Potter & Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing 2nd edition builds on the strengths of the highly successful 1st edition with greater local authorship, and increased local research, evidence and concepts particular to the health care systems of Australia and New Zealand. The entire text has now been brought into the local context by a team of unit editors and chapter contributors.

The text contains twenty chapters extensively adapted and reviewed by leading expert academics from Australia and New Zealand. Unit editors have reworked the remaining twenty-nine chapters to produce a truly local version of this essential fundamentals text, ensuring that the text fully address the needs of Australian and New Zealand students and educators.