Elsevier's Comprehensive Review for the Canadian PN Examination
- 2nd Edition - January 18, 2024
- Editors: Karen Katsademas, Marianne Langille
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 2 6 6 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 2 6 8 - 3
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Request a sales quoteThoroughly prepare for tests, exams, and clinical placements with Elsevier's Comprehensive Review for the Canadian PN Examination, 2nd Edition. This is the only CPNRE® and REx-PN® text with accompanying online practice material to provide an exhaustive content review and a wealth of practice questions to help you prepare for PN licensure anywhere in Canada! Thoroughly updated, this edition reflects all current Canadian Council for Practical Nurse Regulators National PN competencies, including those specifically for Ontario and British Columbia. It’s a great way to test yourself on all exam competencies, along with your understanding, application, and critical thinking abilities.
- Strategic overview of the REx-PN® and CPNRE® exams helps you prepare effectively for your specific Practical Nurse licensure examination.
- Client Needs categories are provided in the answers and rationales for all end-of-chapter practice questions and for the REx-PN® practice exams.
- Testing of all relevant cognitive levels helps ensure you can understand, apply, and think critically about all the information covered on the REx-PN® and CPNRE® and in clinical practice.
- Comprehensive content review covers all the core topic areas tested on the REx-PN® and CPNRE®
- Wide variety of practice questions helps you easily assess your own understanding.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributor
- Reviewers
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- Background to the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination
- Background to the Regulatory Exam – Practical Nurse (REx-PN)
- Elsevier’s Comprehensive Review
- Websites
- 2. Tips for Writing the CPNRE®
- Description of the Examination and Test-Taking Tips
- Study and Examination Tips
- Summary
- Websites
- 3. Tips for Writing the REx-PN®
- Description of the Examination and Test-Taking Tips
- Study and Examination Tips
- Summary
- Websites
- 4. Professional Practice and the Nurse–Client Relationship
- Regulation and Licensing of Nursing in Canada
- Nursing Legislation
- Education
- Practice Environments
- Nursing Roles
- Nursing Practice and the Law
- Nursing Professional Practice
- Nursing Professional Relationships and Communication
- Consent
- Restraints
- Resuscitation Guidelines
- Medication Administration
- Nursing Issues and Trends
- 5. Health Assessment Across the Lifespan
- Interviewing Skills and History-Taking
- Assessment Techniques
- Head and Neck With Regional Lymphatics Assessment
- Eye Assessment
- Ear Assessment
- Nose, Mouth, and Throat Assessment
- Respiratory Assessment
- Anatomy and Landmarks of the Breasts and Regional Lymphatics
- Heart and Neck Vessel Assessment
- Peripheral Vascular and Lymphatic Systems Assessment
- Abdominal Assessment
- Musculo-Skeletal System Assessment
- Neurological System Assessment
- Male Genitourinary System Assessment
- Female Genitourinary System Assessment
- 6. Health and Wellness
- Guiding Philosophies for Health and Wellness
- Health Care in Canada: Political, Social, and Economic Considerations
- Trauma-Informed care
- Health Promotion and Disease and Injury Prevention: Practice Focus
- 7. Nursing Fundamentals and Clinical Skills
- Vital Signs
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Medication Administration
- Activity and Exercise
- Client Safety
- Hygiene
- Cardiopulmonary Functioning and Oxygenation
- Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Balances
- Pain and Comfort
- Nutrition
- Urinary Elimination
- Bowel Elimination
- Mobility and Immobility
- Wound Care
- Sensory Alterations
- Care of Surgical Clients
- 8. Pharmacology and Nursing Practice
- Pharmacology
- Canadian Drug Legislation
- Pharmacodynamics
- Pharmacokinetics
- Drugs That Affect the Central Nervous System
- Drugs That Affect the Autonomic Nervous System
- Drugs That Affect the Cardiovascular System
- Drugs That Affect the Gastro-Intestinal System
- Drugs That Affect the Respiratory System
- Antimicrobial Agents
- Drugs That Affect the Urinary System
- Vitamins and Minerals
- Antidiabetic Agents
- 9. Medical-Surgical Nursing
- Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances
- Immune System Dysfunction
- Cancer Overview
