Medical Surgical Nursing is a broad specialty of nursing and it deals with the nursing care of patients with various medical surgical conditions. It forms a larger part of the B. Sc. Nursing curriculum. The faculty of the department imparts in depth knowledge to the students by various innovative teaching methods. Methods like seminars, symposiums, role plays, video assisted teaching, group discussions, care studies, care analysis, case presentations and procedure demonstrations are used to enhance the knowledge and skills of the students. As part of the clinical experience in Medical Surgical Nursing, students are posted in various medical surgical wards, OPDs, Intensive care units, operation theatres and specialty areas like Cardiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, radiology, dermatology, Nephrology, eye and ENT units. The nursing process approach is used to provide nursing care to patients by which the students assess the client problems, formulate the nursing diagnoses and objectives, plan and implement nursing care, and evaluate the effectiveness of care.
