本教材的编写严格按照五年制高等职业教育培养方案中涉外护理(英语)教育对英语口语教学的要求进行选材、设计，注意突出直观性、趣味性、实用性和系统性。本书的课本与音像制品(DVD)同步推出，旨在充分激发学生的学习兴趣，调动学生开口讲英语的积极性。本教材在内容设计上作了大胆尝试：采用系列情境短剧形式，始终以医院为背景，以实习生李梅为主角，以医院各主要科室的实际护理工作为基础，徐徐展开，使教学内容情境化，让课堂在情景中扩展、延伸。同时辅之以大量简明、实用的临床护理常用语，便于学生尽快掌握，学以致用。

本教材共十个单元，每单元设置了一个场景。内容涉及人院、出院、生命体征、卫生护理、给药以及内科、外科、产科、儿科和精神科等专科护理知识。每五个单元后设置了一次复习课，对书中出现的常用语句进行归纳、总结。十个教学单元中，每单元都包含四大板块，各单元分别在特定的场景活动中逐步展开视、听、说三大板块的教学活动，各板块之间既相对独立又互相联系，内容深人浅出，循序渐进，充分调动学生眼、耳、口各感觉器官的功能作用，将知识性、趣味性融为一体，贯穿整个教学过程。第四板块为正音正调内容，教学中可根据具体情况合理使用。

Introduction

Unit 1 Admission

  Part One Warming-Up

  Part Two Listening

  Part Three Dialogue

 Section A Admission to the Hospital

 Section B Information Gathering

  Part Four Phonetics

 The English Vowels

Unit 2 Discharge

  Part One Warming-Up

  Part Two Listening

  Part Three Dialogue

 Section A Discharge Teaching

 Section B The Day the Patient Leaves

  Part Four Phonetics

 The English Consonants

Unit 3 Vital Signs

  Part One Warming-Up

  Part Two Listening

  Part Three Dialogue

Section A Taking Temperature

Section B Taking Blood Pressure

 Part Four Phonetics

Incomplete Plosion, Consonant Clusters and Liaison

Unit 4 Hygiene of the Patient

 Part One Warming-Up

 Part Two Listening

 Part Three Dialogue

Section A Morning Care

Section B Hygiene of the Patient

 Part Four Phonetics

Word Stress and Sentence Stress

Unit 5 Medications

  Part One Warming-Up

  Part Two Listening

 Part Three Dialogue

Section A Penicillin Allergy Test

Section B Starting an IV (Intravenous)

  Part Four Phonetics

Rhythm

Revision One

Unit 6 Medical Nursing

  Part One Warming-Up

 Part Two Listening

  Part Three Dialogue

Section A Hypertension

Section B Care of the Patient in a Critical Condition

 Part Four Phonetics

Strong and Weak Forms

Unit 7 Surgical Nursing

  Part One Warming-Up

 Part Two Listening

  Part Three Dialogue

Section A Receiving A New Patient

Section B Pre-Operative Care

 Part Four Phonetics

Intonation

Unit 8 Obstetric Nursing

 Part One Warming-up

 Part Two Listening

 Part Three Dialogue

Section A Waiting for Delivery

Section B Delivery. Care and Postpartum Care

  Part Four Phonetics

Senes-group and Breath-group

Unit 9 Pediatric Nursing

  Part One Warming-Up

  Part Two Listening

  Part Three Dialogue

Section B Care for the Kid with Measles

 Part Four Phonetics

Assimilation and Elision

Unit 10 Psychiatric Nursing

 Part One Warming-Up

 Part Two Listening

 Part Three Dialogue

Section A Encountering a Patient with Panic Disorder

Section B Caring for a Schizophrenic Patient

 Part Four Phonetics

Syllable

Revision Two

Appendix

Vocabulary