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The ward sister takes staff nurse Helen Russell and goes through the admission
procedures with her.
Sister Mackay (to Helen)- Weve got a patient coming in this morning,
for a hernia repair. Ill admit him and you can see how we
do it here.
Helen - Is this the usual day for admissions?
Sister Mackay Yes, we usually admit major cases on Wednesday for
Mr. Burtons operating list which is on Thursday, thats
tomorrow. Mr. Burtons the Senior Surgeon here.
Student nurse Sister, Mr. Johnsons here.
Sister Mackay Thank you nurse, Ill be there in a minute.
VOCABULARY / GRAMMAR
To be admitted, to be hospitalized
To come in (to
hospital)
VOCABULARY / GRAMMAR
Change the following imperatives into more polite forms using would you mind...
(+ gerund) ...?
The next day Helen goes to the I.C.U. The boy is hooked up to a respirator by
means of an endotracheal tube. He is also attached to a cardiac monitor. An IV
bottle gives him continuous sustenance, while a urinary catheter drains his urine
into a plastic bag, which is under his bed. There is a girl in another bed near the
boys bed. She is quite young - must be fifteen - Helen thinks. She is very pale,
immobile, surrounded by a jungle of wires, tubes, and catheters which keep her
alive.
REASSURING A RELATIVE
Nurse Clark is talking to the girls mother who is crying and she is reassuring
her. Her son has regained consciousness, but she has not forgotten what she
has been through.
VOCABULARY/GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
Exercise 1
Nurse Clark reassures the girls mother going through the following steps:
TRUE FALSE
1. Her personal experience.
2. 12 hour monitoring.
3. Reliability of the I.C.U.
4. Special equipment.
5. Old age of the patient.
6. Number of the patients who have recovered.