Potter and Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing: Third South Asia Edition EBook

Potter & Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing is a widely appreciated textbook on nursing foundations. Its comprehensive coverage provides fundamental nursing concepts, skills, and techniques of nursing practice, with a firm foundation for more advanced areas of study. This South Asian edition of Potter and Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing not only provides the well-established, authentic content of international standards but also caters to the specific curriculum requirements of nursing students of the region.

• Provides about 50 Nursing Skills including clear step-by-step instructions with close-up photos, illustrations, and rationales.
• Clinical framework guidelines are presented using the 5-Step Nursing Process.
• Nursing Care Plans and Concept Maps helps to connect with patient's medical problem and your plan of care.
• Local photographs and content added to provide regional look and feel.
• Historical background and development of nursing, existing nursing education, and nursing cadre in India.
• Revised and updated details of Indian health care policies and procedures, e.g. Indian National Health Policy 2017, Code of Ethics for Nurses in India, medicolegal issues in health care in India, and biomedical waste management guidelines.
• Health care delivery system in India and role of nurse in primary health care in the existing content.

• Nursing procedures and protocols customized to Indian nursing needs and resources.

• Fully compliant to the new curriculum prescribed by the Indian Nursing Council
• Comprehensive presentation of historical background of nursing and health care policies in Indian.
• Primary prevention of communicable diseases like H1N1 and COVID-19
• Two new appendixes: A. Diagnostic testing, and B. First Aid and Emergencies

• New Topics added:

  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Universal Immunization Program, and Biomedical Waste Management regulations in India.
  • AYUSH, and Accreditation agencies like NABH
  • Organ donation, confidentiality of patient records regulations in India
  • Indian National Health Policy 2017, Code of Ethics for Nurses in India, medicolegal issues in health care in India