Potter and Perry 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 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 • Additional chapters: o Hospital admission and discharge o Equipment and linen o Diagnostic testing o First aid and emergencies A complete and student friendly text in Nursing Foundation of Global standards with local appealAdditional chapters: o Hospital admission and discharge o Equipment and linen o Diagnostic testing o First aid and emergencies