Fundamentals of nursing /
BT Basavanthappa
- New Delhi : Jaypee Brothers, c2002.
- 674 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Concepts of nursing -- Concepts of health and illness -- Promotive nursing through lifespan -- Nutrition in nursing -- hospital and its routines -- Cultural and ethical aspects of nursing -- Basic nursing skills -- Maintaining personal hygiene -- Introduction to nursing process -- Administration of medication -- Management of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base imbalances -- Management of stress -- Management of pain -- Management of oxygenation -- Management of elimination -- Perioperative nursing -- First aid in emergencies -- rehabilitation -- Management of loss, grief
This book has been written in simple language and lucid style covering all the areas specified by the Indian Nursing Council and Indian Universities and Boards of Nursing hat are imparting diplomas, degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level courses in nursing.