Fully compliant to the INC curriculum

Easy-to-read, interesting and involving disposition, which leads the reader through various facets of nursing foundations/ fundamentals

Improved layout, design and presentation

A number of photographs replaced with the Indian ones to provide regional feel to the content

Long Answer and Short Answer questions added at the end of every chapter

NEW TO THIS EDITION

Complete and comprehensive coverage of the Nursing Foundations syllabus prescribed by the Indian Nursing Council.

Historical background and development of nursing, existing nursing education and nursing cadre in India included

Indian health care policies and procedures, e.g. Indian National Health Policy, Code of Ethics for Nurses in India, medicolegal issues in health care in India and biomedical waste management guidelines included to provide Indian perspective of nursing practice

Health care delivery system in India and role of nurse in primary health care also been incorporated in the existing content of community-based care

Brief introduction of statuary nursing bodies and associations in India such as the Indian Nursing Council, the Trained Nurses Association of India, and Indian Society of Psychiatric Nursing, etc.

Nursing procedures and protocols customized to Indian nursing needs and resources

Case studies have also been customized as per South Asian scenario for better understanding of the concepts

Presentation of content is simple, easy to understand and lucid to benefit the nursing students of the region