Surgical Nursing

Surgical Nursing is a core professional course in the higher vocational nursing program and is offered in the third and fourth semesters of the second academic year. Within the clinical nursing job group, surgical nursing positions are mainly oriented toward surgical wards and operating rooms. The course requires nursing students to conduct nursing assessments for surgical patients based on the holistic nursing model, follow the nursing process to identify nursing diagnoses or problems, formulate nursing care plans, implement nursing interventions, and carry out nursing evaluations.

Together with Medical–Surgical Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, and Pediatric Nursing, this course forms an essential part of the curriculum for developing clinical nursing competencies and plays an important supporting role in the nursing program curriculum system.

The course deeply explores and integrates ideological and moral education elements embedded in surgical clinical practice and classroom teaching, promoting the coordinated development of ideological education and professional education. While cultivating solid nursing knowledge and proficient nursing skills, students are guided to establish a “people-centered health” nursing philosophy and to develop professional qualities such as high medical ethics, dedication to work, self-discipline, teamwork, friendliness, and compassion. The classroom is thus transformed into a comprehensive educational platform for knowledge transmission, skill development, and moral cultivation, forming a holistic educational framework.