Main description:

Nurses play an important role in almost all the realms of patient care, such as administering prescribed medicines, assisting in carrying out diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, for which a thorough knowledge of anatomy and physiology is mandatory.

The fifth edition of Textbook of Anatomy & Physiology for Nurses has been thoroughly revised and updated

All chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated.
About 100 tables and 100 flowcharts and Extra Knowledge Bites have been added to make the learning easy and interesting.
Embryology and histology of important structures have been added in different boxes to provide a new dimension for an integrated learning.
Histological photomicrographs of important structures have been introduced.
More than 700 illustrations have been added for easy reproducibility. Several clinical photographs and X-rays have been added to generate interest.
Clinical correlations have been added to make the student understand the pathological changes occurring in various organs.
The edition is accompanied by a free workbook that contains chapter-wise image-based questions, descriptive and objective type questions for revision, self-assessment and improvement.

Contents:

Section 1: Body and its Constituents

Section 2: Blood and Lymphatics

Section 3: Organ Systems

Section 4: Nutrition

Glossary

Index