Fundamentals of Canadian Nursing: Concepts, Process, and Practice, 4th edition

For courses in the fundamentals of nursing.

Preparing students to succeed in modern nursing careers

Nurses today must grow and evolve to meet the demands of a dramatically changing healthcare system. Kozier&Erb's Fundamentals of Canadian Nursing provides a core foundation of contemporary professional nursing so students can succeed in today's environment. From the integral aspects of nursing, such as managing and communicating, to assessing health and client care, the text sets the foundation for nursing excellence.

Representing a pan-Canadian experience, the lead editors enlisted reviewers and contributors from across Canada to reflect different geographical experiences. Praised for its clear and accessible language, beginning nurses learn foundational and fundamental knowledge and skills required to enter the nursing profession in Canada.

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Hallmark features of this title

• Evidence-Based Practice boxes highlight relevant research and implications for nursing care, guided by current nursing literature.
• Critical-Thinking Checkpoints present brief case studies about issues challenging nurses today. The accompanying questions encourage students to analyze, compare, contemplate, interpret and evaluate information.
• Meeting The Standards end-of-unit activities provide students the opportunity to think through themes and competencies presented across chapters in a unit and think critically to link theory to nursing practice.

New and updated features of this title

• NEW approach with adoption of a broader, less prescriptive approach to nursing diagnoses. This new edition encourages students and nurses to use their knowledge, experience, and critical thinking skills to generate diagnoses or analyses.
• Inclusion of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Competencies Domains from the Nursing Education Competencies Framework (CASN, 2014).
• All national patient safety consensus recommendations from Safer HealthCare NOW!, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, and Accreditation Canada have been integrated into relevant chapters.
• Emphasis on continuity of care —to ensure continuity of care and home care considerations are addressed we have featured Continuity of Care segments in relevant chapters.
• A focus on the role of all Registered Nurses in clinical leadership as a means of providing high quality and safe patient care.
• A focus on changes in the regulation of nurses in Canada, including reference to the NCLEX-RN examinations for licensure.