"Comprehensive and complete: This textbook presents complete required content very comprehensively to meet all the needs of Basic BSc Nursing students related to the revised Indian Nursing Council syllabus. Simple and lucid content: This textbook provides clear and concise content about concepts and principles of professionalism, professional values and ethics in a simple and lucid manner incorporating their applications to healthcare and nursing sciences. Easy-to-follow: This is an applied, user-friendly, and self-explanatory textbook with simple language and illustrative presentation. An example-oriented book: This is an example-oriented book, where numerous examples are cited throughout the textbook for enriching understanding about the principles of professionalism, professional values and ethics in nursing. Illustrative presentation: Presentation of content has been supplemented with illustrations to facilitate quick review and recall of important concepts."