Barbara Kozier's name appears first on earlier edition under the title: Fundamentals of nursing
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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We are pleased to bring you the 8th edition of a book that has been the foundational nursing textbook for generations of nurses. What is now considered fundamental to the practice of nursing was unimaginable to those nurses who practiced during the years of the first edition. Although the language and devices you will see in this edition differ immensely from those used by nurses before us and before you, the systematic nature of gathering data to determine health challenges and designing, implementing, and evaluating care, has not changed