本书共15个单元。内容涉及基础护理、护理伦理、内科护理、外科护理、儿科护理、老年护理、精神护理、药物护理和社区护理。每个单元内容包括课文、生词和短语表、课文注释、课后练习、补充阅读、实用写作和听说练习，以及练习题的参考答案、课文阅读的参考译文。
通过学习，学生能借助字典，阅读、翻译本专业的业务资料，在以后的工作和涉外活动中，能进行简单的口头和书面交流。
本教材适用于英语护理专业及高职高专护理专业学生在完成基础英语的学习后使用，也可作为护士参加出国考试或工作的参考书。
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- 目录
- Unit One To Be a Nurse
- Part One Reading
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Two Nursing Process
- Part One Reading
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Three Communication in Nursing
- Part One Reading
- Communicating Assertively and Responsibly in Nursing
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Four Nursing Ethics
- Part One Reading
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Five First Aid
- Part One Reading
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Application for an Academic Program
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Six Surgical Nursing
- Part One Reading
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Seven Surgical Nursing
- Part One Reading
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Certificate for Transferring a Pati.ent
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Eight Diabetes
- Part One Reading
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Nine Cardiac Failure
- Part One Reading
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Ten Gynecological Nursing
- Part One Reading
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Eleven Pediatric Nursing
- Part One Reading
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Twelve The Elderly Nursing
- Part One Reading
- The Systemic Changes of the Elderly
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Thirteen Psychiatric Nursing
- Part One Reading
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Fourteen Pharmacological Nursing
- Part One Reading
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- Unit Fifteen End-of-Life Care
- Part One Reading
- Part Two Practical Writing
- Part Three Listening and Speaking
- 参考答案
- 参考译文
- Glossary
