We welcome you to the fifth edition of Nurses and Families. Whether you are a nursing student, practicing nurse, or nurse educator, this book is for you. Research evidence and clinical narratives of families experiencing illness make it mandatory and a moral imperative for nurses to include families with care and competence in whatever nursing context we find ourselves. The development and evolution of family nursing has moved beyond the debate of whether families should be included in health care to a more important focus and emphasis on how to involve families. Therefore, the main emphasis and thrust of our book is once again to offer ideas of how to include families in nursing practice with the specific knowledge and skills to accomplish that. Yes, this is a “how to” book.