019. Promoting Medical-Surgical Nursing: A Career with Purpose and Possibility

About this episode

This episode features a discussion on promoting medical-surgical nursing as a rewarding career path for new graduate nurses.

In this episode, MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editorial Board Member Dr. Katie Chargualaf, the Dean of Nursing at the University of South Carolina Aiken, talks with Briana Aaron, an Instructor in the School of Nursing at the University of South Carolina Aiken. Aaron shares her expertise and insights on the specialty of medical-surgical nursing. She explores ways to effectively promote medical-surgical nursing to new graduate nurses and the value and rewards of starting and extending their careers in the specialty. Briana Aaron, MSN, RN , is an Instructor in the School of Nursing at the University of South Carolina in Aiken, South Carolina. Katie Chargualaf, PhD, RN, CMSRN, CNE, FAAN , is Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of South Carolina in Aiken, South Carolina. She is a member of the MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editorial Board and serves as author of the journal’s “Leadership in Nursing” column. Visit our new online journal platform at www.jannettipublications.com Choose what works best for you – purchase individual articles, or subscribe and access all MEDSURG Nursing articles, including archives from past years. Plus, NCPD assessments are FREE for individual subscribers…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Holmes

Guests: Katie Chargualaf, Briana Aaron

Topics covered

• medical-surgical nursing
• nursing education
• career development
• healthcare
• professional growth

Keywords

• medical-surgical nursing
• new graduate nurses
• career promotion
• nursing specialty
• rewards of nursing

Mentioned in this episode

Products: MEDSURG Nursing Journal

Books & works: Leadership in Nursing

Places: Aiken, South Carolina

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