Disciplines and Occupations

Medical-Surgical Nursing

The area of nursing concerned with the needs and care of adult medical and surgical patients.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

The area of nursing concerned with the needs and care of adult medical and surgical patients.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Medical Surgical Nursing
  • Nursing, Medical Surgical
  • Nursing, Medical-Surgical

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2016

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. H02w.478w.676.403w
  2. N02.421.533.475w

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NLM Classification

WY 150

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Medical-Surgical Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000069469. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000069469
  2. Medical-Surgical Nursing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical-surgical_nursing
  3. Medical-Surgical Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6806249