Scope and Standards

Know Your Responsibilities as Medical-Surgical Nurse

Scope and Standards of Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice, 7th Edition

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The Scope and Standards of Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice is a crucial guidebook for all medical-surgical nurses that defines medical-surgical nursing, outlines the role that a medical-surgical nurse plays within a hospital, reviews ethical issues, and includes in great detail the scope of practice and recommended standards for nursing practice and professional performance in the specialized area of medical-surgical nursing. The Scope and Standards could serve as the basis for job descriptions, performance appraisals, peer review, quality assurance systems, certification activities, databases, and educational offerings within your hospital or facility. 

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To purchase multiple copies for your staff or to purchase for use within your institutional library, please contact Jessica Scott, AMSN Senior Education Manager

Acknowledgments

Thank you to the AMSN Scope and Standards Taskforce for their hard work and review of this updated publication over the past year:

  • Rebecca Callahan, BSN, RN, CMSRN – Task Force Chairperson
  • Sonya Bentley, MSN, APRN-ACCNS-AG, CCRN, CAPA
  • Danielle Hartigan, MSN/MBA, RN, CMSRN, CCRN
  • Mazurah Smith-Ransaw, MSN, RN, CMSRN
  • Eugenia Ventura, MSN, RN, CMSRN
  • Tressa L. Watts, MS, BSN, RN, CMSRN

Contributors

  • April Harris, RN, CMSRN
  • Michelle Kamel, MBA, BSN, RN, CMSRN
  • Michelle Rudolph, BSN, RN, CMSRN

AMSN Board of Directors Liaison

  • Patricia Bartzak, DNP, RN, CMSRN, TCRN, CNRN