Surgical Nursing layers essential patientcare information, engaging critical thinking exercises, and diverse features to help students learn critical content. The second South Asianedition, similar to the previous edition, is comprehensively updated to customize and keep pace with South Asia's health care environment byincluding Indian/Asian epidemiologic data of common diseases and disorders, flowcharts of pathophysiologic processes of various diseasesand disorders, and psychosocial concepts, which is contemporary to South Asian scenario.