Unit 5

Demension Of Symptoms
Group 2 :
1. Adella Putri
2. Cindy Masdy
3. Elvant Olrando Darlin
4. Erlisa
5. Janwaria Changrila
6. Muhammad Aldy Irfani
7. Muntiara Sri Mampunng
 Unit 5 Discussion

1. Give communicative responses to the docter

and patient
2. Ask the dimension of patient’s symptoms
Definition of management symptoms

The understanding of symptom management according to

the National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Term is
"Treatment is given to improve the quality of life of patients
who have serious or life-threatening illnesses, the goal of
symptom management is to prevent or treat as early as
possible symptoms of the disease, side effects caused by
treatment illness, and psychological, social and spiritual
problems related to the disease or it’s treatment ".
 Coversation : Dimension of Patient’s
Sympotoms
Andin is suffering from stomachache. She is now in the
hospital and a nurse is helping her to recover. Read the
following conversation.
 Andin : Oh, My stomachache is too bad.
 Nurse : What does it like?
 Andin : It seems a needle prick on my stomach
 Nurse : Please lay down here. I will give a first aid.
 Andin : Thanks
 Nurse : This way help you heal the pain. Don’t move.
Just lay down here for several minutes.
 Andin : Thanks a lot.
 Nurse : What do you feel now?
 Andin : I feel better now.
 Nurse : I am happy to hear that. Does the pain occur
frequently?
 Andin : No, it doesn’t. I just suffer it.
 Nurse : When did you feel it?
 Andin : The Morning. Ouch. It hurts again
 Nurse : You are not totally curred,then. Please still lay
down here. The doctor will examine you
 Andim : Can you give any medicine?
 Nurse : Sorry, I can’t. But, You can useit to heal the pain.
 Userful Expression
The followings are useful exspression used by nurse to
initially symptoms of a patient.
 Where do you feel it ?
 Where does the pain ?
 Show me where it is
 Does it hurt?
 What is it like ?
 Is it big ?
 How big it is ?
 How does it feel ?
 What does the pain look like?
 When did it last ?
 What was the worst pain you felt ?
 Does it brother your activity ?
 Can you still move your arm ?
 Can you still chew food ?
 Do you eat spicy ?
 When did your first notice it ?
 How long does it last ?
 How often does it happen ?
 How long have you suffered from it ?
 Do you suffer it frequently ?
 Is it itchy ?
 Does it hurt ?
 Do you vomit
 Do you fell better now ?
 After studying the discussion from the 5
Demension of Symptoms Unit students are
given the task of Reading and Practice
Discussion.
That Is All
and
Thank You
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