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Inquiry - Types of Nurses

Hi,

I hope like heck I'm posting this inquiry in the right location.

I'm as green as they come! I'm a student RN (ADN program).

INQUIRY:

I'm unclear.

What is the difference between a surgical, medical & scrub nurse?

It is my understanding that

SCRUB NURSE

"scrub nurse is a specially trained nurse who works with surgeons and the medical team in the operating room. "

I've found reference to medical-surgical RN's, but no reference to

a "medical nurse" or "surgical nurse".

Yet that is exactly what the professor is asking us!

THANKS for any input,

Newbie

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    Typically today Medical nurse and surgical nurse are combined beacuse surgical patients have medical problems and visa versa. Historically, a "medical nurse" took care of medical patients a surgical nurse took care of post op surgical patients( http://lmgtfy.com/?q=definition+of+medical+nurse) a "criculating nurse" http://lmgtfy.com/?q=definition+of+circulating+nurseis (is a first assist today) a nurse trained to scrub into operations and assit the MD with the procedure and the instruments (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=definitionscrub+nurse). Google is your friend.

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