Special Features Comprehensive coverage of fundamental nursing concepts, skills and techniques Text enriched with Nursing Interventions and Alerts A perfect amalgamation of Theoretical and Clinical Practices 100+ Skill Procedures with rationales of Nursing Practices 300+ Photographs & Illustrations Salient Features The book provides students of nursing profession a solid base for taking care of patients. It acts as a standard prescription for educators and mentors for preparing nurses at graduate and postgraduate levels. It will also be an iconic resource in coaching and mentoring the budding and practicing nurses to build their competence and confidence. This textbook has been developed keeping in mind the clinical requirements of a student nurse at all levels of nursing education. It has been organized in accordance with the Kerala University of Health Sciences Syllabus for BSc Nursing and based on prescribed learning requirements. A concise presentation with clear and simple terminologies is the hallmark of this text. It has been organized in a logical sequence and is systematically framed to augment dexterity. The entire text is represented in a simple, lucid and easy-to-grasp language. Each and every skill procedure has been presented in a tabular form with standard format of presentation in a nursing process approach Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation with rationale at every step and documentation. Unit Outline provides a glimpse of chapters discussed in that unit. Last but not the least, each chapter has a standard format starting with Learning Objectives, Key Terms and Chapter Outline, followed by the procedures.