UNIT 1

Good Morning, Nurse

Every nurse needs a communication skill. When we communicate to a stranger,

patient, doctor or medical staff, we need some clues and expressions to start our
conversation. In this unit we will be introduced to several common phrases starting with a
conversation and useful expressions.

Useful expression for nuse, example :

 Hello !
 Good morning, Mr. Brown.
 How are you today Mrs. Rachmat ?
 What is your complaint ?
 Have you taken your medicine ?
 Sleep well, Mr. Rahmat !
 I hope you will get well soon
 Can I ask you something ?
 Does it hurt here ?
 How long have you felt like this ?
 Let me examine you, Mrs. Brown.
 Good bye, see you.

Useful expression for patient, example :

 Goog morning, nurse.
 I am fine, and you ?
 I am really unwell
 I feel like vomiting
 Ouch ! It’s very paintul
 Please don’t be angry.
 You are very kind, nurse
  I have got headache
 Thank you, nurse.
In this unit we can find vocabulary related with making the beds in hospital. Beside of
that, we can studied grammar facus for after or before expressions, especially for
question although certainty, can use pattnern Present
Perfect Tanse :

S + Have / Has + Past Participle A (Viii) + O

Example :
(+) I have taken some medicine
(-) I Haven’t taken any medicine
(?) Have you taken any medicine
We also give some dialogue, Practice build a dialogue with our partner based on
situation given, exercise translate intro good englisth, and give an appropriate pesponses
to each question and statements about health.
 UNIT 2
Admission

Before entering a hospital, a patient is given an admission form. It is used to obtain

information about case history, in order to determine a patient goes to appropriate ward.
After that he / she is received by nurse. Based on a temperature chart, a case history sheet
and care report, the nurse develop a precise report of care. Therefore a nurse needs an
interview.
In this unit, we will be given some useful expressions for an interview. Useful
expression, example :
 Welcome, Mr. Harry.
 I’ll show you your room, now.
 I’d like to ask you some questions
 Have you ever been in a hospital ?
 When was the last time you were hospitalized ?
 Have you had any operasion ?
 Are you allergic to anything ?
 Do you use hearing cid ?
 Do you smoke ? How many cigarettes in a day ?
 Could you tell me about your illness ?
 What medicine have you taken at home ?
 Do you want a religious service ?
 We can find vocabulary related with rooms or section in the hospital. Beside of thet,
we can studied grammar focus about Demonstrative and Noun Plural / Singular.

Demonstrative

Singular Plural

This These

That Thcse

NOUN

Singular Plural

Book, Bag, Brother Books, Bags, Brothers

Box, Blass, Tomato Boxes, Glasses, Tomatoes

Deer, Fish, Gross, Moose Bentuk PLURAL sama

Salmon, Sheep, Trout dengan bentuk SINGULAR
Child Children
Ox Oxen
Foot Feet
Lause Lice
Mouse Mice

Alumn A Alumn AE
Alumn US Alumn I
Analy SIS Analy SES
Phenome NON Phenome NA
Dat UM Dat A
 Note : Npl = Noun Plural PL = Plural
Nsl = Noun Singular SL = Singular
1. Every + Nsl SL
2. Each of
On of + Npl SL
3. Both
Few + Npl PL
Many
Several
4. All + Npl PL
Npl PL
5. All +
Nsl SL

We also give some dialogue, study the dialogue, practice a conversation between a
nurse and a patient about admission and case history with our partner, case study, fill in
the from by asking our partner / patient, exercise translate the lialogue between nurse and
patient into goog English, practice questions with our partner, and complete the sentences
with the appropriate choice from the list.
 UNIT 3
In This Unit You Will Study Some Useful Expressions How
To Ask Your Patient To Do Something.

