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Author:
Leyla Khansa
Zuhrotul Ulfiah
Siti Marifatul Amaliyyah
Diana Dias Paramita
First Press:
6th January, 2015
English For The Professional Nurse
English For The Professional Nurse
Nowadays, competence in English has become an urgent need for nurses who are
involved in medical services. It is due to the fact that they are required to have the ability to
communicate with the other people in their field including doctors and patients.
English for Professional Nurse Book 1 is prepared for the demands of professional nursing
also include English Competence. This book provides nurse students to improve their English
skills in listening, reading, speaking and writing.
The contents of this book are based on the standard and fundamental nursing
procedures taught in previous year, so that the contents are not something strange for the
nurses. This course book is certainly help to facilitate the student to acquire the ability to
perform their duties in an environment where English is used and needed. I wish that this
book will be studied and practiced easily to achieve the competence of Nursing English.
I hope that by the use of this book, the nursing students will be able to learn and
practice English according to their professional skills. By mastering English for Professional
Nurse Book 1, it will improve their quality of human resources and they will have added
value so that job opportunities will be widely open for them to reach a bright future.
Author
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English For The Professional Nurse
PREFACE
CONTENTS
PART ONE
Chapter 1 Health Problems
Chapter 2 Asking and Showing Rooms in Hospital
PART TWO
Chapter 3 Health Problem
Chapter 4 Dimension of Symptoms
PART THREE
Chapter 5 Diagnosing Health Problems
Chapter 6 Sharing Observation
PART FOUR
Chapter 7 General Assessment
Chapter 8 Patient Assessment
PART FIVE
Chapter 9 Checking Vital Sign
Chapter 10 Discharge Instruction
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Useful Expressions
Hello
Assalamualaikum
Good [Morning/Afternoon/ Evening] Mr./Miss/Mrs
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ACTIVITY Task 2
Do this in pairs!
Ask your partner more about her/his personal information. Use this questionnaire.
After asking your partner, take turn to answer his/her question. Use the same.
The example of
Questionnaire
The answers
4. Where do you live 3. Im from
For nurse 1
now? 4. I live in
5. How long have you 5. I have been living there
been living there? for
6. Where did you study 6. I study nursing at
nursing? 7. Ive studied here for
7. How long have you
studied here?
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Useful Expressions
Walk down
Go along this
Go upstairs Showing A Place or Room:
Until you find
Then turn right/left It is
Take the first turn on the right. on the right/left side of
Take the second road on the left. next to
Then turn right/left at the next T junction. near
Turn right/left at the traffic light. at the opposite of
at the corner of
just before
across from
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Refer to the site map above, make a communication exchange to show the direction!
The starting points are as follows:
1. The security to maternity unit
2. The nurse station in ICU to the canteen
3. The security to the toilet (between dispensary and radiology)
4. The emergency room to the lift
5. The polyclinic to the pediatric ward (on the 2nd floor)
6. The waiting room to the children playground (on the 2nd floor)
7. The operation room to ICU (opposite the physiotherapy unit)
8. The entrance to the Class 1
9. The nurse station (near the lift on 2nd floor) to the laboratory
10. The emergency room to admission
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ACTIVITY Task 4
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Vocabulary
ache (v): merasa sakit yang tidak terlalu, tetapi berlangsung terus menerus
Examples:
Im aching all over
Her eyes ache from lack of sleep
ache (n): rasa sakit
Examples:
Mom, Ive got a tummy ache
Muscular aches and pains can be soothed by a relaxing massage
Bellyache/stomachache: sakit perut
Pain (n): suatu rasa yang dialami tubuh akibat suatu penyakit atau luka atau
tindakan tertentu
Examples:
She was clearly in a lot of pain
He felt a sharp pain in his knee
Patients suffering from acute pain
The booklet contains information on pain relief during labor
This cream should help to relieve the pain
painful (adj): terasa sakit
Examples:
Is your back still painful?
My ankle is still too painful to walk on
hurt (v): menyebabkan terasa sakit secara fisik, terluka
Examples:
He hurt his back playing squash
Did you hurt yourself?
My back is really hurting me today
Strong light hurts my eyes
Injured (adj): melukai, luka, menyebabkan luka
Examples:
He injured his knee when playing hockey
She injured herself during training
throb (v): terasa sakit berdenyutdenyut
Examples:
His head throbbed painfully
My feet were throbbing after the long walk home
throb (n): sakit yang berdenyut
Examples:
My headache faded to a dull throbbing
sore (adj): sakit, perih (bias karena infeksi atau gerakan yang berlebihan)
Examples:
I have a sore throat
His feet were sore after the long walk
My stomach is still sore after the operation
Itch (v): gatal
Examples:
I itch all over
Does the rash itch?
