Medical-surgical nursing is a nursing specialty area concerned with the care of adult patients in a broad range of settings.
Traditionally, medical-surgical nursing was an entry-level position that most nurses viewed as a stepping stone to specialty areas.
Today licensed medical-surgical nurses work in a variety of positions, inpatient clinics, emergency departments, HMO's, administration, out patient surgical centers, home health care, humanitarian relief work, ambulatory surgical care, and skilled nursing homes.
Some military medical-surgical nurses serve on battlefields.
[3] and also through the Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board's (MSNCB) (msncb.org) Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN) credential.