process and critical thinking to achieve successful clinical outcomes. NOC outcomes, NIC interventions, and NANDA diagnoses are incorporated into care plans to reflect national standards. Evidence-Informed Practice chapter includes the concept of research literacy and discusses quality improvement (QI)

Prepare for licensure and your transition to practice! Organized around the issues in today's constantly changing healthcare environment Yoder-Wise's Leading & Managing in Canadian Nursing, 2nd Edition offers an innovative approach to leading and managing by merging theory, research, and practical application. This cutting-edge text is intuitively organized around the issues that are central to the success of Canadian nurses including cultural diversity, resource management, advocacy, patient safety, delegation, and communication. In addition, it provides just the right amount of information to equip you with the tools you need to master leadership and management – all to help prepare you for clinical practice! UNIQUE! Each chapter opens with A Challenge, where practicing nurse leaders/managers offer their real-world views of a concern related in the chapter, encouraging you to think about how you would handle the situation. UNIQUE! A Solution closes each chapter with an effective method to handle the real-life situation presented in A Challenge and demonstrates the ins and outs of problem-solving in practice. Innovative content and presentation, merge theory, research and professional practice in key leadership and management areas. An array of pedagogical elements includes chapter objectives, glossary terms, exercises, Research Perspectives, Literature Perspectives, Theory Boxes, chapter checklists, tips, and references. Intuitively organized content and clear and unbiased writing style facilitates learning of theory and complex concepts. Inviting and well-structured full-colour design enhances your learning by being able to find information quickly and easily, providing visual reinforcement of concepts. UNIQUE! Two NEW chapters help build your leadership skills within your academic program - one of which is authored by an undergraduate student and an early career alumnus. NEW! UNIQUE! Chapter on nursing leadership in Indigenous health explains the leadership role and is also integrated into relevant topics throughout the text. NEW! Expanded and updated coverage of topics includes workplace violence and incivility, strength-based nursing and the role of nurses as change agents - visioning, shaping culture, leading change. NEW! Expanded discussion on the interdependence of leadership and management roles and competencies clearly fosters leadership ideas for effective and responsive health care environments. NEW! Additional examples of real life practice cases and examples help you to examine and apply theoretical concepts.

ETHICAL & LEGAL ISSUES IN CANADIAN NURSING explores the essential questions and dilemmas that challenge nurses in day-to-day practice, including withdrawal of treatment, living wills, organ donation, informed consent, patient and caregiver rights, and changing public attitudes towards human reproductive technology, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. Includes numerous case studies to aid in class discussion and debate.

Introducing the only fully comprehensive skills text on the market, distinctly for Canadian students! Canadian Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques helps equip you with the skills you need to successfully care for patients within the Canadian social and institutional context. Building on the strength of Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques’ comprehensive coverage of over 200 basic, intermediate and advanced skills, this textbook features nearly 1,000 full-colour photographs and drawings, a nursing process framework, step-by-step instructions with rationales, and a focus on critical thinking and evidence-informed practice. Written by the highly respected author team of Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter, Wendy Ostendorf, and Canadian author Shelley L. Cobbett, it offers all the guidance and tools you need to perform nursing skills with complete confidence! Comprehensive coverage includes over 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced nursing skills. Streamlined theory content in each chapter features a quick, easy-to-read bullet format to help reduce repetition and emphasize the clinical focus of the book. Unique! Evidence-Informed Nursing Practice chapter covers the entire process of conducting research, including collecting, evaluating, and applying evidence from published research. Unique! Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions sections alert you to what might go wrong and how to appropriately intervene. Clinical Debriefs case-based review questions at the end of each chapter focus on issues such as managing conflict, care prioritization, patient safety, and decision-making to help you better prepare for the clinical setting. Nursing process framework incorporates the areas of delegation and collaboration; reporting and recording; safety guidelines; and teaching, pediatric, geriatric, and home care considerations. Basic skills presented in streamlined procedural guidelines format makes it easy learn and review basic nursing skills. Clinical Decision Points within skills address key safety issues or possible skill modifications for specific patient needs. Rationales for each skill step explain why steps are performed in a specific way, including their clinical significance and benefit, and incorporate the latest research findings. Video clip icons indicate video clips that are related to skills and procedures in the book and related lessons in Nursing Skills Online.

