Potter & Perry's Essentials of Nursing Foundation, South Asia Edition

Potter and Perry's Essentials of Nursing Foundation is a widely appreciated textbook for the teaching-learning of nursing foundations. Its comprehensive coverage provides fundamental concepts, skills, and techniques of nursing practice in the areas of nursing foundation. This South Asian Edition of Potter and Perry's Essentials of Nursing Foundation not only provides the well-established authentic content of international standard but also caters to the specific curricular needs of nursing students and faculty of the region, as the content is exactly tailored according to the Indian Nursing Council curriculum.

. Most Comprehensive: Content is presented comprehensively so that the textbook is very easy to read and comprehend.

. Most Lucid: Content is very simple for non-English speaking Indian students. It is an easy to read, interesting, and involving disposition, which leads the reader through various facts of nursing foundation.

. Indian Student friendly: Exactly as per syllabus prescribed by INC for B.Sc Nursing course and also useful for Diploma Nursing course. It has improved layout, design, and presentation through addition of images and illustrations. Many images have been replaced with Indian ones to provide regional feel of the content.

. Region-specific content: There is inclusion of region-specific content, such as:

o Nursing education, nursing cadres, registration, licensing, Indian medico-legal laws, health care delivery system, new trends of nursing in India

o Updated detailed history of nursing in India

o Major recent health policies in India, such as National Health Policy-2017 and Biomedical Waste Management rules-2016

o Code of Ethics for Nurses in India

o Hospital admission and discharge

o Equipment and linen

o Diagnostic testing

o First aid and emergencies

1 Health and Wellness

2 The Health Care Delivery System

3 History of Nursing and Nursing as a Profession

4 Communication and Nurse-Patient Relationship

5 Documentation and Reporting

6 Vital Signs

7 Health Assessment and Physical Examination

8 Equipment and Linen

9 Infection Prevention and Control

10 Comfort, Rest, and Sleep

11 Pain Management

12 Promoting Safety in Health Care Environment

13 Hospital: Admission and Discharge

14 Mobility and Immobility

15 Patient Education

16 Hygiene

17 Skin Integrity: Prevention and Care of Pressure Ulcers

18 Critical Thinking

19 Nursing Process

20 Nutritional Needs

21 Urinary Elimination

22 Bowel Elimination

23 Diagnostic Testing

24 Oxygenation Needs

25 Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balances

26 Medication Administration

27 Sensory Needs

28 Care of Terminally Ill, Death, and Dying

29 Self-Concept

30 Sexuality

31 Stress and Adaptation

32 Spiritual Health

33 Cultural Competence

34 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice

35 First Aid and Emergencies