Study Guide for Linton and Matteson's Medical-surgical Practical Nursing in Canada

With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Linton and Matteson's Medical-Surgical Practical Nursing in Canada, this study guide provides a variety of questions and exercises to help you master the PN’s role in Canadian medical-surgical care. Review exercises include fun activities, multiple-choice questions, alternate format questions, and more, all divided by level of difficulty. In the chapters on medical conditions, practical questions help you apply your knowledge directly to real-world patient care. This study guides provides the review and practice you need to prepare for the REx-PN® or CPNRE® licensure exams!

• Comprehensive review reflects the latest Canadian Council for Practical Nurse Regulators (CCPNR) national PN competencies (including Ontario and British Columbia)
• Variety of exercises reinforces learning with matching, multiple-choice, multiple-response, labelling, diagram reading, fill-in-the-blank questions, case studies, and more
• Consistent format in each chapter
• Part I: Mastering the Basics focuses on basic knowledge and comprehension of medical-surgical nursing
• Part II: Putting it All Together integrates chapter content related to basic pathophysiology and basic nursing content, and focuses on comprehension and application levels
• Part III: Challenge Yourself! Getting Ready for PN Examinations focuses on the application or analysis levels of cognitive ability, and can include case studies, nursing care plans, and nursing assessment
• Questions arranged by level of difficulty move from simple recall to more difficult exercises designed to help you apply, analyze, and synthesize basic concepts
• Alternate format questions include multiple response, labelling, prioritizing, ordering, and calculation questions to help you practice for the REx-PN® and CPNRE® licensure examinations
• Review questions on care for older adults focus on long-term care and community-based settings, asking you to apply content to real-world practice
• Additional review questions are provided on the Evolve website for the textbook

Katherine “Katie” Poser is Academic Coordinator of the Critical Care Post Graduate Program, for the School of Nursing and Allied Health, Loyalist College. Prior to which, Katie served as Associate Dean of Specialty Programs for the School of Health and Wellness at St. Lawrence College. She taught for many years in the BScN program with a focus on medical-surgical and critical care nursing as well as pharmacology. Her research interests relate to bridging the gap between theory and practice for interprofessional health care providers through continuing education, humanization and empathy in critical care. Passionate about clinical practice, Katie works as a critical care nurse at Kingston Health Sciences in the intensive care unit.