About this ebook
- UPDATED! Thoroughly updated drug content reflects the very latest Health Canada drug approvals, withdrawals, and therapeutic uses, as well as corresponding updated nursing content.
- NEW! Coverage of current top-of-mind topics includes pharmacology as it pertains to palliative care; the legalization of marihuana for both medical and recreational purposes; issues surrounding the use and misuse of fentanyl and the take-home distribution of naloxone kits used to tackle the growing fentanyl crises; and more.
- NEW! The latest Canadian statistics, research, legislation, regulations, and clinical practice guidelines have been incorporated throughout the text as well as content reflecting the 2017 CNA Code of Ethics, updated references, and more.
- NEW! Additional examination review questions help readers more thoroughly prepare for credentialing exams.
- NEW! Updated case studies better reflect the diverse Canadian population.
- NEW! Expanded visual program incorporates more diagrams, graphs, charts and photos throughout the text to accompany difficult concepts and theories and help facilitate learning.
- NEW! Incorporation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action in chapters 4 and 7 now covers Indigenous health and healing practices, an explanation of the Indigenous medicine wheel, and alternative medicinal interventions.
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About the author
Dr. Kara Sealock is a tenured, senior instructor in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary with a focus in adult education. She has extensive experience teaching students from years 1 to 4 in both clinical and theory. Dr. Sealock is passionate about pathophysiology, assessment, and pharmacology content addressing populations across the lifespan, supporting students as they transition from student to practitioner, and student success on NCLEX-RN. To the educator role, Dr. Sealock brings strong clinical nursing experience in adult critical care (ICU/CCU), medical-surgical, gerontology, and clinical research (cardiovascular and endocrinology). Dr. Sealock’s research interests include adult learning with specific attention to cognitive levels of learning in clinical and theoretical environments (critical thinking/clinical judgement), student success on NCLEX-RN and faculty development, relational inquiry, and empathy. She has presented at the local, provincial, and national level. Dr. Sealock has been an NCSBN item writer for the NCLEX and NGN. She is also the NGN faculty training lead at the University of Calgary. Along with being one of the co-authors of our Lilley’s Pharmacology for Canadian Health Care Practice, Dr. Sealock serves as Elsevier’s Canadian NCLEX-NGN subject matter expert. Dr. Sealock holds the 2019 Faculty of Nursing, Pursuit of Excellence Award- Committee’s Choice, and was recently awarded the 2022/23 Pat Griffin Research Grant by the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN).
Cydnee Seneviratne, RN, BScN, MN, PhD
Linda Lilley, RN, PhD, is University Professor and Associate Professor Emeritus at the School of Nursing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
Julie S. Snyder, MSN, RN, MEDSURG- BC, teaches at the School of Nursing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
