History medical surgical nursing
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Medical-surgical nursing is a nursing specialty area concerned with the care of adult patients in a broad range of settings.
Medical-surgical nursing is the largest group of professionals in the field of nursing. Advances in medicine and nursing have resulted in medical-surgical nursing evolving into its own specialty.
Many years ago a majority of hospital nurses worked on wards, and everyone was a medical-surgical nurse. Today licensed medical-surgical nurses work in a variety of positions, inpatient clinics, emergency departments, administration, out patient surgical centers, home health care, ambulatory surgical care, and skilled nursing homes. Some military medical-surgical nurses serve on battlefields.
THE EVOLUTION
OFNURSING
CONCEPT OF COMPREHENSIVE NURSING CARE1. MANAGING PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSES TO ILLNESS• Pain• Dyspnea• Nutrition and hydration• Elimination
PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUESSOCIAL ISSUESCOMMUNICATIONSPIRITUAL CARE
Principles Ethical Reasoning
Autonomy Beneficence Nonmaleficence Confidentiality Double Effect Fidelity Justice
Paternalism Respect for Persons Sanctity of Life Veracity