English for Vocational Education: Nursing is written to fulfill the students' learning needs based on their disciplines. This book is designed to provide an opportunity for students to develop their English skills communicatively, contextually, and meaningfully.
Preface
Table of Contents
UNIT 1 Getting to know about nursing
Learning Objectives 1
Get Ready! 1
Let’s Read! (Things a nurse should be familiar with) 2
Activity 1 4
Activity 2 5
Let’s Speak! (Nurse-patient conversation) 6
Activity 3 6
Activity 4 9
Activity 5 9
Let’s Write! (Outline your ideas) 10
Activity 6 11
Activity 7 15
UNIT 2 Recognizing symptoms
Learning Objectives 17
Get Ready! 18
Let’s Read! (Is it cold or flu?) 18
Activity 1 19
Activity 2 20
Activity 3 24
Activity 4 24
Activity 5 25
Let’s Speak! (Particular symptoms) 27
Activity 6 28
Activity 7 30
Activity 8 30
Activity 9 31
Let’s Write! (Writing CV) 32
Activity 10 33
UNIT 3 Knowing about pre-diabetes
Learning Objectives 36
Get Ready! 36
Let’s Read! (Glucose meters) 37
Activity 1 38
Activity 2 38
Activity 3 39
Activity 4 39
Let’s Speak! (Patient with diabetic symptoms) 39
Activity 5 39
Activity 6 41
Activity 7 42
Activity 8 43
Let’s Write! (Do’s and don’ts for the pre-diabetic patient) 44
Activity 9 46
Activity 10 47
UNIT 4 Dealing with complication of diabetic patient
Learning Objectives 48
Get Ready! 49
Let’s Read! (Why and When Do Your Patient Need to Take Insulin?) 49
Activity 1 51
Activity 2 52
Activity 3 54
Activity 4 55
Let’s Speak! (Patient with diabetic type 2) 56
Activity 5 56
Activity 6 58
Activity 7 58
Let’s Write! (Hone your understanding) 59
Activity 8 60
Activity 9 61
Activity 10 62
UNIT 5 Nursing code of ethics
Learning Objectives 64
Get Ready! 64
Let’s Read! (Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements) 65
Activity 1 68
Activity 2 70
Activity 3 74
Let’s Speak! (Role play: Nurse-patient dialogue) 75
Activity 4 75
Activity 5 77
Activity 6 79
Let’s Write! (Medical duties of nurses) 80
Activity 7 80
UNIT 6 Post surgery treatment
Learning Objectives 82
Get Ready! 82
Let’s Read! (Analyzing job vacancies) 83
Activity 1 85
Activity 2 86
Activity 3 87
Activity 4 88
Let’s Speak! (Symptom cards based dialogue) 93
Activity 5 95
Activity 6 95
Let’s Write! (Writing data based on the conversation) 98
Activity 7 98
Activity 8 99
UNIT 7 Nursing in a midwife clinic
Learning Objectives 101
Get Ready! 101
Let’s Read! (Nurses in the delivery room) 103
Activity 1 105
Activity 2 106
Activity 3 106
Activity 4 107
Activity 5 108
Activity 6 109
Let’s Speak! (Dialogue among the nurses and patients’ family) 110
Activity 7 110
Activity 8 111
Activity 9 112
Let’s Write! (Stages of labor) 113
Activity 10 113
Activity 11 114
Activity 12 115
UNIT 8 Home care nursing
Learning Objectives 116
Get Ready! 116
Let’s Read! (What Does a Home Health Nurse Do?) 118
Activity 1 120
Activity 2
