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

  • 1st Edition - May 4, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Patricia A. Potter, Anne G. Perry, Patricia A. Stockert, Amy Hall
  • Editor: Suresh Sharma
  • Language: English

Potter and Perry’s Essentials of Nursing Foundation is a widely appreciated textbook for the teaching–learning of nursing foundations. Its comprehensive coverage provide… Read more

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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.

Key features

• 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

"A complete and student friendly text in Nursing Foundation of Global standards with local appeal"

Table of contents

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

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 4, 2021
  • Language: English

About the authors

PP

Patricia A. Potter

Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN is a Former Director of Research, Patient Care Services Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri.
Affiliations and expertise
Formerly, Director of Research, Patient Care Services, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

AP

Anne G. Perry

Anne Griffin Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN is a Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University—Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA

PS

Patricia A. Stockert

Patricia Stockert, RN, BSN, MS, PhD is the President of the College, Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing, Peoria, Illinois.
Affiliations and expertise
Formerly, President, College of Nursing, Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing, Peoria, Illinois, USA

AH

Amy Hall

Amy Hall, RN, BSN, MS, PhD, CNE, Professor and Dean, School of Nursing, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Dean, School of Nursing, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA