Fundamentals of Nursing

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Summary: The definitive nursing book.
Review: This giant book, now in its sixth edition, is a complete guide to the concepts and skills needed to move the beginning student nurse to graduation. Eighteen hundred pages of text, printed in a clear, readable style is supplemented with a CD-ROM to cover even more areas. The book is complete, from an introduction that describes the general duties of a nurse and gives some historical background, to discussions of nursing care from conception through the end of life phase. The writing is a mixture of setting a level to address the audience and at the same time introducing the vocabulary that will be needed to handle discussions in their professional life. (The CD even provides an audio glossary.)

The book is written by a wide range of professionals in the field, and edited by Patricia Potter (Research Scientist, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis) and Anne Perry (Professor and Interim Director of Research, St. Louis University School of Nursing).

This is the definitive book on nursing.