Part 1 Brief Introduction About Health Service in US/UK 1
Unit 1 Health-Care Settings in US/UK 1
Ⅰ．Text 1
UK Hospitals Need Foreign Nurses 1
Agency Nurses：a Sticking Plaster Solution 2
Ⅱ．Further Practice 4
Nursing Process 4
Ⅲ．Vocabulary 5
Ⅳ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 6
Unit 2 The Health Service in The US/UK 9
Ⅰ．Text 9
The Work of Doctors and Nurses in the US/UK 9
Working Conditions 12
Health in the UK 13
Ⅱ．Further Practice 15
The NHS Versus Private Medicine 15
Ⅲ．Vocabulary 16
Ⅳ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 17
Unit 3 Job Advertisements 19
Ⅰ．Text 19
Job Advertisements 19
An Example of a CV 20
Problems With Overseas Nurses 21
Employment in the UK 22
Ⅱ．Further Practice 23
A Resume of a Bulgarian Nurse 23
Ⅲ．Vocabulary 24
Ⅳ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 25
Part 2 Records and Notes 27
Unit 4 The Need For Good Records 27
Ⅰ．Text 27
The Importance of Making Notes 27
Making Notes and Reading Other People's Notes 29
Patient Records：the Law 30
Ⅱ．Further Practice 32
Ⅲ．Vocabulary 34
Ⅳ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 35
Unit 5 Attempted Suicide 37
Ⅰ．Case Study 37
Roberta Blackwood's Notes 37
Roberta Blackwood's Patient Assessment Record 38
Ⅱ．Text 40
Attempted Suicide 40
Ⅲ．Further Practice 41
The Death of Princess Diana and the Rise in the Suicide Rate 41
Overdoses of Paracetamol 42
Suicide：the Statistics in UK/US 42
Ⅳ．Vocabulary 44
Ⅴ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 44
Unit 6 Diabetes 46
Ⅰ．Case Study 46
Ms Ethel Partridge's Patient Assessment Record 46
Mr Cathcart's Patient Care Plan 49
Mr Cathcart's Patient Admission Form 50
Ⅱ．Text 51
Diabetes 51
Ⅲ．Further Practice 53
John Docherty's Hospital Admission Form 53
Ⅳ．Vocabulary 54
Ⅴ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 54
Unit 7 Head Injury 56
Ⅰ．Case Study 56
A Case Note on a Patient Who Has Had an Accident 56
Mr Paul's Patient Assessment Record 58
Possible Effects of Accident 58
Describing Mathematical Formulae 59
Ⅱ．Text 60
Head Injury 60
Removing Sutures 61
Describing Shapes and Positions of the Wounds 62
Ⅲ．Further Practice 62
Sandra Dawkins's Patient Admission Form 62
Ⅳ．Vocabulary 63
Ⅴ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 64
Unit 8 Accidents and Emergencies 66
Ⅰ．Case Study 66
Report On Mrs Nolan 66
RTA Information（Circle the Appropriate Response） 68
Ⅱ．Text 68
CPR 68
Advice for the Nursing Care of Injured Patients 69
Speaking to Patients With Chest Pains 69
Beware of the Tea-Cosy 70
Ⅲ．Further Practice 71
Jacqueline Johnson's Patient Admission Form 71
Ear Syringing 71
Ⅳ．Vocabulary 72
Ⅴ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 73
Unit 9 Pain and Pain Management 75
Ⅰ．Case Study 75
Mr Morris's Pain Assessment Form 75
Mr Thompson and Mrs Smith's Pain Assessment Form 76
Ⅱ．Text 79
Pain 79
Describing Pain 81
The McGill Pain Questionnaire 81
Pain Relief During Labour 82
Ⅲ．Further Practice 83
Man Cleared Who Used Cannabis as A Painkiller 83
Ⅳ．Vocabulary 84
Ⅴ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 84
Unit 10 Colostomies 86
Ⅰ．Case Study 86
Mrs Pauline Greene's Colostomy 86
Mrs Greene's Patient Care Plan 87
Removing Impacted Faeces 90
