Contents- 1- Health and wellness, 2- The health care delivery system 3- Nursing today : nursing as a profession 4- Evidence-based practice 5- Caring in nursing practice 6- Cultural awareness 7-Ethics and values 8- Legal implications in nursing practice 9- Communication 10- Patient education 11- Critical thinking in nursing practice 12- Nursing assessment 13- Nursing diagnosis 14-Planning nursing care 15- Implementing nursing care 16- Evaluation 17- Managing patient care 18- Documentation and reporting 19- Hospitalization : admission and discharge 20- Vital signs 21- health assessment and physical examination 22- machinery equipment and linen 23- Infection prevention and control 24- Medication administration 25- Complementary and alternative therapies 26- Patient safety and quality 27- Self- concept 28- Sexuality 29- Spiritual health 30- The experience of loss , death and grief 31- Stress and coping 32- Activity and exercise 33- hygiene 34- oxygenation 35- Fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance 36- Sleep 37- Pain management 38- Nutrition 39- Urinary elimination 40- Bowel elimination 41- Mobility and Immobility 42- Skin Integrity and wound care 43- Sensory alterations 44- Care of surgical patients 45- Theoretical foundations of nursing practice