This document summarizes a seminar presentation on trends and issues in medical surgical nursing. It discusses major trends like reduced length of stay and increased technology. It also covers ethical and cultural issues in nursing care, including communication barriers and religious/family differences. Significant cultural aspects like health beliefs, language, and family structure are examined specifically for Indian culture. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of documentation to meet legal obligations and continue improving patient care.

2. MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING-IST
SEMINAR ON
TRENDS AND ISSUES IN MEDICAL
SURGICAL NURSING ,
ETHICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN
MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING
SUBMITTED BY:
MISS. THANUJA ELEENA MATHEW
IST YEAR MSC NURSING
TMM COLLEGE OF NURSING

3. W
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4. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN
NURSING CARE
• Religious Issues
• Communication Issues
• Family Organization Issues
• Ethical Issues

5. MAJOR TRENDS IN MEDICAL
SURGICAL NURSING
• Quantification of nursing care costs
• Reduced length of stay
• Increasing reliance on high technology
• Requirement for advanced nursing
knowledge.
• Innovations in care planning through
computerization.

6. SIGNIFICANCE OF CULTURE IN
NURSING
• DEFINITION OF CULTURE:
• Culture represents a unique way of
perceiving, behaving and evaluating the
external environment and such provides a
blue print for determining values beliefs
and practices
(Boyle, 2003)

7. CULTURAL VALUES
Cultural values are unique
expressions of a particular culture that
have been accepted as appropriate
over time. They guide actions and
decisions making that facilitate self
worth and self esteem
(LEININGER, 1985)

9. INDIAN CULTURE
• Religion
• Language
• Family Structure
• Health Beliefs
• Death And Dying
• Cultural Beliefs

11. ETHICAL ISSUES IN NURSING
PRACTICE
• Clinical
• Professional
• Philosophical
• Organisational and societal

13. CONCLUSION
• Rapid changes in the health care
environment, with continuous technological
advancements, increasing severity of illness,
budget constraints, and expanding nursing
knowledge, have greatly increased the
responsibilities, facing today’s nurses. To fulfil
these responsibilities, planning and
documentation of care are essential to
satisfy patient needs and meet legal
obligations. Documentation of the impact of
nursing on patient care also provides
information for continuing care needs, legal
concerns, and payments.

14. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• NANCY.M.HOLLOWAY “MEDICAL SURGICAL CARE
PLANNING” 4TH EDITION, LIPPINCOTT PUBLICATIONS
PAGE NO: 2-5.
• USHA RAVINDRAN “TEXT BOOK OF MEDICAL
SURGICAL” JAYPEE PUBLICATIONS PAGE NO: 14-15.
• PRISCILLA LEMONE, KAREN BRUKE “MEDICAL
SURGICAL NURSING CRITICAL THINKING IN CLIENT
CARE” PAGE NO:8
• LYNDA JUALL CARPENITO {2004} “NURSING CARE
PLANS AND DOCUMENTATION” 4TH EDITION
PUBLISHED BY LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS AND WILKINS.

15. CONT...
• GAYLE ROUX, ET.AL “ISSUES AND TRENDS IN NURSING:
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE FOR TODAY AND
TOMMOROW” JONES AND BARTLETT PUBLISHERS PAGE
NO:14-16
• BARBARA CHERRY, SUSAN R JACOB “CONTEMPORARY
NURSING, ISSUES, TRENDS AND MANAGEMENT” 6TH
EDITION ELSEVIER PUBLICATIONS PAGE NO:5-8
• PERLE SALVIK COWEN SUE MOORHEAD “CURRENT
ISSUES IN NURSING” 8TH EDITION MOSBY ELSEVIER
PUBLICATIONS PSGE NO:23-25
• BRUNNER AND SUDDARTH “TEXT BOOK OF MEDICAL
SURGICAL NURSING” VOLUME 1 12TH EDITION,
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS AND WILKINS PUBLICATIONS,
PAGE NO: 25-26

16. NET REFERENCES
• www.netjournels.elseivers.com
• Careertrend.com
• En.wikipedia.org
• Slideshare.net/medical surgical nursing
• Www.books.google.com
• JOURNEL REFERENCE
• www.nejm.org
• Www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.org
• https://scholar.google.co.in
• http://www.nursingworld.org
• http://journals.lww.com