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2. Medical-surgical nursing - Wikipedia

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   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. [1] [2] Many years ago a majority of hospital nurses worked on wards, and everyone was a medical-surgical nurse.

3. Surgical nursing - Wikipedia

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   In the UK and Australia, surgical patients (those who have undergone a minor or major surgical procedure) are nursed on different wards from medical patients. Nursing practice on surgical wards differs from that of medical wards. Surgical nurses may practice in different types of surgery: General surgery (e.g. appendectomy, gallbladder removal)

4. Perioperative nursing - Wikipedia

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   The main responsibilities of the scrub nurse is to manage the sterile instruments and equipment, perform counts to ensure that items are not inadvertently left inside the surgical wound, anticipate the surgeon's needs and pass required instruments and equipment to the surgeon. Other duties can also include surgical site preparation, sterile ...

5. Nursing in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In addition to the duties of a CNA, a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is generally also qualified to administer injections, perform therapeutic massage, prepare patients for surgical procedures, maintain patient medical records, change bandages and dressings, and sometimes manage intravenous drips.

6. Surgeon's assistant - Wikipedia

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   An assistant surgeon, also known as a surgical assistant, surgeon's assistant, assistant in surgery or first assistant, is a healthcare professional who provides direct manual and/or instrumental assistance to meet the in-procedure demands of a surgeon during a surgical operation.

7. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses - Wikipedia

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   Since 1979 individual members, AORN chapters, hospitals, and other medical facilities have organized special events and utilized other forms of publicity to help educate the public about the diverse roles performed by perioperative registered nurses. [5] In 2000, OR Nurse Week was renamed to Perioperative Nurse Week to broaden the term.

8. Category:Medical-surgical nurses - Wikipedia

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9. Certified medical-surgical registered nurse - Wikipedia

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   Medical-surgical nursing certification (and recertification) is offered by the Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board, an organization based in the United States that exists to establish credentialing mechanisms for validating proficiency in medical-surgical nursing. The Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board was founded by and is a ...