Unit 1

  Part 1  Pictures and Charts

  Part 2  Hospital Situation Dialogue

    Talking about Your College Life

  Part 3  Reading Comprehension

    Text A  Chemistry Is Life

    Text B  Body Structure and Function

    Text C  Life Process

  Part 4  Overseas Medicine

    Plan of Study for Nursing in the USA

Unit 2

  Part 1  Pictures and Charts

  Part 2  Hospital Situation Dialogue

    Introducing the Hospital

  Part 3  Reading Comprehension

    Text A  You Are What You Eat

    Text B  Common Cold

    Text C  Pneumonia

  Part 4  Overseas Medicine

    Hippocratic Oath and Florence Nightingale Pledge

Unit 3

  Part 1  Pictures and Charts

  Part 2  Hospital Situation Dialogue

    Receiving the Patient

  Part 3  Reading Comprehension

    Text A CPR

    Text B  Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

    Text C  Bird Flu

  Part 4  Overseas Medicine

    Professional Values of Nursing

Unit 4

  Part 1  Pictures and Charts

  Part 2  Hospital Situation Dialogue

    Physical Examination

  Part 3  Reading Comprehension

    Text A  Traditional Chinese Medicine

    Text B  Cerebral Hemorrhage

    Text C  Diabetes Mellitus

  Part 4  Overseas Medicine

    Core Competencies for Nursing

Unit 5

  Part 1  Pictures and Charts

  Part 2  Hospital Situation Dialogue

    Collecting History

  Part 3  Reading Comprehension

    Text A  CT

    Text B  Peptic Ulcer

    Text C  Acute Kidney Failure

  Part 4  Overseas Medicine

    Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses in Canada

Unit 6

  Part 1  Pictures and Charts

  Part 2  Hospital Situation Dialogue

    Preoperative Instruction

  Part 3  Reading Comprehension

    Text A  Overuse of Antibiotics

    Text B  Appendicitis

    Text C  Constipation

  Part 4  Overseas Medicine

    Japanese Nurse System and the Curriculum

Unit 7

  Part 1  Pictures and Charts

  Part 2  Hospital Situation Dialogue

    Morning Shift Report

  Part 3  Reading Comprehension

    Text A  Give Me a Break

    Text B First Aid

    Text C  Bone Fracture

  Part 4  Overseas Medicine

    Background to Nursing in Australia

Unit 8

  Part 1  Pictures and Charts

  Part 2  Hospital Situation Dialogue

    Health Instruction

  Part 3  Reading Comprehension

    Text A  Florence Nightingale

    Text B  Leukemia

    Text C  AIDS

  Part 4  Overseas Medicine

    Frequently Asked Questions about CGFNS International

Unit 9

  Part 1  Pictures and Charts

  Part 2  Hospital Situation Dialogue

    Discharge

  Part 3  Reading Comprehension

    Text A  Childhood Obesity

    Text B Obesity

    Text C  Stress

  Part 4  Overseas Medicine

    Trends in American Nursing Education

Unit 10

  Part 1  Pictures and Charts

  Part 2  Hospital Situation Dialogue

    Administration of Medication

  Part 3  Reading Comprehension

    Text A  Attention to Mental Health

    Text B  Coronary Heart Disease

    Text C  Hypertension

  Part 4  Overseas Medicine

    Nursing Conduct and Ethics in Hong Kong, China

Appendix

  I. Glossary

  II. Commonly Used Medical Terms

  III. Commonly Used Medical Word-building Elements

  IV. Medical Abbreviations

  V. METS Sample Tests

  VI. Keys to Exercises

  VII. Translation for Texts