Contents 1
Unit 1 1
Dialogue:Registration 1
Text:Hospitals 1
Reading Materials 4
A．The Medical Staff 4
B．A Modern Hospital 5
Unit 2 7
Dialogue:Clinic and Treatment Room 7
Text:The Lady with the Lamp 8
Reading Materials 11
A．International Red Cross and It s Founder 11
B．American Red Cross 12
Unit 3 14
Dialogue:Consulting Room 14
Text:Roles and Functions of the Nurse 15
Reading Materials 19
A．Administering Medications 19
B．Scrubbing 20
Unit 4 23
Dialogue:Filling in Admission Card 23
Text:Admitting a Client to a Nursing Division 24
Reading Materials 30
A．Safety and Accuracy 30
B．Emergency Care 31
Unit 5 33
Dialogue:Trauma 33
Text:Finding the Right Words 33
Reading Materials 36
A．Observing and Describing the Wound 36
B．Wound Care 37
Dialogue:Abortion 39
Text:Nursing Diagnostic Process 39
Unit 6 39
Reading Materials 44
A．Locating Intramuscular Injection Sites 44
B．Intravenous Infusions 45
Unit 7 48
Dialogue:Introducing Environment 48
Text:Communication and the Nursing Process 48
Reading Materials 53
A．Administering Oral Medications 53
B．Giving Injections 55
Unit 8 57
Dialogue:Introducing Regulations 57
Text:Gerontologic Nursing 57
Reading Materials 62
A．How to Write a Case Report 62
B．A Sample of Complete History 64
Dialogue:Penicillin Allergy Test 67
Unit 9 67
Text:A Pharmacist s Guide to Treating Pediatric Cough 68
Reading Materials 72
A．When Breast-feeding Fails 72
B．Risk-free Blood Test for Unborn Babies 74
Unit 10 76
Dialogue:Appendicitis 76
Text:Surgical Intensive Care Unit 77
A．Burn Wound Care 80
Reading Materials 80
B．Improved Compliance With Quality Assurance Markers 82
Unit 11 85
Dialogue:Before Discharge 85
Text:The Hospice Movement Brings Relief to the Dying 86
Reading Materials 90
A．Code of Ethics 90
B．How Love Heals 92
C．Injection 95
B．Intravenous Puncture 95
Unit 12 95
Dialogue:A.Place an Intravenous Tube 95
Text:Nursing Research 96
Reading Materials 100
A．How to Take a Precise Blood Pressure(Ⅰ) 100
B．How to Take a precise Blood Pressure(Ⅱ) 103
Dialogue:Hypertension 108
Text:AIDS 108
Unit 13 108
Reading Materials 112
A．Same Battle,Changing Fronts 112
B．AIDS 116
Unit 14 119
Dialogue:Pharmacy Room 119
Text:New Hope for Hearts 120
Reading Materials 123
A．Organ Swaps a Pig in a Poke 123
B．Xeno s Paradox 126
Dialogue:Collecting the Sample 128
Text:Coronary Heart Disease 128
Unit 15 128
Reading Materials 132
A．Infectious Gastroenteritis 132
B．Down with High Blood Pressure 134
Unit 16 138
Text:Why Cloning of Humans Must Forever Be Seen as Unethical 138
A．Whose Gene Is It 142
Reading Materials 142
B．The Killer Protein Behind Mad Cow Disease 145
Unit 17 149
Text:A Historic Review of Breast Cancer 149
Reading Materials 152
A．The Status of Breast Cancer Treatment Research 152
B．Child Cancer Treatments Causes Long-term Complications 154
Text:Cataracts 157
Unit 18 157
Reading Materials 162
A．Laryngitis and Tumors of the Larynx 162
B．Ear Infections and Ear Tube Surgery 163
Unit 19 166
Text:Therapy for Diabetic Patients 166
Reading Materials 171
A．Acute Cholecystitis 171
B．Measles 174
Unit 20 177
Text:Nuclear Medicine for Diagnosis and Treatment 177
Reading Materials 180
A．How to Build a Body Part 180
B．The Usefulness of the Alpha State 183
第1～20单元练习答案及参考译文 185
第1单元 185
第2单元 189
第3单元 193
第4单元 198
第5单元 205
第6单元 209
第7单元 214
第8单元 219
第9单元 224
第10单元 229
第11单元 234
第12单元 241
第13单元 249
第14单元 256
第15单元 262
第16单元 268
第17单元 275
第18单元 280
第19单元 285
第20单元 291