ENGLISH NURSING

PERTEMUAN 1
ANITA SUKARNO, S.KEP., NS., MS.C.
PRODI ILMU KEPERAWATAN
VISI DAN MISI UNIVERSITAS ESA UNGGUL
Materi Sebelum UTS
Materi Setelah UTS
KEMAMPUAN AKHIR YANG DIHARAPKAN
• Students will be able to understand and
applicate how to introduce theirselves and to
ask questions
• Students will be able to understand and
applicate how to greet someone or the
patients
• Students will be able to understand and
applicate how to convince someone
 Introduction review asking question and
Greeting
• Introducing Yourself
• Skills for introduction yours elf is the first step
of starting communication between nurse and
patient. The most important things of
introducing yourself are by saying greeting,
contrax time, and mention your name. (Grice
and Greenan, 2007).
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• For example:
1. Hello, my name is Joni
2. How do you do?
3. Nice to meet you
4. I am in charge today
5. How do you spell your name?
 Practice the Dialoge
(1) Visit the patient

N: Hello, Mr. Joni, I’m Ani. I’m on duty tonight

N: How are you?
P: I’m better thanks
N: Alright Mr. Joni, see you later.
 Asking Question
• Yes/No Question and short answer
Yes/No questions Short Answer

(+Long answer)
Yes or No question is
Do you know Yusuf? Yes, I do (I know Yusuf).
question that can be

answered yes or no
Are you ready to go an Yes I am

operation?
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How have many uses.
(1) One use of how is to ask about means (ways)
- How pain is your chest?
- How to measure Blood Pressure?
(2) How often: asks about frequency
- How often do you wake during your sleep?
- How many times a week does your family visit you?
(3) How far: The most common way of expressing distance
- How far is your house to Dr. Soetomo Hospital?
(4) How long/ how many (time): asks for information about length of
time
- How long will an operation are run?
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1) Who: is used as the subject(s) or question

– Who come? Someone come
2) Who (m): is used as the object (O) in a question
– Whom did you see? I saw someone
3) What: can be used as either: S and O
– What happened with your stomach?
– What do you think about nursing profession?
4) What kind of: asks for information about specific
type
– What kind of medicine did you receive?
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1. Which: is used when the speaker wants some to
make a choice, when the speaker is offering
alternatives
• Which one of leg is fracture?
2. Where: asks for place
• Where are you going to see a doctor?
3. When: asks for time
• When should Mrs. Ani get a laboratory test?
4. Whose: asks about possession
• Whose book is this?
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• Attached/Negative Questions/ tag Questions
– The statement sentences which a speaker
supposed to be or already known the answer.

• You look very pale, don’t you?

• You are felling well after taking medicine, aren’t you?
• Choice Question
– A question that can be used first by using to be (is,
are, am, were, was) and do, does, did, has, have,
etc
• Is your pain in the left or right of your chest?
• - Are you hungry or suffering?
 Example of Asking Questions
• Asking question purpose to gather
information needed in order to explore and
identify the relevance data.
For example:
– Excuse me, can I ask you something?
– What symptoms do you have?
– Do you have pains here?
– Are you covered by any health insurance?
– Are you allergic to any antibiotics?
 Practice
N: Good morning, Mr. Joni. How are you today?
P: Fine thanks
N: Have you been fasting since last night?
P: Yes I have
N: Good. Are you ready for the urine and blood test now?
P: Of course,
N: Do you want anything for your breakfast afterwards?
P: Yes please. Something light.
N: You mean fruit…cereal…or…
P: Just one apple and banana, thanks.
N: Not a problem.
 Convincing
• The function of convincing is to make sure
about our intervention that it will help patient
of recovery.
• For Example
– Don’t worry, it has no side effects.
– I’m sure you’ll get well soon
– I think surgery is the only solution
– You’ll be home in a couple of days
– You should really consider it
 Practice the dialogue
P: What do you think?
N: It looks like you’ve been putting on weight, madam
P: Really? Wow
N: You’re supposed to loose some/ it’s extremely important
P: Is it?
N: Sure it is
P: But I’ve tried to eat less and sometimes I skip dinner
N: well, you need to consider both quantity and quality. You
consider the carbohydrate and fat content
P: That is not easy, isn’t it?
 Offering Help
• In some activities, one of the nurse’ role is
encouraging patient to offer nursing care to
the patient.
• For example:
– What can I do for you?
– Do you need any help?
– Do you want me to help you?
– If you need anything, let me know.
– Is there anything I can do?
 Practice the dialogue
(1) In the patient room
N : Did you press the buzzer Joni?
P : Yes I did
N : What is it?
P : Can I have rice for my lunch today?
N : I’ll ask the doctor. Anything else?
P : I miss ice cream
N : Wow… let me ask the doctor, OK?
P : Thanks.
N : Welcome