{"id":5181,"date":"2025-07-30T07:20:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/?p=5181"},"modified":"2025-07-30T07:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:21:29","slug":"american-board-examination-in-surgical-nursing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/american-board-examination-in-surgical-nursing\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%83%d9%8a\/","title":{"rendered":"American Board Examination in Surgical Nursing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>American Board Examination in Surgical Nursing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/\">\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0643\u064a<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Examination in Surgical Nursing is a certification exam that assesses the knowledge and clinical expertise of nurses specializing in surgical care, ensuring their competency in providing safe and effective perioperative and postoperative patient care.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Surgical Nursing:<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Duration: 3 hours<\/li>\n<li>Exam Code: NUR4330<\/li>\n<li>Number of Questions: 150 questions<\/li>\n<li>Passing Score: 65%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><b>Exam Coverage:<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>General principles of surgical nursing.<\/li>\n<li>Preoperative assessment.<\/li>\n<li>Preoperative patient preparation.<\/li>\n<li>Types of anesthesia and patient monitoring during anesthesia.<\/li>\n<li>Intraoperative nursing care.<\/li>\n<li>Basic surgical tools and techniques.<\/li>\n<li>Post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) and recovery nursing.<\/li>\n<li>Vital signs monitoring and management of postoperative complications.<\/li>\n<li>Surgical wound care and infection prevention.<\/li>\n<li>Nursing care in specialized surgeries (general surgery \u2013 orthopedic \u2013 gynecological \u2013 cardiac&#8230;).<\/li>\n<li>Management of bleeding, shock, and hypothermia after surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Care of catheters, surgical drains, and tubes.<\/li>\n<li>Patient education and discharge planning.<\/li>\n<li>Professional ethics and legal considerations in surgical nursing.<\/li>\n<li>Quality standards and patient safety in operating rooms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><b>Approved References:<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First: International References (in English):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Alexander&#8217;s Care of the Patient in Surgery, Rothrock J.C., 17th Edition, Elsevier, 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Perioperative Nursing: An Introduction, Gruendemann B.J., Fernsebner J.S., 1st Edition, Delmar Cengage Learning, 2001.<\/li>\n<li>Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems, Lewis S.L., Dirksen S.R., Heitkemper M.M., Bucher L., 11th Edition, Elsevier, 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Essentials of Perioperative Nursing, Spry C., 6th Edition, Jones &amp; Bartlett Learning, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Berry &amp; Kohn\u2019s Operating Room Technique, Phillips N., 14th Edition, Elsevier, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, Nettina S.M., 11th Edition, Wolters Kluwer, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Handbook of Perioperative and Postoperative Care, Hart P., 1st Edition, Routledge, 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Second: Arabic References (Authored or Translated):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Fundamentals of Surgical and Medical Nursing, Dr. Rafiq Abdel Fattah, Dr. Ahmed Al-Badawi, Dar Al-Fikr Al-Arabi, Cairo.<\/li>\n<li>Surgical Nursing \u2013 University Curriculum, Supervised by the College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh.<\/li>\n<li>Nursing in Surgical Operations, (Translated from Gruendemann &amp; Fernsebner), Arab Center for Translation and Arabization, Damascus.<\/li>\n<li>Fundamentals of Nursing \u2013 Assessment and Care, (Authorized Arabic Translation of Brunner &amp; Suddarth), Dar Al-Zahraa Library, Jeddah.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Fundamentals of Surgical Nursing, Anesthesia and Resuscitation, Dr. Mahmoud Tawfiq Abdullah, Dar Al-Safa Publishing and Distribution, Amman<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Board Examination in Surgical Nursing The American Board Examination in Surgical Nursing is a certification exam that assesses the &#8230; 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