Acknowledgements

This book combines original content with material from Fundamentals of Nursing, an Open Educational Resource licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence. We sincerely acknowledge the generosity of Fundamentals of Nursing authors Christy Bowen, Lindsay Draper and Heather Moore, whose commitment to open educational practice made this adaptation possible.

We extend our gratitude to Dr Deborah King, Gabriella Rogina, Sara Boyle and Alice Luetchford for their invaluable contributions to the formatting, design, and publication of this book. Their expertise and attention to detail ensured a polished and accessible final product. This work would not have been possible without their dedication and support.

We are deeply grateful to Dr Eileen Siddins for her exceptional contributions to the formatting and graphic design of this book. Her dedication and creative expertise have greatly enhanced its visual clarity and accessibility. We sincerely appreciate the time and effort she devoted to ensuring a high-quality and engaging final product.

We would like to acknowledge, with appreciation, the valuable contribution Ben Green, of Greenhouse Media Productions, made to photographing and making available the high-quality images in this book.

We acknowledge and extend our gratitude to the external reviewers, Dr Peter Hartin, Dr Tanya Langtree, Dr Vanessa Sparke, Dr Maude Chapman and Dr Stephen Yu who generously volunteered their time to review these chapters.

We would like to acknowledge those who generously gave their time to be photographed for this book to give it an engaging and authentic look – Elaine Gordon, Jill Cope, Grady Layton, Marco Steyn, Michael Vien Jimenez, Mikayla Sanderson, Mollie Coogan and Zakaria Abdi Mumin.

This publication would not have been possible without the generous grant contributions from the College of Healthcare Sciences at James Cook University and the JCU Library Textbook Affordability Grant. Their commitment to supporting nursing education through the provision of free texts has played a vital role in ensuring accessible and high-quality learning resources for our students.