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Nursing care remains at the cutting edge of science as innovations in patient care continuously evolve. However, fundamental and general skills are still necessary to develop the clinical reasoning skills a nurse requires in order to provide safe, high-quality care to patients and communities. Suitable for the Staff Nurse, Professional Nurse and Nursing Auxiliary qualification, Juta’s Manual of Nursing Volume 1: Fundamental and General Nursing has been updated to ensure that it meets the requirements of the new qualifications for Fundamental and General Nursing. All chapters include updated information where appropriate. New topics include the latest methods in infection control, information on electronic patient records, the ethical use of social media and a review of nutritional information. Each chapter contains: • The prerequisite knowledge necessary for study of that chapter, to ensure integration with other core subjects • Ethical considerations • Relevant medico-legal considerations • Key concepts and terminology as well as new vocabulary. The well-known and respected team of authors from previous editions have drawn on their years of practical and theoretical experience to produce a comprehensive and up-to-date text for the South African nursing environment.