M.Sc. in MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING

• Appreciate the trends & issues in the field of Medical - Surgical Nursing as a speciality
• Apply concepts & theories related to Health Promotion
• Appreciate the patient as an individual
• Perform Physical, Psychosocial assessment of Medical - Surgical patients
• Apply nursing process in providing care to patients
• Integrate the concept of Family Centred Nursing Care with associated disorder such as Genetic, Congenital and Long-Term Illness
• Recognize and manage emergencies with Medical - Surgical Patients
• Describe various recent technologies & treatment modalities in the management of critically ill patients
• Appreciate the legal & ethical issues relevant to Medical - Surgical Nursing
• Appreciate the role of alternative systems of medicine in care of patients
• Incorporate evidence based nursing practice and identify the areas of research in the field of Medical - Surgical Nursing
• Recognize the role of nurse practitioner as a member of the Medical - Surgical health team

• The candidate should be a Registered Nurse and Registered midwife or equivalent with any State Nursing Registration Council.
• The Minimum education requirements shall be the passing of: B.Sc. Nursing/B.Sc. Hons. Nursing/Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing with minimum of 55% aggregate marks.
• The candidate should have undergone in B.Sc. Nursing / B.Sc. Hons. Nursing / Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing.
• Minimum one year of work experience after Basic B.Sc. Nursing.
• Minimum one year of work experience prior or after Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing.

2 years

There are numerous private and government medical colleges and universities that are always on the lookout for skilled medical surgical nursing candidates on lucrative conditions. These post graduates can also opt to work for medical labs and nursing homes in administrative positions.
Some of the job profiles that one can choose from are:

• Nursing In charge
• Clinical Instructor
• Nursing Executive
• Assistant Nursing Superintendent
• Nursing Supervisor
• Anesthetist
• Paramedic Nurse.

INTRODUCTION
Current status of health and disease burden in India ▪ Current concept of health ▪ Trends & issues in medical - surgical nursing ▪ Ethical & cultural issues in medical - surgical nursing ▪ Health assessment of patients ▪ Care in hospital settings ▪ Ambulatory care ▪ Acute and critical care ▪ Long term care ▪ Home health care ▪ Characteristics, care models, practice settings, interdisciplinary team ▪ Hospitalization - effects of hospitalization on the patient & family ▪ stressors & Reactions related to disease process ▪  Nursing care using nursing process approach

Management of patients with disorders of: Nervous system ▪ Respiratory system ▪ Cardio vascular system ▪ Disorders of blood ▪ Genitourinary system ▪ Endocrine system ▪ Musculo-skeletal system ▪ Integumentary system ▪ Eye and ent ▪ Reproductive system
Common Disorders - Etiology, Patho-physiology ▪ Clinical manifestations ▪ Complications, prognosis ▪ Health assessment ▪ Treatment modalities ▪ Nursing management ▪ Evidence based nursing practice ▪ Rehabilitation and follow-up

GERIATRIC NURSING
Nursing assessment, Ageing, Concepts and theories of ageing. Cognitive aspects of ageing. Normal biological ageing. Age related body systems changes. Psychosocial aspects of aging. Medications and elderly. Stress & coping in older adults. Common health problems & nursing. Abuse of elderly. Role of nurse for care of elderly: ambulation, nutritional, communicational, psychosocial and spiritual. Role of family and formal and non-formal caregivers. Legal & Ethical Issues. Provisions and Programmes for elderly; privileges, Community programs and health services. issues, problems and trends.

MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH COMMUNICABLE AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
Review of immune system. Common disorders of immune system. Review of infectious disease process. Communicable diseases, Health assessment, Treatment modalities. Nursing management. Evidence based nursing practice. Rehabilitation and follow-up.

EMERGENCY, TRAUMA AND MULTI-SYSTEM ORGAN FAILURE
DIC, Trauma, burns, poisoning. Health assessment, Treatment modalities, nursing management. Evidence based nursing practice. Rehabilitation and follow-up.

In second year sub speciality for medical surgical nursing is the in depth study of particular system which the student will select, based on the marks scored in first year.