- Respiratory System Dysfunction
- Hematological Health Challenges
- Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination Challenges
- Regulatory Mechanism Health Challenges
- Reproductive Health Challenges
- Genitourinary Health Challenges
- Health Challenges Related to Movement and Coordination
- Health Challenges Related to Altered Sensory Input
- Health Challenges Related to Oxygen Perfusion
- Critical Health Challenges
- Concepts in Nursing Practice
- 10. Maternal–Newborn Nursing
- Well-Client Care: Health in the Child-Bearing Years
- Canadian Families
- Family Composition and Childbirth Trends
- Doulas
- Access to Care: Regionalization
- Fertility Control and Infertility Health Challenges
- Normal Pregnancy
- Preconception
- Perinatal Assessment and Care
- Perinatal Nutrition
- Maternal Health Conditions and Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications
- Fetal Evaluation and Monitoring
- Labour and Birth Processes
- The Postpartum Stage
- 11. Pediatric Nursing
- Family Influences on Child Health
- Growth and Development
- Infancy: Birth to 1 Year of Age
- Toddler: 1 to 3 Years of Age
- Preschool: 3 to 6 Years of Age
- School Age: 6 to 12 Years of Age
- Adolescence: 12 to 18 Years of Age
- Therapeutic Relationship
- Pain Management
- Skin and Hair Care
- Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances
- Psychosocial and Mental Health Challenges
- Ear Dysfunction
- Respiratory Dysfunction
- Gastro-Intestinal System Disorders
- Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
- Intussusception
- Appendicitis
- Constipation and Encopresis
- Hirschsprung’s Disease
- Celiac Disease
- Hernias and Hydroceles
- Cardiac System Disorders
- Hematological and Immunological System Disorders
- Endocrine System Disorders
- Renal System Dysfunction
- Musculo-skeletal and Neuromuscular Dysfunction
- Neurological Cognitive Dysfunction
- Communicable Diseases of Childhood
- Practice Questions
- Case 2
- Case 3
- Independent Questions
- 12. Mental Health Nursing
- Legal, Ethical, and Interpersonal Considerations for Mental Health Nursing
- Specific Communication and Therapeutic Approaches With Clients with Mental Health Disorders
- Mood Disorders: Depression and Bipolar Disorder
- Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Adjustment Disorders
- Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
- Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders: Conversion Disorder and Illness Anxiety Disorder
- Cognitive Disorders: Delirium and Dementias, Including Alzheimer’s Disease
- Sexual Dysfunction, Paraphilic Disorders, and Gender Dysphoria
- Feeding and Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
- Psychiatric Emergencies: Crisis, Suicide, Violence
- Practice Questions
- Independent Questions
- 13. End-of-Life Care
- END OF LIFE
- The Experience of Grief for Nurses
- Culturally Competent Care
- Developmental Stages and Reactions to End of Life
- Clinical Manifestations for Children
- Nursing Considerations for Children
- Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
- Palliative Sedation
- Practice Questions
- Case 2
- Case 3
- Independent questions
- CPNRE Practice Exam: Book One
- Introduction to Practice Exams
- Practice Questions
- Case 2
- Answers and Rationales for Book One
- CPNRE Practice Exam: Book Two
- Practice Questions
- Case 2
- Case 3
- Case 4
- Case 5
- Case 6
- Case 7
- Case 8
- Case 9
- Case 10
- Case 11
- Case 12
- Case 13
- Answers and Rationales for Book Two
- REx-PN Practice Exam: Book One
- Introduction to Practice Exams
- REx-PN Practice Exam: Book Two
- Appendix A. Entry-Level Competencies for Licensed (or Registered) Practical Nurses in Canada
- Appendix B. Terminology
- Appendix C. Approved List of Abbreviations - CPNRE
- Appendix D. Common Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
- Appendix E. Mathematical Formulae Related to the Practice of Nursing
- Appendix F. Answers and Rationales for Practice Questions
- INDEX
- No. of pages: 728
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 18, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323872669
- eBook ISBN: 9780323872683
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Karen Katsademas
Co-author of Elsevier's Comprehensive Review for the Canadian PN Exam.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Nursing Fanshawe College, School of Nursing, London, ON, CanadaML
Marianne Langille
Co-author of Elsevier's Comprehensive Review for the Canadian PN Exam.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Nursing Fanshawe College, London, ON, Canada