LESSON 5

LESSON 5

NURSING INSTRUCTION

A.    READ THE TEXT BELOW

                                           NURSING INSTRUCTION

A nurse must be able to identify the health condition of a patient. Before a thorough treatment is carried out, a nurse must make a record of signs and symptoms of disease. Accordingly, the recording skill demands a fully knowledge of identifying in which part of the body the illness is. In this unit you will study some useful expressions how to ask your patient to do something.
     I’d like to check your body
     Sit down please!
     Raise your arm, please!
     We would to make the beds please get up!
     Would you mind opening your tongue, please!
     Lie down, please!
     Can you get up alone?
      Would you bend your back. Please!
     Lower your foot, please!
     All right, put out your tongue, please!
     Now, say ah!
     Could you touch your toes?
     Last but not least, would you mind wriggling your finger?
     Roll your sleeve up, please!
     Take your dress off, please!
     Keep your eyes shut, please!

Taken from:English For Nurse, By:  Abu Nawas,dkk (2009,7 )


Example:

Nurse         : I’d like to check your body.
Patient    : Thank you

     EXERCISE 1

1.    Write down a conversaton about nursing instruction!
2.    Practice the conversation above!
3.    Write down another nursing instruction that you have found!
4.    Share with your friends

B.    STRUCTURE

     Imperative Sentence
Imperative sentence is a type of sentence that gives advice or instructions or that expresses a request or command.

    Positive Imperative Sentence

           V I + Object, please !

          Example:
                    Lie down, please !

    Negative Imperative Sentence

        Don’t + V1 + O, Please !

        Example :
                       Don’t drink or smoke after midnight, please !

     EXERCISE 2

Make imperative sentences by using thi sentences !

1.    Nurse ask the patient to open his mouth.
2.    Nurse ask patient to move his head.
3.    Nurse ask patient to hold her breath in.
4.    Nurse ask patient to chew her food well.