SALIENT FEATURES 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 healthcare 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.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elsevier; 1st edition (18 July 2013)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1378 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9788131234365

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9788131234365