English for Nursing 1

Topic 12
ATON APTUH TRIHAR
2B PSIK
1020031018

ASKING AND TELLING ABOUT MEASUREMENTS

Instructional objective
The students are expected to be able:
1. to pronunce well vocabularies relating to measurements, and
2. to act out the practice and therapeutic communication of asking and telling about
measurements.

Reading
Direction. Read the nursing note below and get some useful informations regarding asking and telling
about body measurements. Then, answer the following questions.

NURSING NOTE
Body measurements have been used as nutritional indices for many years. Two of the
most common are body height and body weight. Height is associated with previous
nutritional conditions, while weight is extensively used as a nutritional measurement
both for assessment and monitoring.
Different metric system might be used in another country. For example,
centimeter (cm) or meter (m) is the most common scale for body height; however,
they are not used in USA but feet and inches. This country also use different scale for
weight. They more prefer to use pounds (lbs) and ons (oz) rather than kilogram (kg).
Furthermore, for body temperature, US uses Fahrenheit (F) not Celcius (C).

Questions:
1. What is the use of body measurements?
2. What difference does USA have in their metric system compared to other
countries?

Related Vocabularies
Direction. The followings are the vocabularies related to body measurements. Practice the
pronunciation. Complete the blanks of some words with the proper pronunciation.
A. Verbs
1. Take /............../ : mengambil

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 2. Weigh /................/ : menimbang

B. Nouns
1. Height /.........................../ : tinggi badan
2. Weight /............................../ : berat badan
3. Celcius /............................./ : satuan ukuran suhu tubuh 0 – 1000
4. Centigrade /.........................../ : sama dengan Celcius
5. Fahrenheit /...................../ : satuan ukuran suhu tubuh 32 – 2120
6. Centimeter /...................../ : satuan ukuran tinggi badan
7. Meter /...................../ : satuan ukuran tinggi badan
8. Feet /...................../ : satuan ukuran tinggi badan
9. Inch /...................../ : satuan ukuran tinggi badan
10. Kilogram /...................../ : satuan ukuran berat badan
11. Pound /...................../ : satuan ukuran berat badan
12. Scale /...................../ : skala; timbangan berat badan

C. Adjective
1. Normal /............................./

Useful Expressions
Direction. Study the following useful expressions during the implementation of checking body
measurements.
Measurement Asking about ... Telling about ...
Temperature • What is my temperature? • Your temperature is thirty
seven degree centigrade
(370C).
• Is it normal? • It is normal.
• It is thirty nine degree celcius
(390C).
• You are running a
temperature.*
• You have a temperature.*

• *The temperature is higher than

normal.

Blood pressure • What is my blood pressure? • Your blood pressure is one

hundred twenty over eighty
(120/80).
• Is it normal? • It is within normal limits.

Pulse rate • What is my pulse rate? • Your pulse rate is eighty times
per minute (80x/minute).
• Is it normal? • It is normal.

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 Height • How tall are you?
• How tall am I?
Weight • How much do you weigh?
• How much do I weigh?
• I am one hundred eighty
centimeters (180 cm) tall.
• You are one point six two
meters (1.62 m) tall.
• I am fifty kilograms (50 Kg).
• You weigh sixty five
kilograms (65 Kg).

Listening Exercise
Direction. Accomplish the following conversation by listening to the audio file on UFLearn. Then, act out
the dialogue.
In Dr. Clark’s Clinic
Nurse : What’s your problem?
Patient : I feel hot.
Nurse : Have you taken your temperature with a thermometer?
Patient : Not yet.
Nurse : Okay. Now I need to check your temperature.
Just insert this into your right armpit.
Patient : (1) What is my temperature?
Nurse : (2) Your temperature is thirty eighth degree centigrade (38 ℃)
Okay. Now would you please weigh yourself on the scale?
Keep steady. Don’t move.
Fine.
Okay fine.
(3) You weigh sixty five kilograms (65 Kg)
Now I need to check your blood pressure.
Patient : (4) What is my blood pressure?
Nurse : (5) Your blood pressure is one hundred the thirty over one hundred
(130/100)

(The conversations were taken from English for Professional Nurses 1 written by Leo A.
Pamudya.)

Nursing Communication Practice

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Direction. Work in pair. Write a nurse-patient conversation of asking and telling about body
measurements. Submit your conversation scenario on UFLearn. Then, practice the conversation
together. You are not allowed to read aloud the scenario.
Patient: Good morning.
Doctor: Good morning. Have a seat, please.
Patient: Thanks.
Doctor: So, what brings you here?
Patient: I’ve got a fever and sore throat since yesterday.
Doctor: Okay. Let me check your body temperature.
Patient: All right.
Doctor: Would you please put the thermometer under your arm.
Patient: Ok.
Doctor: Your body temperature is 39.2° C. It means you have moderate fever. Now, I
would like you to relax as I am checking your pulse and respiration rate.
Patient: Okay.
Doctor: Good. Next, I am going to wrap this cuff around your arm and pump it to read
your blood pressure.
Patient: Would it hurt?
Doctor: No, just relax, okay.
Patient: Okay.
Doctor: Good. Could you please open your mouth and say “aaah” so I could check your
throat? (Bagus. Bisa tolong buka mulutnya dan bilang “aaah” sehingga saya bisa
memeriksa tenggorokan Anda)
Patient: Aaah (Aaah)
Doctor: Okay. So, your pulse rate is 80 per minute, your respiration rate is 16 per
minute, and your blood pressure is 120/80. (Bagus. Jadi, denyut nadi Anda adalah 80
per menit, laju pernapasan Anda 16 per menit, dan tekanan darah Anda 120/80)
Patient: What does it mean? (Artinya apa?)
Doctor: It means that your vital signs are normal. There is nothing to be worried about.
(Artinya tanda-tanda vital Anda normal. Tidak ada yang perlu dikhawatirkan)
Patient: Oh thank God. (Syukurlah)
Doctor: I am going to prescribe you vitamin and some medicines to ease your fever and
sore throat. (Saya akan meresepkan Anda vitamin dan beberapa obat untuk mengurangi
demam dan sakit tenggorokan)

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Patient: Okay. (Oke)
Doctor: Don’t forget to take a rest and drink a lot of water. (Jangan lupa untuk istirahat
dan minum air yang banyak)
Patient: I will. Thank you so much. (Oke. Terima kasih banyak)