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Medical-Surgical Nursing
Medical-Surgical Nursing includes the provision of care to individuals who have a known or predicted physiological alteration. Working within an interdisciplinary team and guided by theory and research, medical-surgical nursing practice considers all influences on health status and the related social and behavioral problems arising because of the patient's physiological condition. Medical-surgical nursing is practiced in primary, acute, or long-term nursing care facilities. (from ANCC) (NCI Thesaurus)
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