Potter and Perry's Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition

• More than 50 nursing skills are presented in a clear, two-column format that includes steps and rationales to help you learn how and why each skill is performed.
• The five-step nursing process provides a consistent framework for care, and is demonstrated in more than 20 care plans.
• Nursing care plans help you understand the relationship between assessment findings and nursing diagnoses, the identification of goals and outcomes, the selection of interventions, and the process for evaluating care.
• Planning sections help nurses plan and prioritize care by emphasizing Goals and Outcomes, Setting Priorities, and Teamwork and Collaboration.
• More than 20 concept maps show care planning for clients with multiple nursing diagnoses.
• UNIQUE! Critical Thinking Model in each clinical chapter shows you how to apply the nursing process and critical thinking to provide the best care for patients.
• UNIQUE! Critical Thinking Exercises help you to apply essential content.
• Coverage of interprofessional collaboration includes a focus on patient-centered care, Indigenous peoples’ health referencing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Report, the CNA Code of Ethics, and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) legislation.
• Evidence-Informed Practice boxes provide examples of recent state-of-the-science guidelines for nursing practice.
• Research Highlight boxes provide abstracts of current nursing research studies and explain the implications for daily practice.
• Patient Teaching boxes highlight what and how to teach patients, and how to evaluate learning.
• Learning objectives, key concepts, and key terms in each chapter summarize important content for more efficient review and study.
• Online glossary provides quick access to definitions for all key terms.

• NEW! Up-to-date content includes Canadian statistics, research, references and resources, guidelines including the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide, and 2020 Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines, assessment and screening tools, and topics such as Bill C-45 (the Cannabis Act), PICOT, COVID-19, and pandemic preparedness.
• NEW! UNIQUE! Real-life case studies include review questions, allowing you to critically apply what you have learned to the nursing role and to the implementation of care.
• NEW! Practical Nursing in Canada chapter is added to this edition.
• NEW! Revised chapters include an introduction to licensure examinations in Canada for RNs (NGN-RN^®) and CPNRE^® and REx-PN^® for PNs, as well as an explanation of the NCSBN Clinical Judgement Model.
• NEW photos capture the latest updates in Canadian nursing skills and equipment and show how to perform nursing techniques.
• Expanded content is included throughout the text on health disparities, vulnerability, intersectionality, and social determinants of health.
• NEW! Customized tools — both in the text and on the Evolve website — encourage the development of clinical reasoning and judgement, helping you succeed on the Next Generation NCLEX^®, REx-PN^®, and CPNRE^®.
• NEW! NGN-RN^® book-specific case studies are provided on Evolve.

Unit 1: Health and Health Care in Canada 1. Health and Wellness 2. The Canadian Health Care Delivery System 3. The Development of Nursing in Canada (to include discussion of the NCLEX, CPNRE, RExPN, CASN-CEBN)

4. Practical Nursing in Canada (NEW chapter – includes discussion of RExPN and CPNRE)

5. Community Health Nursing Practice

Unit II: Foundations of Nursing Practice 6. Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice 7. Evidence-Informed Practice 8. Nursing Values and Ethics 9. Legal Implications in Nursing Practice 10. Global Health 11. Indigenous Health 12. Nursing Leadership, Management, and Collaborative Practice

Unit III: Approaches to Nursing Care 13. Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice (consider moving to Unit 1, following Practical Nursing in Canada) 14. Nursing Assessment, Diagnosis, and Planning (to include NGN clinical judgement model and RExPN) 15. Implementing and Evaluating Nursing Care 16. Documenting and Reporting 17. Nursing Informatics and Canadian Nursing Practice

Unit IV: Working with Patients and Families 18. Communication and Relational Practice 19. Patient-Centred Care: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice 20. Family Nursing 21. Patient Education

Unit V: Caring Throughout the Lifespan 22. Developmental Theories 23. Conception Through Adolescence 24. Young to Middle Adulthood 25. Older Persons 26. The Experience of Loss, Death, and Grief

Unit VI: Psychosocial Considerations 27. Self-Concept 28. Sexuality 29. Spirituality in Health and Health Care 30. Stress and Adaptation

Unit VII: Scientific Basis for Nursing Practice 31. Vital Signs 32. Pain Assessment and Management 33. Health Assessment and Physical Examination 34. Infection Prevention and Control 35. Medication Administration 36. Complementary and Alternative Approaches in Health Care

Unit VIII: Basic Physiological Needs 37. Activity and Exercise 38. Quality and Patient Safety 39. Hygiene 40. Cardiopulmonary Functioning and Oxygenation 41. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balances 42. Sleep 43. Nutrition (to be replaced with revised/updated Nutrition – 2019 Canada’s Food Guide chapter on Evolve) 44. Urinary Elimination 45. Bowel Elimination

Unit IX: Patients with Special Needs 46. Mobility and Immobility 47. Skin Integrity and Wound Care 48. Sensory Alterations 49. Care of Surgical Patients

50. Health disparities/vulnerability/intersectionality/and the social determinants of health. (chapter title and placement TBD)

APPENDIX: Laboratory Values