The course provides the learner with the knowledge, skills, and appropriate attitudes on managing surgical conditions affecting the central nervous, endocrine, reproductive and masculo-skeletal body systems in adults. The course also helps learners understand the activities and roles of care providers in theatre nursing, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), dialysis unit, and High Dependency Unit (HDU). Emphasis is placed on utilizing the nursing process, nursing theories, and primary health care concepts in care provision.