Nurse’s Duty in the Wards, Nurses
(Sumber/ Source: Pramudya, Leo A.2005. English for Professional Nurses. Jakarta: EPN.)
(Rewritten by Dimas Erda Widyamarta: www.ithinkeducation.blogspot.com)
To assess : (v) mengkaji, memeriksa
Assessment : (n) pengkajian
To check : (v) memeriksa
Crutch : (n) kruk
To swing : (v) mengayun
Cane : (n) tongkat
Walker : (n) alat bantu berjalan
Ahead : (adv) ke arah depan
Phrases that express nursing duties or interventions | Verbs related to Nursing intervention |
Checking vital sign | To chec/ measure: vital signs, respiration,, blood pressure, pulse rate |
diagnosing | To diagnose To observe |
Promoting hygiene (complete bathing-oral care-hair care-foot and nail care-bed making) | To assist/ help bathing To clean+(parts of the body) To make up bed To wash+(part of the body) |
Feeding dependent clients | to help... Have+(meal time) dringking |
Assisting with elimination | To provide a bedpan/ a urinal To wash... To help... do bowel motions |
Patient assessment | To check+ (parts of the body) To press+(parts of the body) To see+(part of the body) To observe the condition of+(parts of the body) To assess... To knock (with hammer) |
Caring patients | To care |
Client teaching (crutch-walking, walking with walker; cane walking) | To listen to my instructions To move right/ left leg ahead/forward right/ left crutch ahead/ forward both crutches/ legs ahead. Ahead the walker To swing leg ahead |
Lifting moving and positioning a patient | To lift someone To roll To lie face downwards To stay sideways |
Nursing documentation | To write a report To make a progress report |
Transferring a patient to a wheelchair | To move a patient to a wheelchair |
Ambulating a patient and breaking a fall | To assist patient to walk around with (crutches, cane, walker) |
Giving an injection | To give an injection To inject.... |
Applying an infusion | To apply an infusion To inject.... |
A) Questions for a collaborative intervention
a) What intervention will we do for (patient’s name)? (future action)
b) What intervention have you done for (patient’s name)? (past participle)
c) What intervention did you for (patient’s name)? (past)
d) What intervention do I have to take for (patient’s name)?
Or
a) Have you+(verb III related to the nursing intervention...)?
b) Did you+(verb I related to the nursing intervention...)?
c) Do you+(verb III related to the nursing intervention...)?
Respose
a) We will give him intravenous injection
b) I have given
c) I gave
d) You should give
e) I have to give
B) Let’s Practice
i. Example 1:
1) I have to check blood pressure of patient everyday (Dimas Erda;22)
2) I assisted to have bathing of patient at 7.10 this morning (Muklas; 31)
3) Nurses have to clean the feces of patients after elimination (Dimas Aditya; 21)
4) A nurse have applied infusion to Mr. John (Titik A.;18)
5) A nurse has moved casuatly from stietcher to ICU room (Resti; 41)
ii. Example 2:
1) As a nurse I have to give assesment, I check vital signs and apply an infusion to patient (Nunung, 15)
2) As a nurse I have to check blood pressure, I check vital sign and I give medicine to patient (Mahardika, 51)
iii. Example 3:
1) I’m check/ I vital sings of patient regularly (Zuriska, 32)
2) To determine nursing diagnose, I muwst asses the patient’s health condition (Maratus, 26)
3) I have checked blood pressure Mr Peter Cathcart (M. Reza Falevi, 6)
4) Doctor, I’m already giringan intravena injection (Satria,53)
5) I accampanied Mrs. Rian walk arround with wheel chair this morning (Wiji,33)
6) We must do resuciation (Dwi Agus, 2)
7) Have you written nursing documentation for Mr. Catchart? (Bima, 36)
8) Have you finished helping Mr. Satawat Husein elimination (Eko S. 44)
9) Doctor, I’ve finished to give bandage to Mr. Satawar Husein (Dita, 11)
10) We must give him an injection local anestesi (Yeni, 20)
11) I have checked condition of injection Mr. Johnson (Ninda, 03)
12) Nurse, have you made a report of Ms. Lolita (Putri, 9)
13) I will check your blood pressure (Munawar, 07)
14) Have you sent bed pen for Mrs. Johnson (Fitri, 14)
15) We have to move Mrs. Johnson to bed together (Aynur R;8)
C) Patient Care Plan
Patient care Plan | |
Patient’s name John Rampo | Action to be taken >Monitoring blood sugar levels, give insulin injections. >Dietician to discuss diet >Patient to be shown how to self monitoring blood Glucose (SMBG) >Demonstrate to patient how to read SMBG stripe. >Link SMBG to diet Emphasize importance of monitoring blood sugar levels every morning and keeping record of results to take to GP |
Reason for admission: Excessive ketoe production leading to suspected ketoacidosis. This is potentiallu lfe threatening condition | |
Symptoms: Abdominal pain, vomiting, rapid breathing. Extreme tiredness, drowsiness |