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English For Nursing 2: Vocational English Teacher's Book

This unit focuses on understanding and assessing pain experienced by patients. It covers locating the source of pain on the body, describing the pain, communicating with patients about their pain, and different methods for relieving pain. The unit helps nursing students develop their vocabulary for discussing pain with patients and learn how to properly evaluate pain levels and locations. It also examines complementary and alternative approaches to managing pain in addition to conventional medical treatments.

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English For Nursing 2: Vocational English Teacher's Book

This unit focuses on understanding and assessing pain experienced by patients. It covers locating the source of pain on the body, describing the pain, communicating with patients about their pain, and different methods for relieving pain. The unit helps nursing students develop their vocabulary for discussing pain with patients and learn how to properly evaluate pain levels and locations. It also examines complementary and alternative approaches to managing pain in addition to conventional medical treatments.

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Vocational English Teacher’s

Book

English for
Nursing 2
Pearson
Unit 2
Locating and describing pain
Pain
Pain assessment
This unit deals predominantly with the
topic of pain; understanding patient Successful communication
descriptions of pain, carrying out an
assessment, incorporating successful
Pain relief
communication skills, and discussing
different forms of pain relief. This is
arguably the most important unit in the
coursebook.

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Locating and
describing pain
This first section of the unit provides an
opportunity to develop patient language for the
major body parts. Students will be asked to
complete a pain map, a diagram representing
front and back views of the body, used by
medical staff to indicate location and movement
of pain.

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Locating and
describing pain

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Locating and
describing pain

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Locating and
describing pain

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LANGUAGE

Comparatives Superlatives
We use them compare two things or are used, to show the difference between
two people. more than two things or more than two
people.
nicer
nicest
bigger
biggest
higher, cheaper, softer.
highest, cheapest, softest
happier
happiest.

Adjectives Comparatives Superlatives

bad worse worst

far(distance) farther farthest

far(extent) further furthest

good better best

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little less least

many more most

much more most


activities

Pain
Assessment
Section 2 draws students’
attention to collocations
and expressions patients
commonly use to describe
pain.

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activities

Pain
Assessment
Common Questions

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Successful Communication

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Vocabulary

Pain Relief painkillers


Work with a partner. How anti-inflammatory drugs
many types of pain relief
can you think of for a heat patches
patient with back pain? ice packs.
Make a list.
Which do you think are Natural remedies

BIOTIN BENEFITS | AMC


the most effective and Over-the-counter remedies
the least effective? Why?
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Pain
Assessment

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Complementary and
Alternative medicine

Types of Complementary
(CAM) is the term for
medical products and
and Alternative Medicine
practices that are not
part of standard medical Mind–Body Therapies
care. People with cancer Meditation
may use CAM to: Biofeedback
Hypnosis
Integrative medicine Yoga
Conventional medicine Tai Chi
Standard medical care Imagery

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Complementary medicine Creative outlets
Alternative medicine
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Complementary and
Alternative medicine

Manipulative and Body-


Biologically Based Based Practices
Practices
Massage
Vitamins Chiropractic therapy
dietary supplements. Reflexology
Botanicals
Herbs and spices
Special foods or
Biofield Therapy
diets.

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Reiki
Therapeutic touch
Preparing for the
next unit
In preparation for Unit 2, suggest
the following to your students:

Compile a list of words related to giving


instructions you already know in English.
• Familiarize yourselves with general
nursing statistics, e.g. height, weight,
temperature, blood pressure.
• Do some (online) research into the heart

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and heart disease.

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