MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING OBJECTIVES-THEORY
General Objective:
By the end of the course student
should be acquire knowledge and develop proficiency in caring for patient with
medical and surgical disorders in varieties of health care setting and at home.
Specific Objectives:
By the end of the course
students are able to:
- Appreciate the trends in medical surgical nursing.
- Describe the role of a nurse in caring for adult patient in hospital and community.
- Describe the concepts of medical surgical asepsis.
- Describe the common signs and symptoms, problems and their specific nursing interventions.
- Describes the etiology, patho physiology, chinical manifestation, diagnostic measures and management of patients with disorders of respiratory system and digestive system.
- Describes the etiology, patho physiology, chinical manifestation, diagnostic measures and management of patients with blood and cardiovascular problems.
- Describes the etiology, patho physiology, chinical manifestation, diagnostic measures and management of patients with disorders of genitor- urinary system.
- Describes the etiology, patho physiology, chinical manifestation, diagnostic measures and management of patients with disorders of male reproductive system.
- Describes the etiology, patho physiology, chinical manifestation, diagnostic measures and management of patients with disorders of endocrine system.
- Describes the etiology, patho physiology, chinical manifestation, diagnostic measures and management of patients with disorders of skin.
- Describes the etiology, patho physiology, chinical manifestation, diagnostic measures and management of patients with disorders of musculo skeletalsystem.
- Describes the etiology, patho physiology, chinical manifestation, diagnostic measures and management of patients with disorders of immunological system.
- Describes the etiology, patho physiology, chinical manifestation, diagnostic measures and management of patients with communicable diseases.
- Describe the organization and physical set up of operation theatre.
- Identify the various instruments and equipments used for surgeries.
- Describe the infection control measures in the operation theater.
- Describe the role of nurse in peri operative nursing care.
