Раздел 10. Nursing. The Past Perfect Tense Сестринскиеманипуляции. Прошедшее совершенное время

Тема 10.1. NursingProceduresofaWardNurse / Сестринские манипуляции палатной сестры

Level A

We learn the new words / Мыучимновыеслова

In-patient Department - [ˈpeɪʃənt] - стационарноеотделение

ward nurse [wɔːd nɜːs] - палатная медсестра

bedside - [ˈbedsaɪd] - постельный

cups- [kʌps] - медицинские банки

healthcare [ˈhelθkɛə] -медицинский уход

intramuscular - [ɪntrəˈmʌskjʊlə] -внутримышечный

intravenous -[ɪntrəˈviːnəs] - внутривенный

toberesponsiblefor -[rɪsˈpɔnsəbl]- нестиответственность

at the reception ward -в приемном отделении

physical exam [ˈfɪzɪkəl ɪgˈzæm] -медицинский осмотр

Weread / Мычитаем

Read the text and do the exercises after it / Прочитайтетекстивыполнитезаданияпослетекста

Text A

When a patient stays in a hospital, he/she is likely to be under the care of several doctors and nurses. They serve as primary care practitioners for any different kinds of patients, regardless of their age, gender or medical condition. Ward nurses provide a wide range of services. They observe patients and assess their responses to treatment.The nurses take the patients’ temperature, give them intramuscular, intradermal and intravenous injections, apply cups and give all the prescribed remedies in the doses indicated by the ward doctors, collect and deliver samples for labs. They conduct routine bedside care for patients.  Each ward nurse monitor and report changes in patient condition. They record patient information in electronic health records.

Answer the following questions / Ответьтенаследующиевопросы

1 What are some tasks of ward nurses?

2 How often do the nurses take the patient’s temperature?

3 How do ward nurses help doctors learn about their patients?

Matchthewords (1-5) withdefinitions (a - g) /Установите соответствие между названиями предметов и их значениями

1 electronic health record

2 injections

3 a thermometer

4 bedside care

5 a nurse

6 monitor

a to maintain a constant watch of the patient’s condition

b computerized medical information about a person

c is a person who looks after patients in hospital

d it happens while a patient is in a hospital bed

e the insertion of medicine into the body with a needle

f a device used for measuring temperature

 

Level B

Vocabulary

administer - [ədˈmɪnɪstə] - назначать, прописывать

 to be confined to - [kənˈfaɪnd] - бытьприкованным

consent - [kənˈsent]- согласие, разрешение

 to establish - [ɪsˈtæblɪʃ] -установить

empathy -[ˈempəθɪ]-сочувствие

hygiene - [ˈhaɪʤiːn] - гигиена

prescribe - [prɪsˈkraɪb]-назначать,прописывать

procedure -[prəˈsiːʤə]- процедура,мероприятие

rapport - [ræˈpɔː] - взаимопонимание

recovery - [rɪˈkʌvərɪ]- выздоровление, излечение

 

Reading

Read the text and do the exercises after it

Text B

A nurse takes care of people’s health in the daytime and at night. When patients are admitted to the hospital, first of all they are received by a nurse at the reception ward. Then a doctor conducts physical exams and diagnoses illnesses. After that he prescribes treatment and administers different procedures. Along with helping doctors, ward nurses provide a wide range of services. Usual duties of a ward nurses are: to perform basic health assessments with supervision, to take patients' temperature, blood pressure and respiration rate; to give medicines and different injections, to do the routine nursing tasks such as making beds and personal hygiene to patients confined to bed. They are responsible for monitoring and reporting changes in patient condition. They record patient information in electronic health records.

Many patients come to the hospital feeling very nervous. This is natural. Above all, it is vital to establish a friendly rapport with the patient. Show empathy to your patients and demonstrate that you care about them and their problems. The first step in conducting a physical exam is making sure that the patient is comfortable and that the examination environment is optimal.

Answer the following questions:

1. Who prescribes treatment and administers procedures at the hospital?

2. What are the duties of ward nurses?

3. Why is it important to establish clear communication?

4. Do you know how to communicate with a patient?