Nursing Care of the Surgical Patient is based on the text of a correspondence course produced by the Academy of Health Sciences, United States Army Medical Department, San Antonio, Texas. This course is:

NURSING CARE OF THE SURGICAL PATIENT
SUBCOURSE MD0915 EDITION 100

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Mike Hughey, MD
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Brookside Associates, LLC