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    Medical-surgical nursing (MSN) is a specialized branch of nursing that provides care for adult patients undergoing medical or surgical treatment for diseases. MSN nurses play a vital role in all stages of a patient's treatment, from pre-operation to post-operation care. Their responsibilities include collecting patient information, developing individualized care plans, ordering tests and procedures, and evaluating the effectiveness of the nursing care provided. MSN nursing requires strong clinical skills and the ability to advocate for patients and work as part of a healthcare team.

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    Medical-surgical nursing (MSN) is a specialized branch of nursing that provides care for adult patients undergoing medical or surgical treatment for diseases. MSN nurses play a vital role in all stages of a patient's treatment, from pre-operation to post-operation care. Their responsibilities include collecting patient information, developing individualized care plans, ordering tests and procedures, and evaluating the effectiveness of the nursing care provided. MSN nursing requires strong clinical skills and the ability to advocate for patients and work as part of a healthcare team.

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    Medical-surgical nursing (MSN) is a specialized branch of nursing that provides care for adult patients undergoing medical or surgical treatment for diseases. MSN nurses play a vital role in all stages of a patient's treatment, from pre-operation to post-operation care. Their responsibilities include collecting patient information, developing individualized care plans, ordering tests and procedures, and evaluating the effectiveness of the nursing care provided. MSN nursing requires strong clinical skills and the ability to advocate for patients and work as part of a healthcare team.

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    1 MSN UNIT 1introduction

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    Medical-surgical nursing (MSN) is a specialized branch of nursing that provides care for adult patients undergoing medical or surgical treatment for diseases. MSN nurses play a vital role in all stages of a patient's treatment, from pre-operation to post-operation care. Their responsibilities include collecting patient information, developing individualized care plans, ordering tests and procedures, and evaluating the effectiveness of the nursing care provided. MSN nursing requires strong clinical skills and the ability to advocate for patients and work as part of a healthcare team.

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    INTRODUCTION TO

    MEDICAL-SURGICAL
    NURSING
    INTRODUCTION
    • MSN is specialized and skilled branch of
    nursing.
    • MSN can be considered to be the
    foundation of nursing because it has
    served as a lunch pad to the several
    interdisciplinary advanced specialization in
    several vital area of nursing, such as:
    - Cardiology
    - Neurology
    - Oncology etc.
    DEFINITION

    • Medical surgical nursing is a specialized


    branch of nursing that involve the nursing
    care of adult patients, whose disease
    condition are treated medically, surgically
    and pharmacologically.

    - Sharon L Lewis
    CON..
    • Medical- surgical clinical nurses are
    specialist who are involved in the direct
    clinical practices and play a vital role at
    several stages of treatment of the patient.
    • They served the responsibility of caring for
    the patient before, during as well as after
    the surgical intervention for the treatment
    of the disease.
    CLINICAL NURSES
    RESPONSIBILITIES
    1. Collection of information and setting care
    priorities
    2. Applying novel method of care
    and treatment modalities and their
    evaluation.
    3. Planning in individual care
    4. Taking patient histories and
    performing physical examination.
    5. Ordering laboratory test and
    diagnostic procedure.
    CRITERIA OF MSN SPECIALITY
    I. Criterion-A: “ MSN speciality defined
    new competencies in the discipline for
    nursing practice.”

    II. Criterion-B: “ MSNspeciality involve of


    designing special procedure for
    nursing care for the patients.”
    ROLE OF MEDICAL-SURGICAL
    NURSE
    1. Get set of skills:
     They must have sound knowledge of all aspect of
    human health.

    They must be competent enough to provide care to
    individual, sick or well, utilizing the various nursing
    processes.

    They must be able to asses the nursing requirement of
    patient from birth to death.

    They must able to preparing plan in crisis situation.

    They must be able to promote self care & practical
    prioritization of skills.

    They must be able to assist in research activities.
    2. Ability to advocate for the patients
    • They must be able to understand the importance
    measuring
    of and improving the quality of care delivered.
    • They must consider the safety of the patient as the top
    priority.
    • They must support patient to the best of their health
    interests.
    • They must be evaluate the effectiveness of the nursing
    care.
    • They must able to work as a team with the team of
    health workers & must be use her knowledge of good
    communication skills and relations at work.
    3. Ability to make a difference in a patient’s
    life everyday
    • To provide psychological and physical comfort to
    the patient.
    • They must use ethical values in professional and
    personal life.
    • To assist patient in rehabilitative activities.
    • They must posses the basic skills of educating
    and counseling of patient about the preventive
    actions.
    4. Ability to become the backbone of health
    care system of the society
    • They must participate as member of the health
    team in delivery of curative, preventive,
    promotive and rehabilitative health care services.

    • They must able to utilize their administrative


    skills and leadership qualities while working in
    team for the cause of health and community
    welfare schemes.
    CONCEPTS OF HEALTH &
    ILLNESS
    DEFINITION
    •“HEALTH IS A STATE OF
    COMPLETE PHYSICAL,
    MENTAL AND SOCIAL
    WELL BEING AND NOT
    MERELY THE ABSENCE OF
    DISEASE OR INFIRMITY”.

    - WHO
    4. Impact on family dynamics
    HEALTH IS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN
    RIGHT. THE ATTAINMENT OF HIGHEST
    POSSIBLE LEVEL OF HEALTH IS THE MOST
    IMPORTANT WORLD WIDE SOCIAL GOAL.
    TEN MAJOR HEALTH ISSUE FOR
    THE NATION
    1. Access to health care
    2. Malnutrition
    3. Immunization
    4. Institutional maternity care
    5. Childhood disease –diarrhea & respiratory infection
    6. Control of communicable disease
    7. Sanitation and safe drinking water
    8. Increasing non-communicable disease
    9. Injury and violence
    10.Mental health

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