BASICS OF NURSINGS 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. Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families,groups, communities, and populations. "Nursing encompasses autonomous and Cotahotative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems management, and education are also key nursing roles. Ideal for the nursing professionals, students as well as general readers, this book provides a comprehensive overview of nursing with up to date entries covering all related disciplines. It covers all aspects of nursing, including general nursing, special nursing care, adult nursing, critical care, oncology, child health ,various therapies, information technology, learning disabilities, policy issues, ethics, nutrition, pharmacology, public health, terminology from physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and radiology.