Mata Kuliah : English for Basic Nursing

Tingkat/Semester : I/II
Lesson :8
Topic : Nursing Terminology (Vocabulary)

Activity 1. Speaking. Answer these questions oraly!

1. Where would you work with these people? (in a hospital, in a residential care home,
in the community?
_________________________________________________

2. Which nursing situation do you prefer and why?

_________________________________________________

a. ___________________ b. ___________________

C. _____________________ d. ____________________________
Activity 2. Vocabulary. Keywords for the unit.
1. Limb _____ a) doctor who cares for people in the community
2. Team _____ b) old (polite)
3. Midwives _____ c) the place where doctors operate on patients
4. Elderly _____ d) dangerous, potentially causing death
5. Feed _____ e) a group of people who work or play sport together
6. Theatre _____ f) nurses who assist during and after birth
7. General Practioner _____ g) arms and legs
8. Life threatening ____ h) to give nutrition

Activity 3. Reading and Vocabulary. Complete this text about Career in

Nursing in words from the box.

Pediatric nurse Learning dissabilities nurses

Adult nurses Neonatal nurses
School nurses Midwives
Mental health nurses Theatre nurses

Careers in Nursing
(1) ______________ work with newborn babies who are born sick or prematurely. Often,
premature infants have breathing problems which can be life-threatening if they are not
treated promptly and monitored. Also, ill babies must be fed in a specialised way in a
hygienic environment that is warm. These patients have a wide range of physical and mental
health conditions so (2) ______________ work with the patient, the family and carers for
the health and social inclusion of people of all ages with a learning disability. (3) __________
face a complex and difficult area, working with GPs, psychiatrists and psychologists to care
for patients with mental illness. Conditions range from personality and psychological
disorders to neuroses and psychoses.
The (4) _____________ faces a wide range of situations, including babies with heart
complications, teenagers with broken limbs and child protection. Health problems can affect
a child’s development socially and educationally so the nurse’s role is important. (5) ______
work with adults with diverse health conditions. They work in hospitals, clinics or in the
community. Many patients are elderly, others have disabilities or have a terminal illness so it
may involve shift work to provide 24-hour care. (6) _________ are specialised nurses who
assist mothers and newborn babies during and after the birth. They give advice on hygiene,
breastfeeding and the post natal well-being of the mother and baby. They work both in
hospitals and in the community.
(7) _______ usually work for the national health service (NHS) or schools. They provide
health and sex education in schools, carry out developmental screening (testing all students)
and administer immunisation programmes. (8) ____________ are qualified nurses that have
completed additional training to care for patients of all ages at the different stages of surgery.
Based in hospital, they work in operating theatres, anaesthetic/recovery areas and on
specialised wards

Activity 4. Vocabulary
Find the words in bold in the text in exercise 3 and match them with their
definitions or synonyms below.
1. a period of work (usually 8 or 12 hours) in a 24-hour day _____________
2. vaccination ____________________
3. phases ____________________
4. respiratory ____________________
5. baby ____________________
6. disease (3 words) ____________________
7. immediately/quickly ____________________
8. help ____________________
9. where patients sleep in hospital ____________________

Activity 5. Comprehension check.

Read the text in exercise 3 again. Are the following sentences True (T) or
False (F)?

1. All nurses do shift work. ____

2. Some nurses must have extra qualifications.____
3. Childrens’ nurses work with newborn babies.____
4. School nurses work privately.____
5. Premature babies can have very serious health problems.____
6. Nurses often give advice on medical problems._____
Activity 6. Vocabulary from picture. Label the photos with the phrases
from the box.

applying a dressing ear syringing taking a swab

a. ________________________

b. _________________________

c. ___________________________
Activity 7. Reading and Vocabulary.
Read the text and complete the duties.

Read the text in exercise 7 again. Complete the duties that are mentioned.

1. Running __________
2. Offering __________
3. Taking ___________
4. Applying _________
5. Giving ______

Activity 8. Reading and Vocabulary

Read the text loudly and list the unfamiliar words to you in each
paragraph and find the meaning in your dictionary .

Reading and vocabulary A big hospital is like a small town; it needs thousands of people to
make it work. All these people are organized into teams and each person in each team has a
rank and often a specialism. In the past, the health care team’s chain of command was simple:
doctors made decisions and gave senior nurses orders. Senior nurses then instructed junior
nurses, and so on. Things are changing. In many countries nurses have much more
responsibility than they once had.

