Contents Unit 1 Patient Admission 1 Lead-In Case Study 1 Part 1 Dialogue Taking a Patient History 1 Part 2 Short Passage Handover Report 3 Part 3 Text Vital Signs 5 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Nursing Assessment 8 Part 5 Nursing Diagnosis 9 Unit 2 Patient Discharge 10 Lead-In Case Study 10 Part 1 Dialogue Confidentiality 10 Part 2 Short Passage Referring a Patient 12 Part 3 Text Discharge Planning 14 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Nursing Planning 17 Part 5 Nursing Diagnosis 18 Unit 3 Medication Administration 20 Lead-In Case Study 20 Part 1 Dialogue Discussing the ��Five Rights�� 20 Part 2 Short Passage Intramuscular Injection 22 Part 3 Text Medication Administration 24 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Skin Allergy Test 27 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 29 Unit 4 Wound Care 30 Lead-In Case Study 30 Part 1 Dialogue Wound Assessment 30 Part 2 Short Passage Aseptic Technique 32 Part 3 Text Wound 34 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Dressings 37 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 39 Unit 5 Medical Specimen 40 Lead-In Case Study 40 Part 1 Dialogue Collecting Midstream Specimen of Urine (MSU) 40 Part 2 Short Passage Venipuncture for Blood 42 Part 3 Text Medical Specimens 44 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Blood Test 47 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 49 Unit 6 Medical Imaging 50 Lead-In Case Study 50 Part 1 Dialogue Preparing a Patient for Radiology 50 Part 2 Short Passage CT Scan 52 Part 3 Text Ultrasonography 55 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Medical Imaging 57 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 59 Unit 7 Caring for a Preoperative Patient 60 Lead-In Case Study 60 Part 1 Dialogue Preoperative Check 60 Part 2 Short Passage Enema Administration 62 Part 3 Text Preoperative Nursing 64 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Informed Consent 67 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 68 Unit 8 Caring for a Postoperative Patient 70 Lead-In Case Study 70 Part 1 Dialogue Explaining a Postoperative Pain 70 Part 2 Short Passage Urinary Catheterization 72 Part 3 Text Postoperative Nursing 74 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Pain Scales 77 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 78 Unit 9 Caring for a Patient with Diabetes 80 Lead-In Case Study 80 Part 1 Dialogue Diabetes Education 80 Part 2 Short Passage Insulin Pen 82 Part 3 Text Diabetes 84 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Hemodialysis 87 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 88 Unit 10 Caring for a Patient with Heart Disease 90 Lead-In Case Study 90 Part 1 Dialogue Educating a Patient About Heart Disease 90 Part 2 Short Passage Electrocardiograph Monitoring 92 Part 3 Text Heart Failure 94 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) 97 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 99 Unit11 Caring for a Patient with Hepatitis 100 Lead-In Case Study 100 Part 1 Dialogue Educating a Patient About Hepatitis 100 Part 2 Short Passage Blood Transfusion 102 Part 3 Text Hepatitis 105 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 107 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 109 Unit 12 Caring for a Child with Pneumonia 110 Lead-In Case Study 110 Part 1 Dialogue Describing Respiratory System 110 Part 2 Short Passage Using a Pediatric Oxygen Tent 112 Part 3 Text Pneumonia 114 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Ventilators 117 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 118 Unit 13 Caring for a Patient with Diarrhoea 120 Lead-In Case Study 120 Part 1 Dialogue Describing the Process of Digestion 120 Part 2 Short Passage Intravenous Therapy 122 Part 3 Text Diarrhoea 124 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Electrolytes 127 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 129 Unit 14 Caring for a Patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 130 Lead-In Case Study 130 Part 1 Dialogue Educating a Patient with COPD 130 Part 2 Short Passage Using a Nebulizer 132 Part 3 Text Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 134 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Sputum Suction 136 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 138 Unit 15 Caring for a Patient with Hip Replacement 139 Lead-In Case Study 139 Part 1 Dialogue Talking with a Patient About Falling 139 Part 2 Short Passage Transporting a Patient with Wheelchair 141 Part 3 Text Hip Replacement 143 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Physiotherapy 146 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 147 Unit 16 Caring for a Pregnant Woman 149 Lead-In Case Study 149 Part 1 Dialogue Educating a Patient About Breastfeeding 149 Part 2 Short Passage Leopold' s Manoeuvres 151 Part 3 Text Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension 153 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Blue Light Therapy 156 Part 5 Medical Word Elements 157 Unit 17 Caring for a Patient with Stroke 159 Lead-In Case Study 159 Part 1 Dialogue Discussing the Effects of Stroke 159 Part 2 Short Passage Performing Defibrillation 161 Part 3 Text Cerebrovascular Accidents (CAVs) 163 Part 4 Supplementary Reading Neurosurge