Medical-Surgical Nursing in Canada
- 4th Edition - February 9, 2018
- Latest edition
- Authors: Sharon L. Lewis, Linda Bucher, Margaret M. Heitkemper, Mariann M. Harding
- Editors: Maureen A. Barry, Jana Lok, Jane Tyerman, Sandra Goldsworthy
- Language: English
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 co… Read more
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Description
Description
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.
Key features
Key features
- 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
Table of contents
Table of contents
Section 1: Concepts in Nursing Practice
1. Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice in Canada
2. Cultural Competence and Health Equity in Care
3. Health History and Physical Examination
4. Patient and Caregiver Teaching
5. Chronic Illness
6. Community-Based Nursing and Home Care
7. Older Adults
8. Stress and Stress Management
9. Sleep and Sleep Disorders
10. Pain
11. Substance Use
12. Complementary and Alternative Therapies
13. Palliative Care at the End of Life
Section 2: Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Disease
14. Inflammation and Wound Healing
15. Genetics
16. Altered Immune Response and Transplantation
17. Infection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
18. Cancer
19. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Imbalances
Section 3: Perioperative Care
20. Nursing Management: Preoperative Care
21. Nursing Management: Intraoperative Care
22. Nursing Management: Post-operative Care
Section 4: Problems Related to Altered Sensory Input
23. Nursing Assessment: Visual and Auditory Systems
24. Nursing Management: Visual and Auditory Problems
25. Nursing Assessment: Integumentary System
26. Nursing Management: Integumentary Problems
27. Nursing Management: Burns
Section 5: Problems of Oxygenation: Ventilation
28. Nursing Assessment: Respiratory System
29. Nursing Management: Upper Respiratory Problems
30. Nursing Management: Lower Respiratory Problems
31. Nursing Management: Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
Section 6: Problems of Oxygenation: Transport
32. Nursing Assessment: Hematological System
33. Nursing Management: Hematological Problems
Section 7: Problems of Oxygenation: Perfusion
34. Nursing Assessment: Cardiovascular System
35. Nursing Management: Hypertension
36. Nursing Management: Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary Syndrome
37. Nursing Management: Heart Failure
38. Nursing Management: Dysrhythmias
39. Nursing Management: Inflammatory and Structural Heart Diseases
40. Nursing Management: Vascular Disorders
Section 8: Problems of Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination
41. Nursing Assessment: Gastrointestinal System
42. Nursing Management: Nutritional Problems
43. Nursing Management: Obesity
44. Nursing Management: Upper Gastrointestinal Problems
45. Nursing Management: Lower Gastrointestinal Problems
46. Nursing Management: Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Problems
Section 9: Problems of Urinary Function
47. Nursing Assessment: Urinary System
48. Nursing Management: Renal and Urological Problems
49. Nursing Management: Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
Section 10: Problems Related to Regulatory and Reproductive Mechanisms
50. Nursing Assessment: Endocrine System
51. Nursing Management: Endocrine Problems
52. Nursing Management: Diabetes Mellitus
53. Nursing Assessment: Reproductive System
54. Nursing Management: Breast Disorders
55. Nursing Management: Sexually Transmitted Infections
56. Nursing Management: Female Reproductive Problems
57. Nursing Management: Male Reproductive Problems
Section 11: Problems Related to Movement and Coordination
58. Nursing Assessment: Nervous System
59. Nursing Management: Acute Intracranial Problems
60. Nursing Management: Stroke
61. Nursing Management: Chronic Neurological Problems
62. Nursing Management: Delirium, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Dementias
63. Nursing Management: Peripheral Nerve and Spinal Cord Problems
64. Nursing Assessment: Musculoskeletal System
65. Nursing Management: Musculoskeletal Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery
66. Nursing Management: Musculoskeletal Problems
67. Nursing Management: Arthritis and Connective Tissue Diseases
Section 12: Nursing Care in Specialized Settings
68. Nursing Management: Critical Care Environment
69. Nursing Management: Shock, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, and Multiple-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
70. Nursing Management: Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
71. Nursing Management: Emergency Care Situations
72. Emergency Management and Disaster Planning
Appendix A: Nursing Diagnoses
Appendix B: Laboratory Reference Intervals
Glossary
Index
1. Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice in Canada
2. Cultural Competence and Health Equity in Care
3. Health History and Physical Examination
4. Patient and Caregiver Teaching
5. Chronic Illness
6. Community-Based Nursing and Home Care
7. Older Adults
8. Stress and Stress Management
9. Sleep and Sleep Disorders
10. Pain
11. Substance Use
12. Complementary and Alternative Therapies
13. Palliative Care at the End of Life
Section 2: Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Disease
14. Inflammation and Wound Healing
15. Genetics
16. Altered Immune Response and Transplantation
17. Infection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
18. Cancer
19. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Imbalances
Section 3: Perioperative Care
20. Nursing Management: Preoperative Care
21. Nursing Management: Intraoperative Care
22. Nursing Management: Post-operative Care
Section 4: Problems Related to Altered Sensory Input
23. Nursing Assessment: Visual and Auditory Systems
24. Nursing Management: Visual and Auditory Problems
25. Nursing Assessment: Integumentary System
26. Nursing Management: Integumentary Problems
27. Nursing Management: Burns
Section 5: Problems of Oxygenation: Ventilation
28. Nursing Assessment: Respiratory System
29. Nursing Management: Upper Respiratory Problems
30. Nursing Management: Lower Respiratory Problems
