Huether and McCance's Understanding Pathophysiology, Canadian Edition - E-Book , 2nd Edition

Key Features

• Introduction to Pathophysiology provides an entrance to the science of pathophysiology and explains why it is important.
• Lifespan coverage includes nine separate chapters on developmental alterations in pathophysiology and special sections with aging and pediatrics content.
• Canadian drug and treatment guidelines familiarize you with aspects of clinical practice you will encounter.
• Coverage of diseases includes their pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and evaluation and treatment.
• Canadian lab values provide the core fundamental information required for practice in Canada.
• Canadian morbidity statistics provide you with the Canadian context in which you will be practising.
• Algorithms and flowcharts of diseases and disorders make it easy to follow the sequential progression of disease processes.
• Health Promotion boxes emphasize evidence-based care and align with the Canadian curriculum.
• Risk Factors boxes highlight important safety considerations associated with specific diseases.
• Quick Check boxes test your understanding of important chapter concepts.
• End-of-chapter Did You Understand? summaries make it easy to review the chapter’s major concepts.
• Key Terms are set in blue, boldface type and listed at the end of each chapter
• Glossary of approximately 1,000 terms is included on the Evolve website with definitions of important terminology.

New to this Edition

• NEW! Updated content reflects current Canadian pathophysiology literature and evidence including incidence/prevalence, cultural variations, Canadian research and statistics, Canadian guidelines and standards, and Indigenous health.
• NEW! Easy-to-read writing style helps you understand and learn complex content.
• NEW! Case studies in each of the Alterations chapters provide the opportunity to use critical reasoning and clinical judgement to "pull it all together" and demonstrate application of knowledge.
• NEW! Comorbidities boxes in selected chapters link pathophysiology to pharmacology.
• NEW! Appendix of normal laboratory values in SI units is included for quick reference.
• NEW! More than 30 new 3-D animations are included on the Evolve website, bringing difficult concepts and disease processes to life.
• NEW! Test-preparation tools help you succeed on the Next Generation NCLEX^®, CPNRE^®, and REx-PN^™ — both in the text and on Evolve!

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Readership

11,000 university RN Students / 7,000 college PN Students in Canada

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Sue E. Huether, RN, PhD, Professor Emeritus, College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Kathryn L. McCance, RN, PhD, Professor, College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Mohamed Toufic El-Hussein, RN, BSN, MSN, PHD, Mount Royal University, 4825 Mount Royal S.W., Calgary, AB; Kelly Power-Kean, RN, BN, MHS, NP , Memorial University, 100 Forest Road, Room 1010, Southcott Hall, Centre for Nursing Studies, St. John’s, NL and Stephanie Zettel, MN, BN, B.Sc (Honours) , Mount Royal University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary, Alberta T3E 6K6