One thing is not changing; it is still a doctor who is in charge of a patient’s treatment. In
Britain, that doctor is called a consultant. Next in line to the consultant is the registrar.
Consultants and registrars train the junior doctors who are called house officers or interns.
Junior doctors work the same long, unsocial hours that nurses do on the wards. The most
senior nurses are nursing officers; they are administrators. Then come ward managers who
supervise staff nurses and students.

It is not only doctors and nurses who deliver treatment and care; there are many other
specialists too. For example, there are physiotherapists who specialize in exercises to treat
injury or dysfunction and occupational therapists who help patients manage every-day living.
There are also many people the patient does not meet like lab technicians doing the tests and
pharmacists dispensing medicines. Like any town, a hospital has teams of office staff and
ancillary workers such as porters, orderlies, technicians, drivers, cleaners, receptionists and
cooks. Every team is essential for the delivery of treatment and care. This includes the
volunteers who, without pay, raise money for the hospital and run shops, cinemas, libraries
and restaurants.

List of unfamiliar words

1. ___________
2. ___________
3. ___________
4. ___________
5. ___________
6. ___________

Activity 9. Comprehension Check. Use the information in the text (in

activity 8) to complete the sentences with a, b or c.

1. A hospital is like a small town because .

a. it’s busy.
b. it’s full of different kinds of people.
c. there are so many buildings.
2. The difference between now and the past is that .
a. nursing is easier.
b. nurses make more decisions.
c. nurses work harder.
3. Consultants and nursing officers are both .
 a. senior staff.
b. house officers.
c. in charge of a patient’s treatment .
4. Ward managers are .
a. nurses.
b. office workers.
c. senior doctors.
5. Lab technicians and pharmacists .
a. deliver treatment and care.
b. work in the background.
c. help the specialists.
6. Hospital volunteers are .
a. sometimes needed.
b. paid well.
c. essential.

Activity 10. Vocabulary and Pronunciation.

Match each verb 1–7 to a suitable phrase A-G.

1. specialize _____ A. new staff

2. train _____ B. unsocial hours
3. make _____ C. a busy department
4. dispense _____ D. injuries and dysfunctions
5. run _____ E. quick decisions
6. work _____ F. in paediatrics
7. treat _____ G. Medicines

Activity 11. Vocabulary and Pronunciation. Hospital Team. Match these

hospital team with the picture.

A. Lab Technician – Analyzes body fluids/medical tests.

B. Cardiologist – Deals with the heart and its diseases.
C. Obstetrician – Specializes in pregnancy, labor, and pueperium (the time-period
directly following childbirth).
D. Scrub Nurse – Helps surgeons during surgery.
E. Anaesthetist – Puts people to sleep before surgery.
F. Consultant – Person at the Hospital who speaks to the patients about what is wrong.
G. Midwife – Delivers babies/helps pregnant women.
H. Paramedic – Drives the ambulance and gives first aid to the patients.
I. Pharmacist – Gives medicines for patients.
J. Paediatrician – Doctor who specializes in babies and children.
K. Physiotherapist – Helps the patients to move again after na injury.
L. Radiologist – Takes and analyzes x-rays.
M. Surgeon – Performs surgery.
N. Recepcionist – Receives/welcomes people and answers phone calls.
O. Porter – Works at the reception/welcomes people and helps them to leave.
P. Gynecologist – Specializes in the health of the female reproductive system, including
the diagnosis and treatment of disorders and diseases.

1. ________________________ 2. ______________________

3.______________________ 4._______________________
5.______________________ 6.____________________

7.________________________ 8.________________________

9.____________________________ 10. ____________________________

11._________________________ 12._________________________

13.___________________________ 14._____________________
15.___________________________ 16._________________________

Activity 12. Grammar. Subject - Verb Agreement.

Before reading the rules of subject-verb agreement, try to do this exercise:
Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

1. Surgeons performs / performing / perform operations.

2. I’m a midwife, I delivers / I’m delivering / deliver babies.
3. The paramedic is unavailable. He responds / ’s responding / respond to an
emergency.
4. A: Do you work in a hospital? B: Yes, I work / do / does.
5. I want / wanting / wants to qualify as a physiotherapist.
6. I like to working / working / work with people.
7. Do you / You are / Are you taking the patient to surgery?
8. I do /’m doing / to do a night shift this week.

Activity 13. Study These Rules of Subject-Verb Agreement.

Subject-Verb Agreement

In English, Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or
plural).  Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its
verb must also be plural.
Examples:

 Someone Is Talking.
 Each Student Wears a Tidy Uniform.
 Several Students Wear A Tidy Uniform.
 Some Sugar Is In The Topless.
 Some of Cherries Are On The Table.
 Ardi and Fariz Are Playing Mobile Legends.
 Ardi Nor Fariz Is Playing Mobile Legends.
 My Favorite Novel Is Paper Town by John Green.
 Novels By John Green Are My Favorite Novel.

