Get the solid foundation you need to practise nursing in Canada! Potter & Perry's Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, 7th Edition covers the nursing concepts, knowledge, research, and skills that are essential to professional nursing practice in Canada. The text’s full-colour, easy-to-use approach addresses the entire scope of nursing care, reflecting Canadian standards, culture, and the latest in evidence-informed care. New to this edition are real-life case studies and a new chapter on practical nursing in Canada. Based on Potter & Perry’s respected Fundamentals text and adapted and edited by a team of Canadian nursing experts led by Barbara J. Astle and Wendy Duggleby, this book ensures that you understand Canada’s health care system and health care issues as well as national nursing practice guidelines.

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