UNIT 1    NURSING TODAY
  DIALOGUE ADVISING A NEW COLLEGE NURSING STUDENT
  TEXT     MODERN VIEWS ON NURSING
  READING  MATERIALS
  A.  COMTEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL NURSING
  B. NURSING EDUCATION AND NURSE LICENSURE
UNIT 2    OUT -PATIENT DEPARTMENT
  DIALOGUE    VISITING A  DOCTOR
  TEXT    HOSPITAL
  READING  MATERIALS
  A.  THE OUT- PATIENT CLINIC
  B.   I AM A  "GOOD"  PATIENT
UNIT 3    EMERGENCY CARE  26
  DIALOGUE    AN  EMERGENCY SCENE  26
  TEXT  PRIMARY SURVEY OF THE TRAUMA PATIEN
  READING  MATERIALS  30
  A.   AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR  (AED)
  B. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM
UNIT 4 ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL
  DIALOGUE ADMISSION TO THE HOSPITAL
  TEXT  THE CLINICAL ROLE OF THE NURSE
  READING MATERIALS
  A. CHALLENGES OF MAINTAINING PRIVACY AND CON-  FIDENTIALITY
  B.   INFORMED CONSENT
UNIT 5    HEALTH ASSESSMENT
  DIALOGUE  TAKING HEALTH HISTORY FROM A COPD  PATIENT
  TEXT    NURSING  PROCESS
  READING MATERIALS
  A.   CONTENTS OF THE  HEALTH  HISTORY
  B.  TECHNIQUES OF PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT
UNIT 6    CLINICAL OBSERVATION
  DIALOGUE    TAKING VITAL SIGNS
  TEXT    VITAL SIGNS
  READING  MATERIALS
  A.   MEASURING FLUID INTAKE AND OUTPUT
  B.   RESPIRATORY FAILURE
UNIT 7    DAILY ACTMTIES
  DIALOGUE    MORNING CARE
  TEXT    HYGIENE
  READING  MATERIALS
  A. NURSING FOR PATIENTS WHO LOSE SELF- CARE  ABILITY
  B.   POSITIONING THE  PATIENT
UNIT 8    COMFORT AND PAIN
  DIALOGUE     PAIN ASSESSMENT
  TEXT   NONPHARMACOLOGIC PAIN MANAGEMENT
  READING  MATERIALS
  A.   HOW TO ASSESS PAIN
  B.   MISCONCEPTIONS IN PAIN  MANAGEMENT
UNIT 9    MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
  DIALOGUE  ADMINISTERING DIGOXlN TO HEART FAILURE  PATIENT
  TEXT    SAFE  MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
  READING  MATERIALS
  A. THE NURSING PROCESS IN MEDICATION ADMINISTRA- TION
  B.   MEDICATION ERRORS
UNIT 10    MAKING ROUNDS ON THE WARD
  DIALOGUE    WARD  ROUND
  TEXT      PATIENT CARE  ROUNDS
  READING  MATERIALS
  A. INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION DURING WARD ROUNDS
  B. A NURSE' S VIEW ON WARD ROUNDS
UNIT 11  SPECIMEN COLLECTION  1
  DIALOGUE  COLLECTING SPECIMENS FROM A PATIENT
  TEXT  SPECIMEN COLLECTIONS
  READING MATERIALS
  A. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO HIV: ADVICE FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS
  B. ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS
UNIT 12  CARE OF SURGICAL CLIENTS
  DIALOGUE  PREPARING A CLIENT FOR SURGERY
  TEXT    SURGICAL WOUND CARE
  READING  MATERIALS
  A.   BREATHING EXERCISES AFTER SURGERY  123
  B. PREVENTING POSTOPERATIVE CIRCULATORY COM- PLICATIONS
UNIT 13    DISCHARGING A PATIENT
  DIALOGUE    DISCHARGING  A  PATIENT
  TEXT    HEALTH  EDUCATION
  READING  MATERIALS
  A.  PATIENT DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL
  B. PHILOSOPHY AND PURPOSE OF DISCHARGE PLAN- NING
UNIT 14    FAMILY VISIT
  DIALOGUE    VACCINATIONS
  TEXT    BREAST  FEEDING
  READING  MATERIALS
  A. NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN GERONTOLOGIC NURSING
  B. WHEN BREAST- FEEDING FAILS
UNIT 15 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
  DIALOGUE  CONSTRUCT A HEALTH RECORD IN THE COMMUNITY
  TEXT  CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER' S DIS- EASE  IN THE COMMUNITY SETTING
  READING  MATERIALS
  A. STRATEGIES FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE IN CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
  B.   HOSPICE CARE
UNIT 16    TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
  DIALOGUE    TAI dl QUAN
  TEXT  BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
  READING MATERIALS
  A.  THE THEORY OF YIN AND YANG
  B.  EXAMINING THE TONGUE
UNIT 17    TECHNIQUE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE NURSING
  DIALOGUE    COLD DUE TO WIND -COLD
  TEXT    SKIN  SCRAPING AND CUPPING THERAPY
  READING  MATERIALS
  A. ACUPUNCTURE, MOXIBUSTION AND TUI NA
  B. RECUPERATION ATER ADMINISTERING CHINESE HERBS
  KEY OF THE EXERCISES
Appendix Ⅰ Glossary
Appendix Ⅱ Common Medical Word Roots & Affixes
Appendix Ⅲ Common Used Medications
Appendix Ⅳ  DVD Video Transcription