A. Useful Expressions
 I’d like to check your body
Saya ingin memeriksa badan anda
 Sit down, please
Duduklah
 We would like to make the beds, please get up.
Kami ingin merapikan kasur anda, bangunlah
 Raise your arms, please
Angkat tanganmu
 Can you get up alone ?
Dapatkah anda bangun sendiri
 Move you head, please
Gerakan kepala anda
 Could you stand up !
Berdirilah !
 New lift your leg, please !
Sekarang, angkat kaki anda !
 Would you gend your back, please
Mohon bungkukan punggung anda.
 Lower your foot, please
Turunkan kaki anda
 Would you mind opening your mouth ?
Coba buka mulut anda ?
 All right, put our your tongue, please
Baiklah, julurkan lidah anda
 Now say ah !
 Sekarang ucapkan ah !
 Could you touch your toes ?
Sentuhlah jari kaki anda ?
 Last but not least, would you mind wriggling your fingers.
Terakhir, gerakkan jari-jari anda.
 Lie down, please
Berbaringlah
 Roil your sleeve up, please
Gulung lengan baju anda
 Hold your breath in, please
Tahan nafas anda
 Take your dress off, please
Bukalah baju anda
 Keep your eyes shut, please
Tetaplah pejamkan mata anda

B. GRAMMAR FOCUS

QUESTION TAGS

Statement TAG
(+) / (-) (-) / (+)
I am Aren’t I / am I not
Kalimat Perintah Will / Would / Can / Can’t / Could You
Kalimat Larangan Will You
Kalimat Ajakan (Let’s)
Won’t You (Shall You)
Mengandung kata :
Nobody, Nothing, Scarcely, Rarely, (+)
Seldom, Hardly, Never, Few, Little
 UNIT 4
PROCEDURES
Doing the right procedures is very important in nursing activities because they are
dealing with other people’s lives knowing how to express the appropriate steps innursing
activities.
A. Useful Expression
 First …
 Second …
 Then …
 Take the …
 Insert …
 After that …
 Move …
 Sneeze …
 Make it …
 Pull away …
 Press …
 Finally …
B. Vocabulary
Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are commonly used by doctors when they prescribe
drug :
 b . i . d = Twice a day
 t.i.d = Three times a day
 q . i . d = Four times a day
 p. r .n = When necessary
 2 hrly = Once every two hours
 a.c = Before meals
 p.c = After meals
 p.o = Orally < through the mouth >
  tab. = Tablets
 caps = Capsules
There are many other abbreviations, whichare commonly used by medical staff.
The following list gives you some example :
 TPR = Temperatur, Pulse and Respiration
 BP = Blood Pressure
 CNS = Central Nervous System
 CVS = Central Venous System
 RR = Respiration Rate
 BID = Brought In Dead
 RTA = Rood Traffic Accident
 HI = Head Injury
 OD = Overdose
 Pt = Patient
 Ep = Epileptic
 ChB = Chronic Bronchitis
 DVT = Beep Vein Thrombosis
 MI = Myocardial Infarction
 HPU = Has Passed Urine
 SWO = Stomach Washout
 TOP = Termination Of Pregnancy
 PV = Through the Vagina
 PR = Through the Rectum
 BIB = Blanket Bath
 NAD = Nothing Abnormal Detected
 ACG = Electrocardiogram
 EEG = Electroencephalogram
C. Instrument
 Gallipot
 Trolly
 Bowl
  Tray
 Receiver <kidney dish>
 Chlinder
 Listers bandage scissors
 Suture scissors
 Lister’s curved sinus forceps
 Wound probe
 Cheatle’s forceps
 Michel’s chip-removing forceps
 Plain dissecting forceps
 Scissors

D. Grammar Focus
SPEECH
1. Direct Speech
a. Statement
John said, “I will go to hospital tonight”
b. Yes / No Question
She asked, “Do you know the doctor’s name”
c. WH. Question
The teacher asks Jane, “Why did you make many mistakes ?”
d. Imperatif
She said to patient, “Sit down !”
e. <Negative>
She told me, “don’t speak !”

2. Indirect Speech
a. That + Statement
Jond said <That> he would go to hospital that night
b. Whether / If + Statement
She asked whether / if I knew the doctor’s name
c. WH – Statement
The teacher asked Jane why she had mad many mistakes
d. To Infinitive
She told the patientto sit down
e. Not To Infinitive
She told me NOT TO Speak
Present Past
Past Simple Past Perfect
Past Perfect Past Perfect
 Would, Should, had better, might, used to, and could in indirect
speech
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