This sweater really itches
Useful Expressions
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Useful Expressions
Locations
Severity
On a scale of 0 to 10, with ten the worst, how would you rate what you feel right now?
What was the worst it has been?
Does this interferer your usual activities? In what ways?
Timing
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Case 1
A patient with anorexia nervosa expresses:
I dont want to have a lot of meal
I dont want to be plump
My arms and legs are getting fat
I have difficulty in bowel motion
I feel nausea
I want to vomit
Food makes my stomach upset
I am afraid of being fat
Case 2
A patient suspected with appendicitis expresses:
I feel pain around my navel
I feel pain around here (in the lower right spot of my abdomen)
I feel a sharp pain
Dont touch my stomach, it increases my pain
I feel feverish
I feel nausea
I vomit
I lose my appetite
I vomit frequently after meals
I have recurrent pain in my lower part of my stomach
It becomes more painful if I do the squatting bowel motion
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Vocabulary
Useful Expressions
Reporting
He/She complains about his/her + part of the body
has + health problem
suffers from + health problem
Diagnosis
He/She may have + disease/health problem
seems to have
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Example Report
The victim was a 60-year-old man. Two days ago he complained of a bad cough
and said he felt nauseous. Yesterday his ankles and feet were swollen and he told
his wife that his fingers were numb. At two oclock in the afternoon he felt dizzy,
fell over and lost consciousness. He died of heart failure in the ambulance.
NOTES
Patient : 55-year-old woman
Admitted to hospital : Monday 13th June 18.35
Presenting symptoms : burning pain in the centre of
chest, nausea, numbness in fingers
Diagnosis : angina attack
Treatment : rest & glyceryl trinitrate
Follow-up : Tuesday 11.00: No symptoms,
vital signs normal
14.00: Discharged
Vocabulary
Useful Expressions
You look
Your (part of the body) looks uncomfortable when (v-ing)
with your (parts of the body
You seem to have + (a problem with + a part of the body)
+ (a health problem: such as a stomachache, a chest pain)
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Signs and symptoms are the tools for making a diagnosis, but what is the
difference between the two?
The signs of an illness are the things that a doctor or nurse can see and
measure. Signs are things like spots and bleeding. Temperature, heart rate, blood
pressure and respiration rate are all signs because you can measure them.
Symptoms are the things which a patient experiences, but others cant always see.
Dizziness and nausea are examples of symptoms.
The symptoms which make a patient seek medical help in the first place are
called the presenting symptoms. Medics describe them in terms of being either
strong, mild or weak. Sometimes the symptoms of serious illnesses like cancer and
diabetes are weak. They stay weak for a long time and the illness remains
undiagnosed.
Many illnesses have the same symptoms. These symptoms are called non-
specific. Fatigue is an example of this. Its a symptom of many kinds of illness,
both chronic and acute, and of both physical and mental disorders.
Doctors ask patients about the onset of the symptoms, what they feel like,
what relieves them and what makes them worse. The more detail they have, the
faster they can make a diagnosis.
Decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the text.
1. You need signs and symptoms for a diagnosis. [_____]
2. You cant see symptoms. [_____]
3. Patients presenting symptoms are either strong, mild or weak. [_____]
4. Killer diseases can have weak symptoms. [_____]
5. Non-specific symptoms help a lot with diagnosis. [_____]
6. Too much information slows up diagnosis. [_____]
Useful Expressions
a) Implementation step
Question To Ask
NAME What is your name?
What is your complete name?
What is your surname?
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Pair Work
Interview your partner
Fill in the blanks with his/her personal demographic data
Name : _______________________________
Age : _______________________________
Sex : _______________________________
Address : _______________________________
City, State : _______________________________
Phone : _______________________________
Religion : _______________________________
Marital Status : _______________________________
Health Insurance : _______________________________
Current Occupation and Title : _______________________________
Next of Kin : _______________________________
Reason for contact : _______________________________
Date, time of contact : _______________________________
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ELIMINATION PATTERN
Would you tell me about your ?
How many times a day do you do your ?
Do you have any problem with your ?
o bowel movement?
o waterworks?
Is the stool formed or loosed?
Is your waterworks sluggish?
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Pair Work
Assess your partner current health condition by using question listed above
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Nursing Notes
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NO ACTIVITY TECHNIQUE
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Instruction
Would you?
Now I want you to?
remove + your wig
put off hairpieces
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Pair work
Make a complete conversation on acts of assessing head, face and neck
Use the expression above. Then, practice these in pairs!
