OVERVIEW:-

The Department of Medical Surgical Nursing provides courses related to adult nursing as well as advanced nursing practice within the framework of the curriculum of Indian Nursing council (INC).

The department provides student centred teaching and learning in conducive atmosphere for hands on experience that helps the students to gain confidence in their nursing knowledge, skills and attitudinal practice. The faculty of the department focuses on the students’ knowledge, skills and altitudinal acquisition to meet the demands of changing patient demographics, disease severity and complexities in health care technologies.  

The clinical services of the department include clinical supervision of students, patient care, in-service education, conduction of awareness programs, health screening, clinical administration and research activities. The services are rendered in various areas of CSSH Hospital that include: general medical & surgical wards, out-patient departments, specialty wards, critical care units, intensive care units, operating rooms, diagnostic and procedural areas.  

 Scope of practice in medical surgical nursing is evidence based in terms of procedural aspects and also the patient care. Critical procedures in patient care are trained through simulated patients so as to gain expertise and confidence in the students and thereby practice in the clinical areas. The course offers opportunity for students to learn adult health problems including geriatrics so as to equip with the understanding of providing comprehensive care. 

VISION:-

The Department of Medical Surgical Nursing strives for outstanding educational outcomes by every graduates and post graduates who will be recognized for excellence, leadership, compassionate care and demonstrate excellence in the nursing practice, education, administration and research.

MISSION:-

The mission of Dept. of Medical Surgical Nursing is as follows:

• Keep abreast with latest development in the field of Medical Surgical Nursing
• Promote hands on skill in advanced nursing procedures in Medical Surgical Nursing areas
• Facilitate research activities by the student and faculty in Medical Surgical Nursing field
• Update the students and faculty of the change in protocols & policies in the field of Medical Surgical Nursing

 1. PHILOSOPHY:-

• Medical and surgical nursing department believes that nursing contributes to the health services in a village through the health care delivery system.
• It aims at identifying the health needs of the people, planning and providing care with other health professionals and community groups.
• It also aims at promotive, preventive and curative aspects of care to people in a wide variety of health care settings based upon applications and principles derived from the physical, biological, behavioral sciences, medical and surgical nursing.

2. AIMS:-

• Apply the knowledge from physical, biological and behavioral sciences, medicine including alternative treatment.
• Providing nursing care to individuals, families and communities.
• Demonstrate understanding of lifestyle and other factors that affect the health status of individuals.
• Provide nursing care based on steps of the nursing process in collaboration with the individuals and group.
• Utilize the latest trends and technology to provide health care.
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills to making decisions in all situations in order to provide quality care.

3. ACTIVITIES:

• Organize seminar, CNE, faculty clinical presentation, workshop, conference and rapid review
• Supervision of the students in the clinical areas
• Co-ordinate among members to attend professional activities
• Communicate relevant events of the dept. to various institutions outside the university
• Observe  health related days collaboratively with various departments of the university 
• Conduct collaborative research
• Take part in patient care activities and clinical administration
• Integrate with nursing service to provide quality nursing care
• Observation of all health days

ADULT HEALTH NURSING-ADVANCE SKILL LAB

Advance Skill Nursing lab is designed to assist students in developing expertise and in depth knowledge in the field of Adult HealthNursing. Nursing is an art and science that needs a lot of practice. It is the practical area of the students, where they perform all nursing procedures prior to the exposure to the clinical field. It aims at making students proficient in assessing and caring for adult patients suffering from various medical surgical disorders.The lab is equipped with all sophisticated equipment and manikins to facilitate transition to actual clinical settings. A large collection of nursing models, manikins, instruments, comfort devices are available for full practical simulation of patient care. It provides hands on learning experiences specific to course objectives as directed by nursing curriculum.

MISSION

• The mission of the Advance Skill Lab (ASL) is to provide students extensive experience in discipline specific and collaborative, multidisciplinary, team-based clinical simulations using standardized patients (SPs) and patient simulators.

OBJECTIVES

On completion of the course, the students will be able to:

• Develop understanding about the concept of health, illness and scope of nursing within health care services.
• Apply the principles and methods of effective communication in establishing communication links with patients, families and other health team members
• Provide individual simulated patient scenarios and collaborative, team-based healthcare delivery scenarios to improve students’ patient care skills and clinical decision making abilities.
• Providing inter-professional clinical training for allied health and advanced practice students, and medical residents and nurses from local healthcare training facilities and healthcare organizations/providers.
• Develop understanding about fundamentals of health assessment and perform health assessment in supervised clinical settings
• Describe the principles and techniques of infection control and biomedical waste management
• Perform admission, transfer, and discharge of a patient under supervision applying the knowledge
• Identify the educational needs of patients and demonstrate basic skills of patient education.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS

Clinical Practice

• Staff nurse
• Nursing educator in hospital
• Infection control nurse
• Ward in – charge
• Nurse administrator
• Work in school as a school health nurse
• Work in industry/company as an Industrial nurse
• Clinical Nurse Researcher

Nursing Education

• Lecturer in nursing
• Assistant professor in nursing
• Associate professor in nursing
• Professor in nursing
• HOD of Department

 Nursing Administration

• Ward in – charge
• Shift in – charge
• Chief nursing officer
• Principal- College of Nursing

Nursing Research

• Nurse Researcher
• Research coordinator
• Research advisor
• Research supervisor for under graduate and post graduate students.

Demonstration of Various Procedures

Faculty List