Ⅱ．Text 91
Colostomies 91
Mrs Greene's Records 91
Ⅲ．Further Practice 92
Ⅳ．Vocabulary 93
Ⅴ CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 94
Unit 11 Angina 96
Ⅰ．Case Study 96
Mr Hussein's Case Notes 96
Mr Hussein's Patient Care Plan 98
John Collingwood's：Patient Assessment Record 98
Ⅱ．Text 99
Angina 99
Wound-dressing 101
Ⅲ．Further Practice 102
Ⅳ．Vocabulary 103
Ⅴ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 103
Unit 12 Dehydration 105
Ⅰ．Case Study 105
Mr Jameson's patient Care Plan 105
The Information in the Patient Care Plan About Mr Jameson 106
Ⅱ．Text 108
Dehydration 108
Taking Urine Samples 108
Diarrhea and Dehydration 109
Ⅲ．Further Practice 110
Further Information about Dehydration 110
Oral Rehydration Therapy 110
Ⅳ．Vocabulary 111
Ⅴ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 112
Unit 13 Dementia 114
Ⅰ．Case Study 114
Mrs Pauline Dobson's Patient Care Plan 114
The Death of Iris Murdoch 116
Mrs Pauline Dobson's dementia 117
Patients'Record of Care 118
Ⅱ．Text 119
Dementia 119
Nursing Guidelines for Last Offices 121
Nurse's Diary：the Death of Mr Topham 121
Elderly People in the UK Today 123
Ⅲ．Further Practice 124
Gurdip Singh's Nursing Care Plan 124
Ⅳ．Vocabulary 124
Ⅴ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 125
Unit 14 HIV and Drug Abuse 127
Ⅰ．Case Study 127
Mr Albert Jones's Patient's History 127
Case Study Reviewing 128
Mr Jones'Discharge Summary 130
Advice about HIV Infection 131
Ⅱ．Text 131
AIDS 131
Chemical Happiness 132
The UK Public's Attitude to HIV and AIDS 134
Ⅲ．Further Practice 134
Henry Macdonald's Nursing Care Plan 134
Ⅳ．Vocabulary 135
Ⅴ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 136
Unit 15 Discharge from Hospital 138
Ⅰ．Case Study 138
Miss Anne Barton's Discharge Form 138
Miss Anne Barton's Medical Problems 140
Miss Anne Barton's Discharge 141
Mrs Martha Collins's Discharge Summary 142
Ⅱ．Text 143
Health Education before Discharge from Hospital 143
Ⅲ．Further Practice 145
Mr Peter Lawson's Discharge Summary 145
Ⅳ．Vocabulary 145
Ⅴ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 146
Part 3 Talking and Listening 148
Unit 16 About Communicating with Patients 148
Ⅰ．Comprehension 148
Conversation 1：Listen to Patient 148
Conversation 2：Talking to Patient 152
Conversation 3：Talking is Good for You 154
Conversation 4：Talking about Incontinence 154
Ⅱ．Text 155
Vital Signs 155
Ⅲ．Further Practice 156
Conversation 5：Euphemisms 156
Ⅳ．Vocabulary 157
Ⅴ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 157
Unit 17 Conversations in UK Standard English 159
Ⅰ．Comprehension 159
Conversation 1：Talking about a Tracheostomy 159
Conversation 2：The Gorgeous Wash 161
Conversation 3：Facing Up to Death 162
Conversation 4：The Amputation 163
Conversation 5：Counseling Roberta 164
Conversation 6：Am I Dying？ 166
Conversation 7：Problems with Mother 167
Conversation 8：What Will Tomorrow Bring？ 169
Ⅱ．Text 171
Perioperative Nursing 171
Ⅲ．Further Practice 172
Conversation in Regional Dialect—The Dangerous Cucumber—North West 172
Ⅳ．Vocabulary 172
Ⅴ．CGFNS/NCLEX-RN TEST 173
Part 4 Reference 176
Part 5 Appendix 178
Appendix Ⅰ Abbreviation 178
Appendix Ⅱ About CGFNS 179
Appendix Ⅲ Answers and Comments 180