The practice involves far more than just giving patients their medications. I stumbled into this specialty after graduation and have truly found my nursing passion with my pulmonary patients.Īs a med-surg nurse, what are your responsibilities?Īs a bedside med-surg nurse, my primary responsibility is to care for adults with medical illnesses requiring hospitalization. Because we are still a medical unit, we can get any medical general care patients. Personally, I have specialized in pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and thoracic medicine-meaning I primarily take care of patients requiring hospitalization with ailments in those areas, but not requiring primary surgical interventions. The specializations available depend on how a facility organizes its units. Med-surg nurses may also keep medical and surgical together. Med-surg nurses can also focus on such areas as cardiac, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, hospice, and neurologic care. Some specialize in medical and surgical units separately, with other practice areas within those umbrellas. Within med-surg, there are different specialties nurses can pursue. Medical-surgical nurses have advanced organizational, prioritization, assessment, and communication skills and are leaders in coordinating care among the interprofessional health care team.” They have a broad knowledge base and are experts in their practice. Are there various kinds of nurses with different jobs in med-surg? What kind are you? How did you get into it?Īccording to AMSN’s official description of the specialty, “Medical-surgical nurses provide care to adults with a variety of medical issues or who are preparing for/recovering from surgery. Let’s start by having you explain what a med-surg nurse is and does.
AMSN NURSE PROFESSIONAL
Jacqueline Savalle, BSN, RN, CMSRN, a staff nurse in Rochester, Minnesota as well as the Emerging Professional Liaison, Board of Directors, for the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses ( AMSN) took the time to answer our questions about what it’s like to work as a med-surg nurse and what nurses need to do if they want to pursue this particular career in nursing.
As a medical-surgical nurse, you are often caring for patients who are getting ready to have surgery or are recovering from it.
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