Surgical Nursing:

Terms Related to Surgical Nursing

• Post Surgical Nursing

  The specialty or practice of nursing in the care of patients in the recovery room following surgery and/or anesthesia.

• Administrative Nursing Research

  Research concerned with establishing costs of nursing care, examining the relationships between nursing services and quality patient care, and viewing problems of nursing service delivery ...

• Oncological Nursing

  Nursing care provided cancer patients. It includes aspects of family functioning through education of both patient and family. The specialty of oncologic nursing focuses on ...

• Geriatric Nursing

  Nursing care of the aged patient given in the home, the hospital, or special institutions such as nursing homes, psychiatric institutions, etc.

• Nursing Assessment

  Evaluation of the nature and extent of nursing problems presented by a patient for the purpose of patient care planning.