Book excerpt: Fundamentals of Nursing by Potter and Perry is a widely appreciated textbook on nursing foundations/fundamentals. Its comprehensive coverage provides fundamental nursing concepts, skills and techniques of nursing practice and a firm foundation for more advanced areas of study. This Second South Asia edition of Potter and Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing not only provides the well-established, authentic content of international standards but also caters to the specific curriculum requirements of nursing students of the region. SALIENT FEATURES - Fully compliant to the INC curriculum - Easy-to-read, interesting and involving disposition, which leads the reader through various facets of nursing foundations/ fundamentals - Improved layout, design and presentation - A number of photographs replaced with the Indian ones to provide regional feel to the content - Long Answer and Short Answer questions added at the end of every chapter