CHAPTER 1  MEDICAL WORDS

      Section 1  Medical Abbreviations

      Section 2  Health Words

      Section 3  Signs and Symptoms

      Section 4  Common Instruments in Nursing Care

      Section 5  Common Ailments and Diseases

CHAPTER 2  STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BODY

      Section t  The Musculoskeletal System

      Section 2  The Nervous System

      Section 3  The Skin

      Section 4  The Trunk and Its Contents

      Section 5  The Cardiorespiratory System

      Section 6  Lymphatic System

CHAPTER 3  NURSING PROCESS AND PRACTICE

      Section 1  Nursing Practice and the Nursing Process

      Section 2  Health Promotion and Preventive Care

CHAPTER 4  SKILLS IN PRACTICING

      Section 1  Nursing Skills

      Section 2  Physical Assessment

      Section 3  Communication Skill

CHAPTER 5  CRITICAL THINKING AND REAL WORLD ANECDOTES

      Section 1  Taking a Pulse

      Section 2  Taking a Temperature

      Section 3  Administering Eye and Ear Medications

      Section 4  Administering Oral, Sublingual, and Buccal Medications

      Section 5  Administering Vaginal Medications

      Section 6  Administering Nebulized Medications

CHAPTER 6  DIALOGUE

      Section 1  Greeting and Introduction

      Section 2  Routine Practices in Hospital

      Section 3  Role Play

APPENDIXES

      1  READING MATERIAL

      2  VOCABULARY