Nursing in Canada, 5th
Edition by Jane Tyerman,
Shelley Cobbett Chapters 1
- 72 Complete 2026/2027.
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 Two – 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 Three – Perioperative
Care
20 Nursing Management: Preoperative
Care 21 Nursing Management:
Intraoperative Care 22 Nursing
Management: Post-operative Care
Section Four – 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 Five – 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 Six – Problems of Oxygenation:
Transport
32 Nursing Assessment: Hematological
,System 33 Nursing Management:
Hematological Problems
Section Seven – 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 Eight – 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 Nine – 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 Ten – 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 Eleven – 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 Twelve – 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