TO MEDICAL
SURGICAL NURSING
,MAIN OBJECTIVE:
To acquire knowledge on medical-surgical nursing and develop
and attitudes in the management of patients with medical and
surgical conditions.
SUB-OBJECTIVES
The student will be able to:
1. Discuss historical development of Medicine and Surgery.
2. Classify the disease/condition according to their etiology.
3. Describe the disease process (Pathophysiology)
4. Describe common medical-surgical conditions
, Assignment
1. Write notes on historical development of Medicine and Surge
, Background
• Medical /surgical nursing- broad nursing specialty that prov
care for adult patients with either /both acute and chronic
conditions.
• This requires broad knowledge on body system, surgical and
medical pathologies, clinical skills, clinical decision making a
as collaborative skills.
• According
. to Florence Nightingale, the goal of nursing was to
the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him