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Mr Richard
BP 100/70 T 375
P 62 Wt 58 kg
RR 17 02 SATS 98 %
1. PRONUNCIATION OF ED
2. CARING FOR A PATIENT IN
RECOVERY
1.Your wound is infected
2.I helped her to walk to the bathroom
3.I have cleaned my room
She Kissed her baby
He used a board marker to write
the plane landed perfectly
They Played football
yesterday morning
 CARING FOR A PATIENT IN
RECOVERY
Complete the following sentences about recovery using the words and phrases in the box

F
Recovery, or(1)_________________is where patients go to wake up after an
operation.
A
In recovery, nurses check that the patient is (2)_____________ that they are a. Alert and oriented
awake and know where they are. b. Intensive care unit (ICU)
D
Patients often need to breathe using an (3)_________________ until they
c.
d.
Anaesthetic
Oxygen mask
recover from the (4) _______________ C e. Coronary care unit (CCU)

If patients are too ill to go to the ward, they go to the (5)__________

B f. Post Anaesthesia Care Unit
(PACU)
If a patient has heart problems, they go to the (6)_____________ C
 Lets discuss the following questions

1. After an patient has had an operation, a nurse in recovery checks…..

a. that the patient has woken up
b. if the patient is in pain √
√
c. that the patient has ordered lunch
d. the patient’s observation X
e. if IV fluids are running √
f. if the patient is bleeding √
g. if the patient would like to go for√a walk
X
 Lets discuss the following questions

2. How can a nurse check to see if a patient is awake and oriented after an
operation…..
a. Call the patient’s name √
b. Slap the patient on the shoulder
c. tap the patient’s hand
3. Where do the patients go after they have recovered well from their
operation…
a. To the intensive care unit
b. to the ward √
c. to the coronary care unit
 LISTENING SECTION
Emilie, the recovery nurse, is checking Mr Brodzik, a patient, after an operation.
Listen the conversation and answer the following question

1. How does Emilie know that Mr Brodzik is alert and oriented?

Mr Brodzik opens his eyes when she ask him, and can answer her
question
2. How does Mr Brodzik feel?
He feels cold

3. IS Mr Brodzik in pain?

No