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Orthopaedic Nursing Orthopaedic nursing is a specialty focused on providing direct care to patients with disorders of the musculoskeletal system, including broken or fractured bones, joint disease, arthritis, tendinitis, tendon rupture, spinal stenosis, osteoporosis,...
Patient Safety Keeping patients safe is a core responsibility of all nurses working in every clinical setting. Patient safety as a nursing specialty, however, focuses on in depth analysis and critical incident reviews of adverse events utilizing quality and...
Perioperative & Surgical Nursing Perioperative & surgical nursing is a specialty focused on providing direct care to patients before (preoperative), during (intraoperative) and immediately following (postoperative) a surgical procedure.What do perioperative and surgical...
Plastic Surgery Plastic surgery nursing is a specialty focused on the care of patients undergoing cosmetic plastic and reconstructive surgery procedures.What do plastic surgery nurses do?Learn More...The plastic surgery nurse will screen patients before surgery...
Primary Care Primary health care is the first level of medicine where patients routinely go for physicals, cancer screening, preventive immunizations and medical procedures or to seek care for minor illnesses and injuries.What do primary care nurses do?Learn...
Professional & Staff Development Professional and staff development nurses strive to engage nurses in lifelong learning.What do professional and staff development nurses do?Learn More...Nurses in professional and staff development incorporate adult learning principles and...
Psychiatry-Mental Health Nursing Psychiatry-mental health (PMH) nursing is a specialty focused on providing direct care to individuals, families, groups, and communities, assessing their mental health (American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 2018). What do psychiatric-mental...
Pulmonary Pulmonary nursing is a specialty focused on the care and treatment of patients with lung disease or respiratory conditions such as asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, tuberculosis, and lung cancer.What...
Women's Health Women’s health nursing is a specialty focused on providing direct care to women throughout their lifespan.What do women's health nurses do?Learn More...Women's health nurses provide well-woman care, family planning services, pre...
Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Wound, ostomy, and continence (WOC) nursing is a specialty focused on providing acute and rehabilitative care to people with gastrointestinal (GI), genitourinary (GU), and integumentary (skin) system wounds and disorders.What do wound, ostomy, and...
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