This is a portable book highlighting good practice in nursing and offers a comprehensive synthesis of its underlying knowledge base. Essentially the book sets out to give the practitioner the succinct message of what he/she needs in order to give the best possible nursing care to the patient. Clearly the nurse who has to give immediate and responsive care to the patient does not always have access to such sources. This book will give the nurse the relevant message in a clear and straightforward form, in order to facilitate good practice.