In present tenses, nouns and verbs form plurals in opposite ways:  

                        nouns ADD an s to the singular form,

                                                    BUT

                        verbs REMOVE an s from the singular form.

Here are some subject-verb agreement rules:

1. A phrase or clause between subject and verb does not change the number of the
subject.

                Examples:
2. Indefinite pronouns as subjects

 Singular indefinite pronoun subjects take singular verbs.

 Plural indefinite pronoun subjects take plural verbs.

PLURAL: several, few, both, many

 Some indefinite pronouns may be either singular or plural: with uncountable, use
singular; with countable, use plural.
EITHER SINGULAR OR PLURAL: some, any, none, all, most
 Sugar is uncountable; therefore, the sentence has a singular verb.

Marbles are countable; therefore, the sentence has a plural verb.

3. Compound subjects joined by and are always plural.

4. With compound subjects joined by or/nor, the verb agrees with the subject
nearer to it.

In the above example, the plural verb are agrees with the nearer subject actors.

In this example, the singular verb is agrees with the nearer subject director.
5. Inverted Subjects must agree with the verb.
6. Collective Nouns (group, jury, crowd, team, etc.) may be singular or plural,
depending on meaning.

In this example, the jury is acting as one unit; therefore, the verb is singular.

In this example, the jury members are acting as twelve individuals; therefore, the verb
is plural.
7. Titles of single entities (books, organizations, countries, etc.) are always singular.

8. Plural form subjects

 Plural form subjects with a singular meaning take a singular verb. (e.g. news,
measles, mumps, physics, etc.)

 Plural form subjects with singular or plural meaning take a singular or plural verb,
depending on meaning. (e.g. politics, economics, etc.)

In this example, politics is a single topic; therefore, the sentence has a singular
verb.
 In this example, politics refers to the many aspects of the situation; therefore, the
sentence has a plural verb.

 Plural form subjects with a plural meaning take a plural verb. (e.g. scissors,
trousers)

Note: In this example, the subject of the sentence is pair; therefore, the verb must
agree with it. (Because scissors is the object of the preposition, scissors does not
affect the number of the verb.)
9. With subject and subjective complement of different number, the verb always
agrees with the subject.

10. A. With one of those ________ who, use a plural verb.

 The above example implies that others besides Hannah like to read comic books.
Therefore, the plural verb is the correct form to use.
B. With the only one of those ________who, use a singular verb.

The above example implies that no one else except for Hannah likes to read comic
books. Therefore, the singular verb is the correct for to use.

11. A. With the number of _______, use a singular verb.

B. With a number of _______, use a plural verb.

12. With every ______ and many a ________, use a singular verb.
Activity 14. Grammar. Subject- Verb Agreement.

Part A: Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the
subject.
1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.
2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.
3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.
6. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
7. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.
10. The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win.
11. Either answer (is, are) acceptable.
12. Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.
13. Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.
14. (Is, Are) the news on at five or six?
15. Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's
favorite subject.
16. Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.
17. (Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer?

18. Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's.

19. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!
20. The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.
21. The committee members (leads, lead) very different lives in private.
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.

Part B: Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the
subject:
1. His pants ____ torn during the match.
A. Are B. Is
2. Aron, together with his wife ____ the guests of the party.
A. Greet B. Greets
3. Tweezers ____ always useful to handle small objects.
A. Are B. Is
4. The jury ____ not convinced.
A. Was B. were
5. To cry ____ never the solution to any problems.
A. Is B. Are
6. A number of soldiers ____ injured during the war.
A. Was B. were
7. The number of deceased soldiers ____ not stored in the record book.
A. Are B. Is
8. A pack of lions ____ approaching the camp.
A. Were B. Was
9. Killing ____ not always considered a bad thing.
A. Is B. Are
10. There ____ many difficulties regarding the situation.
A. Are B. Is

11. Either she or her friends ____ responsible for this accident.
 A. Is B. Are
12. None of them ____ able to solve this question.
A. Were B. Is
13. Eight fifty dollars ____ what it would cost to buy the new pixel phone.
A. Are B. Is
14. A pair of trousers ____ all that I brought along
A. Is B. are
15. Everything ____ fine when it’s done correctly.
A. Are B. Is
16. Ronaldo and Messi ____ the greatest football players of the 21st century.
A. Are C. Is

GOOD LUCK