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Nursing is an ever-challenging profession, where there is tremendous growth in the technology, and demands advanced skilled nurses to manage any critical situations in nursing care. As a nursing educator, it is important responsibility to prepare the student nurses as such, so that future nurses are dynamic and talented to provide the expected quality of nursing care. This book contains all the subjects in 4th year that are newly included such as Management of Nursing Service and Education, Nursing Research and Statistics. Apart from that the already existing subjects are Midwifery and Obstetric Nursing, Community Health Nursing II. All the subjects are explained clearly, concisely, and legibly in points, targeted to score good marks in each subject. The contents in each subject are explained with required diagrams and tables as per the examination point of view. List of repeated questions are highlighted at the end of the book. Adequate new details are added to each question paper. The students whoever go through this paper will be able to get a good concept about each question and the presentation of the contents. Unnecessary questions are removed and only questions that are listed in each paper are explained well. This book will be helpful not only to the students who prepare regularly for examinations but also the back students. Teachers can also go through this book since it will definitely act as a guidance tool to mould each student for examination.

Nursing is a service to individuals, families and society. It is based upon art and science which mold the attitude, intellectual competencies and practical skills of the individual nursing student. The scope of nursing practice encompasses provision of promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative aspects of care to people across their lifespan in wide variety of health care setting. This book has been prepared with comprehensive approach, which will be very useful to 4th year BSc Nursing students as an essential ready-reference tool.