Nurse’s Duty in the Wards, Nurses/ Tugas perawat di Bangsal, Perawat


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