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Vocabulary
Useful Expressions
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Nurses Response:
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Pair Work
The illustration below show the implementation of checking vital signs
Choose one picture then, make a conversation exchange and give appropriate
instructions when you want to check patients vital signs according to the
illustration
Take only one kind implementation of vital signs checking
Vocabulary
Useful Expressions
Recommendation
PATTERN EXAMPLE
Should You should take the complete (entire) dose prescribed
Must
Be + required
essential
These tablets contain antibiotic. It is required
important
you to take the complete dose prescribed
indicated
have to
Prohibition
PATTERN EXAMPLE
Should not
Must not You should not drink this antibiotic with milk
May not +
INSTRUCTION CHART 1
INSTRUCTION CHART 2
HEAD INJURY
The first 24 hours after a head injury are
the most important, although after effects
may appear much later. It is important that a responsible
person awakens the patient every 2 hours for the first 24
hours and watches for the following symptoms. If any of
these occurs, call your doctor or return to the emergency
department
1. Persistent headache, nausea or vomiting more than twice
2. Weakness, numbness or paralysis of the arm or legs
3. Blood or clear fluid from the ears and nose
4. Blurred vision, unequal pupils (one larger than the other)
5. Convulsion
INSTRUCTION CHART 3
CAST/SPLINT CARE
1. Do not apply any weight or pressure on a new cast or
splint for the first 24 48 hours
1. Keep the cast/splint clean and dry
2. Elevate the injured part for 48 hours on pillows above
your heart
3. Do not put foreign objects inside the cast
4. Wiggle your fingers or toes inside the cast every hour
5. If your fingers or toes become extremely swollen, cold,
blue or numb, or the pain increases markedly, loosen the
ace bandage of the splint, or if it cast, call your doctor or
return to the Emergency Department.
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Nurses see patients more often than other specialists and are in the best
position to monitor them. They look out for any problems and assess the
patients progress and response to treatment. Basically, by careful monitoring and
recording, a nurse answers the question: what is happening to this patient?
Monitoring body functions by checking vital signs helps to answer this
question. The vital signs are: body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure and
respiratory rate. Changes or abnormalities in vital signs indicate changes in the
patients condition. However, they are not 100% reliable and stable vital signs
do not always mean that everything is OK. Bodily fluids, including blood and
urine, can be analyzed, usually in a laboratory. And it is now possible to get
images of what is going on inside the body using technological aids like X-rays
and ultrasound scans. For more detailed information, there are endoscopes which
are used to look inside the body, and biopsies where tissue is removed for
examination.
Some patients with chronic illnesses like heart disease, diabetes and asthma
can self-monitor. They communicate with doctors and nurses by phone and
online. Patients can also be monitored from a distance using satellite technology
and the internet. This has major advantages; the patient doesnt have to keep
visiting a hospital and it saves a lot of money.
Example Answer
It stops serving lunch at 2.30 pm. B
5. It welcomes families.
[_____]
Example Answer
You must pay your account by mail. FALSE
8. If you want a receipt, you should send your payment to the Southport address.
[TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN]
9. You may pay your account at branches of the Federal Bank.
[TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN]
10. You must pay the full amount, instalments are not permitted.
[TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN]
11. The Coastside Power Office is open on Saturday mornings.
[TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN]
12. You may pay your account by phone using your credit card.
[TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN]
13. There is a reduction for prompt payment.
[TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN]
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9. The nurse station (near the lift on 2nd floor) to the laboratory
From the nurse station, take left side and go straight till you find waiting room
you turn right and take left side to go down stairs then go straight till you find
operation room you take right side, the laboratory is in the corner.
10. The emergency room to admission
Turn left and go straight then turn left, the admission is the first room when
you turn left
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Decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the text.
1. You need signs and symptoms for a diagnosis. [__T__]
2. You cant see symptoms. [__T__]
3. Patients presenting symptoms are either strong, mild or weak. [__F__]
4. Killer diseases can have weak symptoms. [__T__]
5. Non-specific symptoms help a lot with diagnosis. [__T__]
6. Too much information slows up diagnosis. [__F__]
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Pair Work
Interview your partner
Fill in the blanks with his/her personal demographic data
Based on students identity
ACTIVITY Task 2
Pair Work
Assess your partner current health condition by using question listed above
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INSPECTION PALPATION
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Speaking
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Pair work
Make a complete conversation on acts of assessing head, face and neck
Use the expression above. Then, practice these in pairs!
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5. It welcomes families.
[__A__]
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8. If you want a receipt, you should send your payment to the Southport address.
[FALSE]
9. You may pay your account at branches of the Federal Bank.
[TRUE]
10. You must pay the full amount, instalments are not permitted.
[NOT GIVEN]
11. The Coastside Power Office is open on Saturday mornings.
[FALSE]
12. You may pay your account by phone using your credit card.
[FALSE]
13. There is a reduction for prompt payment.
[NOT GIVEN]
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