This course encourages students to develop partnerships with clients and families to enhance the quality of life of those experiencing increasingly complex chronic illnesses. The principles of primary health care pertaining to accessibility, intersectoral collaboration and public participation for clients and their families with chronic illness will be examined in depth. Application of these principles to the population of adults experiencing increasingly complex illnesses in acute medical/surgical and mental health settings will be emphasized.
Kunyk, D., Peternelj-Taylor, C., & Austin, W. (2023). Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing for Canadian Practice (5th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer. Self-Harm and Suicidal Behaviours, Chapter 20
Hussein, M.T.E., Osuji, (2020). Brunner & Suddarth’s textbook of Canadian medical-surgical nursing (4th Ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott.
Health Care Delivery, Chapter 1
Critical Thinking, Ethical Decision Making, & the Nursing Process, Chapter 3
Health Care of the Older Adult, Chapter 14
Acute Pain, Chapter 16
Operative Care, Chapter 19 & Chapter 21
Respiratory Disorders, Chapter 24 (504-522, 534-537) & Chapter 25
Coronary Vascular Disorders & Heart Failure, Ch 29 (p729-759) & Chapter 31 (p805-810)
Management of Patients With Intestinal and Rectal Disorders, Chapter 38
Hepatic & Biliary, Chapter 39 (1051-1060, 1075-1081, 1083-1095) & Chapter 40 (1106-1123)
Diabetes, Chapter 41
Obesity & Thyroid Disorders, Chapter 42 & Chapter 43 (1225-1236)
Management of Patients With Kidney Disorders, Chapter 45
Neurological Dysfunction & Trauma, Chapter 63 & Chapter 65
Cerebrovascular Disorders, Chapter 64
MSK Trauma, Chapter 72
Burns, M., Montelpare, W., & Leÿenaar, M. (2024). Supporting rural families during interhospital patient transfers for critical illness events: An exploration of an acceptable communication process. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 83, 103689. doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103689
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Gan, J. M., Boucher, E. L., Lovett, N. G., Roche, S., Smith, S. C., & Pendlebury, S. T. (2025). Occurrence, associated factors, and outcomes of delirium in patients in an adult acute general medicine service in England: a 10-year longitudinal, observational study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 6(7), 100731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanhl.2025.100731
Government of Canada. (2024). Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Retrieved from https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1450124405592/1529106060525
Jackman, C. (2019). Perioperative pain management for the chronic pain patient with long-term opioid use. Orthopaedic Nursing, 38(2), 159-163. https://doi.org/10.1097/NOR.0000000000000526
Manzer, D., O’Sullivan, L. F., & Doucet, S. (2018). Myths, misunderstandings, and missing information: Experiences of nurse practitioners providing primary care to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 27(2), 157-170. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2018-0017
McKay, T., Tran, N. M., Barbee, H., & Min, J. K. (2023). Association of affirming care with chronic disease and preventative care outcomes among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer older adults. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 64(3), 305-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2022.09.025
Oates, G. R., Niranjan, S. J., Ott, C., Scarinci, I. C., Schumann, C., Parekh, T., & Dransfield, M. T. (2019). Adherence to pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: A qualitative exploration of patient perspectives on barriers and facilitators. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 39, 344-349. https://doi.org/10.1097/HCR.0000000000000436
Pullen Sansfaçon, A., Medico, D., Riggs, D., Carlile, A., & Suerich-Gulick, F. (2023). Growing up trans in Canada, Switzerland, England, and Australia: access to and impacts of gender-affirming medical care. Journal of LGBT Youth, 20(1), 55-73. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2021.1924918
Thavamani, A, Umapathi, K. K., Khatana, J., & Gulati, R. (2019). Burden of psychiatric disorders among pediatric and young adults with inflammatory bowel disease: A population-based analysis. Pediatric Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutrition, (6), 527-535. https://doi.org/10.5223/pghn.2019.22.6.527