Nursing Careers

Medical Surgical Nurse

Clinical medical surgical nurses are indispensable members of Air Force medical teams. As a medical surgical nurse, you plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for both outpatients and inpatients along the health continuum. You will collaborate with all members of the team to ensure your patients and their families receive the finest state-of-the-art health care. A variety of assignments await you from working in a full size medical center including research, to working interdependently with medical providers in a small clinic. Medical surgical nurses are involved in every aspect of healthcare from bedside nursing, community initiatives, leadership, research, education and disaster preparedness, including deployment. Medical surgical nursing offers the widest variety of opportunities within healthcare.

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