Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life.
Health is a state of well-being that enables a person to lead a psychologically, socially and economically productive life. Health is a right of all the people. Individuals, Families and communities have responsibility towards maintaining their health.
Nursing contributes to the health services in vital and significant way in the health care delivery system. It recognizes national health goals and is committed to participate in the implementation of National Health policies and programmes. It aims at identifying health needs of the people, planning and providing quality care in collaboration with other health professionals and community groups.
Scope of nursing practice encompasses provision of promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative aspects of care to people across their life span in wide variety of health care settings. Practice of nursing is based upon application of basic concepts and principles derived from the physical, biological, and behavioural sciences, medicine and nursing.
Ross and Wilson ANATOMY and
PHYSIOLOGY in Health and Illness:
Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine!
Brunner and Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 10th ed !
ESSENTIALS OF BIOCHEMISTRY !
Essentials of Pediatric Nursing !
Ghai Essential Pediatrics !
DC DUTTA’s GYNECOLOGY !
Atrendynurse 