31. Nursing Management: Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
Section 6: Problems of Oxygenation: Transport
32. Nursing Assessment: Hematological System
33. Nursing Management: Hematological Problems
Section 7: Problems of Oxygenation: Perfusion
34. Nursing Assessment: Cardiovascular System
35. Nursing Management: Hypertension
36. Nursing Management: Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary Syndrome
37. Nursing Management: Heart Failure
38. Nursing Management: Dysrhythmias
39. Nursing Management: Inflammatory and Structural Heart Diseases
40. Nursing Management: Vascular Disorders
Section 8: Problems of Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination
41. Nursing Assessment: Gastrointestinal System
42. Nursing Management: Nutritional Problems
43. Nursing Management: Obesity
44. Nursing Management: Upper Gastrointestinal Problems
45. Nursing Management: Lower Gastrointestinal Problems
46. Nursing Management: Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Problems
Section 9: Problems of Urinary Function
47. Nursing Assessment: Urinary System
48. Nursing Management: Renal and Urological Problems
49. Nursing Management: Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
Section 10: Problems Related to Regulatory and Reproductive Mechanisms
50. Nursing Assessment: Endocrine System
51. Nursing Management: Endocrine Problems
52. Nursing Management: Diabetes Mellitus
53. Nursing Assessment: Reproductive System
54. Nursing Management: Breast Disorders
55. Nursing Management: Sexually Transmitted Infections
56. Nursing Management: Female Reproductive Problems
57. Nursing Management: Male Reproductive Problems
Section 11: Problems Related to Movement and Coordination
58. Nursing Assessment: Nervous System
59. Nursing Management: Acute Intracranial Problems
60. Nursing Management: Stroke
61. Nursing Management: Chronic Neurological Problems
62. Nursing Management: Delirium, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Dementias
63. Nursing Management: Peripheral Nerve and Spinal Cord Problems
64. Nursing Assessment: Musculoskeletal System
65. Nursing Management: Musculoskeletal Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery
66. Nursing Management: Musculoskeletal Problems
67. Nursing Management: Arthritis and Connective Tissue Diseases
Section 12: Nursing Care in Specialized Settings
68. Nursing Management: Critical Care Environment
69. Nursing Management: Shock, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, and Multiple-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
70. Nursing Management: Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
71. Nursing Management: Emergency Care Situations
72. Emergency Management and Disaster Planning
Appendix A: Nursing Diagnoses
Appendix B: Laboratory Reference Intervals
Glossary
Index
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: March 1, 2018
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Maureen A. Barry
Maureen A. Barry, RN, MScN
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.JL
Jana Lok
Jana Lok, RN, MN, PhD, ENC(C)
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.JT
Jane Tyerman
Dr. Jane Tyerman is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa’s School of Nursing in Ottawa, Ontario. She holds a diploma in nursing from St. Lawrence College in Ottawa, Ontario; a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa; a Bachelor of Science
in nursing from Athabasca University in Alberta; and a Master of Science in nursing and a PhD in nursing from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She has over 25 years of experience in acute care clinical practice and more than 15 years of academic teaching experience at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She is an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life
Support (PALS) instructor with the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation. Dr. Tyerman has contributed to multiple NCLEX textbooks published by Elsevier and has been a HESI Live Review faculty member, delivering in-person and online workshops to graduating students across Canada. She is also co-editor for Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing in Canada. She has made significant contributions to nursing education by advancing the pedagogy that underpins the effective use of clinical simulation and through her innovative use of technology to expand equity and access to high-quality
teaching and learning resources. She is dedicated to developing and researching bilingual virtual simulation games through her role as Co-President of the Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators Using Simulation (CAN-Sim).
Collaborating with nurse educators across Canada and internationally, she has authored multiple publications related to simulation and virtual simulation games.
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Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON., CanadaSG
Sandra Goldsworthy
Dr. Sandra Goldsworthy, RN, CNCC(C), CMSN(C), CCSNE, PhD
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Blended and Online Learning Technology; Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.About the authors
About the authors
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Sharon L. Lewis
Sharon L. Lewis, RN, PhD, FAAN
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, Castella Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TXLB
Linda Bucher
Linda Bucher, RN, PhD, CEN, CNE
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; Staff Nurse, Emergency Department, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mt. Holly, NJMH
Margaret M. Heitkemper
Margaret M. Heitkemper, RN, PhD, FAAN
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chairperson, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Chair in Nursing, School of Nursing; Adjunct Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WAMH
Mariann M. Harding
Mariann M. Harding, Nursing Program Director and Professor of Nursing, Kent State University Tuscarawas.
Affiliations and expertise
Nursing Program Director and Professor of Nursing, Kent State University Tuscarawas, USA