Specialty Overview: Medical-Surgical Nursing The specialty I find particularly interesting is medical-surgical nursing. It is the single largest nursing specialty in the United States accounting for almost 1/6th of the nursing profession. A specialty organization in the medical-surgical nursing profession is the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSM). Medical-Surgical nurses have direct contact with patients and normally care for adult patients in different settings. I learned that it is originally viewed as an entry level position where nurses are able gain experience before entering into their desired specialty but its is still a specialty in itself. The Scope and Standard of Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice in its 5th edition published
