A description of medical-surgical nursing.
The Iowa Nursing Intervention Classification research project asked the Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses to complete a survey, identifying which of 336 interventions were used by this specialty and the frequency of their use. The results of this survey and potential implications for nursing practice are discussed.
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D000047:Academies and Institutes; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D007587:Job Description; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000145:classification*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000379:methods*