Important Topics Under Medical Surgical Nursing

IMPORTANT TOPICS UNDER MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING INTRODUCTION 1) Hyponatremia 2) Postoperative complications 3) Wound healing 4) Pre and post-care for general surgery 5) Haemorrhage 6) Inflammation 7) Principles of ICU 8) Postoperative nursing care 9) ICU 10) Postoperative complications 11) Postoperative nursing care 12) Pre and post-op care for general surgery 13) Wound healing 14) CPR 15) Role of ICU Nurse COMMON SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS AND MANAGEMENT 1) Pain 2) Shock 3) Hypovolemic Shock 4) Fluid and Electrolyte imbalance 5) Anaphylactic shock- Drug therapy 6) Geriatric care 7) Unconsciousness 8) Hyponatremia 9) Snakebite 10) Hypovolemic Shock 11) Constipation 12) Haemorrhage 13) Shock- Define, causes, Nursing management 14) Edema RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS 1) DOTs Therapy 2) Bronchiectasis 3) Metered-dose inhaler in Asthma 4) Pulmonary Tuberculosis 5) Tracheotomy care 6) Care of patient on the endotracheal tube 7) Chest physiotherapy 8) Bronchial asthma- Pathophysiology 9) Thrombophlebitis 10) Tuberculin test Pneumonia 11) Atelectasis 12) Emphysema 13) Empyema DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS 1) Duodenal and Gastric ulcer 2) Cholecystitis 3) Peptic ulcer-causes 4) hiatus hernia 5) Ascites- Pathophysiology Intestinal obstruction-Causes, C/F, Pre and Postoperative 6) Cholilithiasis- types, cholecystectomy, Management 7) Peritonitis- duodenal perforation, signs and symptoms, Medical and surgical Mx 8) Liver Cirrhosis- aetiology, C/F, Nursing Management BLOOD AND CARDIOVASCULAR PROBLEMS 1) Digoxin 2) Classification of Hypertension 3) Classification of congenital heart disease 4) Blood transfusion 5) Haemorrhage 6) Raynaud’s disease 7) Aneurysm and peripheral vascular disorder 8) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) 9) phlebotomy procedure 10) organ donation 11)Cardiovascular Risk factors 12) Anticoagulant medication- education for the patient 13) Leukaemia-Nursing care 14) Deep Vein Thrombosis(DVT) 15) Digitalis Therapy 16) Pacemaker 17) Defibrillator 18) Angiography 19) Diet in Cardiac disorders 20) Diet in Anaemia 21) Peripheral vascular disease- common clinical features 22)Complications of IV therapy 23) CCF 24) MI-Risk factors, Pathophysiology, CABG, C/F, PTCA 25) Angina Pectoris- Definition, Etiology, C/F, Nursing Management 26) Anaemia- Classification, C/F, Management 27) Leukaemia- Etiology, Medical Management, Nursing Management GENITO-URINARY PROBLEMS 1) Haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis 2) Nephrotic syndrome 3) Acute renal failure(ARF) 4) Chronic renal failure(CRF) 5) End-stage renal disease 6) BPH 7) Renal calculus 8) TURP 9) Diet for CRF REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM 1) Infertility 2) Contraception ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS 1) DM& DI 2) Goitre 3) Foot care in DM 4) Thyroid crisis 5) Thyroid Storm 6) Diabetic Foot care 7) Insulin therapy INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM 1) Eczema 2) Dermatitis 3) Psoriasis 4) Scabies 5) Acne Vulgaris MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM 1) Nursing care of the patient with skin traction 2) X-ray care 3) Bone Marrow Aspiration 4) Paget’s disease 5) Fracture- Definition, Classification, Medical and Nursing Management 6) Care after Amputation Head Injury- Types, Nursing Management 7) Osteoarthritis- C/F, Health teaching, Nursing Management 8) Amputation- Definition, Indications, Health teaching, Nursing care plan IMMUNOLOGICAL SYSTEM 1) Role of nurse Counselling 2) Immunity 3) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 4) Infection control program 5) Standard Safety Precautions 6) Immunodeficiency disorder COMMUNICABLE DISEASE 1) Dengue fever types 2) Treatment regimen in Leprosy 3) Opportunistic infections in AIDS 4) Tetanus 5) Chickenpox 6) Swine Flu 7) Lab investigation in HIV 8) Meningitis-Causes, Signs and symptoms, Management 9) Dengue fever-types, Management, nursing care 10) Swine Flu-Causes, Prevention, Nursing Management 11) AIDS- Mode of transmission, precautions, Nursing Management Asthma 12) TB-Definition, Pathophysiology, pharmacological Management, Nursing Car 13) COPD- C/F, Nursing Management 14) Pulmonary TB- Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Nursing Management PREOPERATIVE NURSING CARE 1) Suture and suture material 2) Biomedical waste management 3) Standard safety precautions 4) Therapeutic environment in OT 5) Infection control measures in OT 6) Surgical Asepsis 7) Universal precautions 8) Fumigation of OT 9) Complications of General Anaesthesia 10) Duties and responsibilities of a nurse in OT 11) Anaesthesia