With the market-leading nursing fundamentals text in Canada, you can be assured that students will develop a firm educational foundation that will help them to succeed. Written in a clear manner and organized logically, this book will teach students all of the principles, concepts and skills necessary for them to thrive, both academically and professionally. A trusted favourite for Canadian faculty and students, the new Fourth Canadian Edition offers the most complete teaching and learning package available. A companion CD and Evolve website included with the book ensure that students have the most up-to-date and practical tools at their fingertips, and provide instructors with a host of resources to assist in their lesson planning, development and delivery. The new Fourth Canadian Edition of this nursing classic is the most current and comprehensive text available. . Nursing skills include steps and rationales to illustrate how and why a skill is performed . Critical thinking models illustrate how to provide the best care for clients . Nursing care plans include sections on Assessment, Planning, Interventions and Evaluation . Client teaching boxes emphasize key points for patient education . Boxes on older adults, culture and primary health care highlight key principles and aspects of nursing care . Evidence-informed practice guidelines provide examples of recent guidelines for Canadian nursing practice . Research highlights provide abstracts of current nursing research studies and explain the implications for daily practice . Companion CD includes student learning activities, Butterfield's Fluids and Electrolytes Tutorial, and more . Companion Evolve website includes review questions, interactive exercises, and more . Completely revised and updated to reflect current Canadian nursing practice . New chapter on Surviving Cancer . New chapter on Nursing Informatics . 3 new Canadian section editors . An all-new Canadian editorial advisory board . Over 55 contributors from across the country . Emphasis on the Media Resources that accompany each chapter help to detail the comprehensive electronic resources available for that specific topic . Addition of new Nursing Story boxes that describe real-life scenarios . Increased emphasis on nurse and client safety, including Safety Alerts embedded throughout the text that highlight safe practices and techniques . New appendix on laboratory values

NEW! Part 2: Indigenous Peoples: Research, Knowledges, and Ways of Knowing introduces students to the history and significance of colonization as it relates to how Indigenous peoples have been affected by, and are affecting, nursing and health research. NEW! Inclusion of Indigenous Research Methods and application to the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee. NEW! All-new research examples and vignettes demonstrate the most current, high-quality published studies to exemplify the work of prominent nurse-researchers and to encourage the development of clinical reasoning and judgement. NEW! Critical judgement-focused practice questions in the printed text, accompanying study guide, and companion Evolve website promote critical thinking and prepare students for exam licensure. NEW! Glossary of key terms at the end of the book gives students quick access to all new key terms.

Public Policy and Canadian Nursing: Lessons from the Field is the first text to explore the structure, governance, financing, and outcomes of Canadian health systems through a nursing lens. Drawing from his years of experience as a nursing leader in Canada, Michael J. Villeneuve looks to the impending system challenges for which policy interventions by nurses would make a valuable difference to Canadians. Intended to bolster the policy leadership competency of nurses, this volume is divided into three modules that guide nurses from the basics of Canadian governance to the history and evolution of health care in Canada and the tools and strategies needed to tackle public policy work. The author introduces readers to essential topics in health policy, including system financing and costs, Canadian population health status, and performance outcomes. Citing examples of nursing action and interventions throughout, this groundbreaking text offers practical tools and strategies to support Canadian nurses taking on policy development and highlights the vital role of the nursing profession in health system transformation. Reader-friendly and highly accessible, it features brief profiles of influential public policy leaders in nursing and other disciplines, discussion questions appropriate for undergraduate and graduate nursing students, and additional policy resources.

Learn how to become an exceptional caregiver in Canada’s evolving health care environment! Adapted by a team of 4 experienced Canadian nurse-educators and a slate of expert contributors from across the country, the 4th Canadian Edition of Medical-Surgical Nursing in Canada offers up-to-date coverage of the latest trends, hot topics, and clinical developments in the field. Completely revised and updated content explores patient care in various clinical settings and focuses on key topics such as patient safety, exam preparation, evidence-informed practice, prioritization, patient and caregiver teaching, culturally competent care, and the determinants of health. A variety of helpful boxes and tables make it easy for students to find essential information and the accessible writing style makes even the most complex concepts easy to grasp. Best of all — a complete collection of learning and study resources helps students learn more effectively and offers valuable, real-world preparation for clinical practice. Highly readable format offers a strong foundation in medical-surgical nursing. Content written and reviewed by leading experts in the field ensures that information is comprehensive, current, and clinically accurate. Revised Chapter 1 situates nursing practice in the unique Canadian context, discussing patient-centred care, interprofessional practice (including delegation and assignment), information-communication technologies, patient safety and quality improvement Culturally competent care chapter and special sections discuss culture as a determinant of health, Indigenous populations; health equity and health equality issues; and practical suggestions for developing cultural competence in nursing care Determinants of Health boxes focus on the Public Health Agency of Canada’s determinants of health, as they apply to particular disorders. UNIQUE! "Levels of Care" approach organizes nursing care in three levels: health promotion, acute intervention, and ambulatory and home care. Examination review questions at the end of each chapter reinforce key content while helping you prepare for examinations. Expanded chapter on genetics focuses on the practical application of genetics to nursing care of patients and includes current changes in Canadian clinical practice. Genetics in Clinical Practice boxes address key topics such as genetic testing, Alzheimer’s disease, sickle cell disease, and genetics-related ethical issues. Assessment Abnormalities tables alert readers to abnormalities frequently encountered in practice, as well as their possible etiologies More than 60 comprehensive nursing care plans on the Evolve website defining characteristics, expected outcomes, specific nursing interventions with rationales, evaluation criteria, and collaborative problems