The book “The Short Textbook of Nursing Education” helps to improve the ability of nursing students. Nursing students should learn the principles, methods of communication and teaching in a proper way. This book serves as a simple and comprehensive guide for nursing students, educators and nursing practitioners. The book has nine different chapters which is written based on the Indian Nursing Council (INC) prescribed syllabus. It helps nursing students to develop their interpersonal relationship in teaching and clinical settings. Information in this book is presented in an organized and systematic way. It explains communication process along with communication process, channels of communication, barriers of communication, methods of overcoming barriers of communication and techniques of communication. Social behavior, social motivation and social attitudes are important attributes in human relations. Purposes, types, phases and barriers of interpersonal relations are discussed in this book. It also covers principles of education and teaching learning process, methods of teaching and methods of teaching. Observation and assessment play a vital role in nursing practices. Purposes of evaluation, technique or characteristics of good evaluation and different domains for assessments, guidance and counseling and information, education and communication for health are dealt in detail.