ENGLISH IN NURSING

Elimination, describing, diarrhea and

presenting a patient case.
Vocabulary 2 Elimination
1. In the USA, we say ‘go to the Bathroom’, but Britsh people say
‘go to the toilet’.
2. ‘mummy, can i go to the toilet? I need a Wee!’.
3. Urine is the medical word for wee or pee. The verb is to Urinate
we can also use the term ‘to pass water’.
4. Mr Joners complains of trouble with his Waterworks he can’t
always control his balled anf is sometime Incontinent.
5. ‘Have you had a bowel movement today, Mrs Davis?’
6. A stool or a motion is the medical word for a Poo the verb is to
defecate
7. A patient with with a loose has Diarrhoea; but a patient with
very hard stools could have constipation
8. I’ve got the r. Runs. , nurse, i have to go to the toilet all the
time.’
complete the nurse questions using five of the
past participant
be catch come do eat go Have notice open pass
Been Caught Come Done Eaten Gone Had Noticed Opened Passed

1. How have you eaten for the last few days?

2. Have you passed been water today?
3. Mrs Azra, have you had any blood..?
4. Has she noticed in any pain?
5. How long have you caught the diarrhoea
exactly?
6. How many time have you done a bowel
movement today?
 Read The Statments Below And Underline The
Correct Verb Form (Past Simple Or Present
Perfect)
1. Christophe has been in the hospital since 5th
May.
2. He hasn’t been to the toilet for a few days.
3. He has felt bloated for two days.
4. And he last had a bowel movement five days ago
5. Christophe didn’t eat anything last night
6. In fact, the patient hasn't eaten anything since
yesterday lunchtime
 Read Paula’s patient summary.
Correct the five mistake in the text.
 Christophe didn’t eat anything since three
days and has only drunk coffe juice for
breakfast. His stools been smalled and soft,
and he has needed to push to defecate. He
has experience pain going to the toilet dan he
has suffered abdominal pain this morning.
 9 write the whole assessment, including the correct
information from 8. Answer these questions

1. Why is christophe in hospital? Because christophe is

suffering from constipation
2. How long has he been in hospital? He has been in
hospital since three days
3. How has he felt for the last two days? He felt pain
went to the toilet
4. What has he eaten an drunk / not eaten dan drunk
for the last three days? He has only drunk juice and
he hasn't eaten anything
5. Describe his stools and any other symptoms?his
stools are small and soft and he needs to push to
defecate
 Reading 2 read this article. Complete the
sentences with a word from the article.
 Diarrhorea disease ih the result of an
intestinal infection.
 After peneumonia, diarrhoea is the second

main causes of the death in children under

five.
 Diarrhoea causes a patient to become

dehydrated.
 If body fluids and electrolytes aren’t replaced,

severe dehydration can result in death.

Vocabulary 3 complete this word-building table with
word from the article in 2. Then use word from table
to complete setences 1-5.

Noun Verb Adjective

Diarrhoea Diarrhoeal Diarrhoeal
Dehydration To Dehydrated
dehydrated
Intestine To intestinal Intestinal
Replacement Replace Replaced
Loss Lose Lost
 A serve attack of diarrhoea can result
dehydration
 The lost of fluid and electroytes can cause the

body to become dehydreted.

 Diarrhoea is caused by an infection of the

intestine
 The replacement of the body fluids lost during

and attack of diarrhoea is essential to the

patient’s recovery.
 Diarrhoeal disease is one of the main causes of

child mortality in developing countries.

Complete femi’s explenation about the treatment of
diarrhoea with the words in the box. Listen again to
check your answers.
 Cheap dehydration drip faeces fluids rehydrate replace sugar
 The most important thing in treating diarrhoea is to
....dehydrate....... the patien. A severely dehydrated patient
need rehydration with intravenous .fluids....... they go into
the hospital here and have an intravenous .....drips...... for
moderate dehydration, it is possible to treat a patient
efectively with oral rehydration salt or ORS. We have save a lot
of live, particularly children’s live with this. ORS is mixture of
clean water, salt, and ..sugar......... which is very easy to
preapare even here whre we have such limited medical
facilities.it is very ..cheap......, which is also imprtant. As i
often have to explain. ORS does not to stop the diarrhoea.but
it stops dangerous dehydration caused by the diarrhoea. It is
absorbed in the small intestine and ..replace....... the water
and electrolytes lost in the .......faeces.
Complete part 1 of his presentation with the correct
from (past simple or present perfect) of the verbs in
brackets.
 Next, in cubicle four, we have Mrs Eileen Ashton.
She prefers ‘Eileen’. She’s seventy-six and ....has
presented..... (present) at 14.45 with abdominal
pain. Eileen ...became..... (become) a widow six
months ago and now lives alone. Since the death of
her husband, Eileen ...did not cook.......(not cook)
for herself .has been.......(be) on a diet of soup and
toast. She ...was...... (be) relatively active in the
past, but ...has taken........ (take) regular exercise
for several month. In adition, she ...suffered.......
(suffer) from insomnia for the last six monts.
 Use these prompts to write part 2 of david’s
presentation. Make sure you use the correct from of
the verbs.
 On admission eileen has complained abdominal
pain
 Dr Insulza saw her at 16.00 she Has rated pain
seven out of ten on pain scale
 Her last bowel movement was four days ago
 She Has opened her bowels every three or four
days since beginning of may...
 She Has described her stools as hard lumps type
one on the bristol stool chart
 Eileenn Has experienced some pain/ no blood or
mucus...
 Listen to part 2 of the interview and complete the
second part of the nursing asseeement with the word
in the box

 Allgies angry embrrassed kilos laxatives overweight spicy

weight

 Anita does not suffer from food ...allergies...... and rarely

eats ....spicy..... foods. She is trying to loose .weight........
and so far has lost five ..kilos........ she feels she is
..overweight...... and seem to have a negative body
image. She appears ..angry..... when asked about her
body weight. She is continuing to diet and often uses
.laxative.... anita finds it difficult to discuss her symptoms
and is noticeably ....embarrassed.... about her use of
laxatives.
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