Textbook of
Nursing Foundations
for BSc Nursing Students
As per the Revised INC Syllabus (2021-22) for BSc Nursing
What's New in this Edition?
🧩 Written by senior most faculty with more than 40 years of teaching experience
🧩 Reviewed by 50+ most senior nursing faculties PAN India
🧩 Covers Nursing Foundation I and II
🧩 A thoroughly updated and revised edition
🧩 A perfect amalgamation of theoretical and clinical aspects
🧩 500+ Photographs, Illustrations and Tables covered
🧩 100+ Skill procedures with rationales of nursing practices included
🧩 500+ Subjective and Objective Questions
🧩 New chapters added on First Aid and Diagnostic Techniques
🧩 5+ OSCE Stations
3rd Edition
Harindarjeet Goyal
Salient Features
💊 This textbook will act as a standard prescription for educators and mentors for preparing nurses at graduate and postgraduate levels.
💊 An integral part of training requires teaching theory and mastering practical skills, which have been extensively covered in this book.
💊 Each and every skill procedure has been presented in a tabular format with standard nursing process approach—Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation—with rationale at every step and documentation.
💊 First Aid, Diagnostic Techniques and Rehabilitation have been covered in detail for the first time in this edition.
💊 This textbook has been developed keeping in mind the clinical requirements of a student nurse at various levels of nursing education.
💊 Each chapter has a standard format starting with Introduction, necessary details about the topics followed by the procedures with their respective rationales.
💊 Learning Objectives in the beginning of every chapter help readers understand the purpose of the chapter.
💊 Chapter Outline gives a glimpse of the content covered in the entire chapter.
💊 Key Terms are added in each chapter to help students understand difficult scientific terms in easy language.
💊 Information Boxes have been supplemented throughout the book to facilitate extra knowledge.
💊 To give an extra edge to book from the practical point of view, OSCE stations have been covered in a separation section.
💊 The book is well-illustrated with 500+ fully Colored Images and Illustrations for easy grasp of the relevant topic.
💊 100+ skill procedures supplemented with theory for better understanding of their implementation in clinical settings
💊 Important takeaway points of respective chapters have been highlighted under Summary boxes.
💊 Detailed Student Assignment in the form of exercises in each and every chapter will facilitate structured learning and revision of the material provided in the respective chapters.
About the Author
Harindarjeet Goyal PhD, MPhil, MSc (MSN), BSc (Hons.), RN, RM is a former Principal, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing, New Delhi. She held numerous positions, viz. Clinical Instructor, Tutor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor-cum-Vice Principal and Officiating Principal, during her illustrious career spanning over 44 years.
She received her BSc (Hons.) degree from Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing affiliated to University of Delhi in the year 1975. Thereafter, she taught Nursing Foundations and Medical Surgical Nursing to undergraduate students. She pursued her MSc (N) from the same college and continued as faculty member.
