Unit 1  What Is Nursing?

  Passage A: Today's Nurses: Public Image, Self-concept and Professional Identity

  Passage B: Integrative Nursing: Application of Principles Across Clinical Settings

  Supplementary Reading: Florence Nightingale

Unit 2  Nursing Ethics

  Passage A: Human Dignity: A Cornerstone of Nursing Education

  Passage B: Microethics: the Ethics of Everyday Clinical Practice

  Supplementary Reading: The Domain of Nursing

Unit 3  Nursing Process

  Passage A: The Process of Nursing Care

  Passage B: Physical Health Assessment

  Supplementary Reading: Nursing Interventions

Unit 4  Community Health Nursing

  Passage A: Community Health Nursing

  Passage B: The Community Health Nurse in Home Health Care

  Supplementary Reading: Lillian Wald: First Public Health Nurse in the United States

Unit 5  Basic Nursing Care

  Passage A: Vital Signs

  Passage B : Medication

  Supplementary Reading: Factors Affecting Personal Hygiene

Unit 6  Medical Nursing

  Passage A: Coronary Heart Disease

  Passage B: Peptic Ulcer

  Supplementary Reading: Diabetes Mellitus

Unit 7  Surgical Nursing

  Passage A : Fracture

  Passage B: Gall Bladder Removal

  Supplementary Reading: Preoperative Nursing Care

Unit 8  Endometriosis

  Passage A : Endometriosis

  Passage B: Cesarean Section

  Supplementary Reading: Menopausal Syndrome

Unit 9  Pediatric Nursing

  Passage A: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

  Passage B: Childhood Obesity

  Supplementary Reading : Vaccination

Unit 10  Mental Health Nursing

  Passage A : Depression

  Passage B: Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

  Supplementary Reading: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder （PTSD）

Unit 11  Emergency Care

  Passage A: Chain of Survival

  Passage B: Myocardial Infarction

  Supplementary Reading : Hypertension

Unit 12  Geriatric Nursing

  Passage A: Geriatric Nursing

  Passage B: Senile Dementia

  Supplementary Reading : Aging

Unit 13  Disease Prevention

  Passage A: Health and Illness

  Passage B : Sub-health

  Supplementary Reading: Stress and Coping

Unit 14  Health Promotion

  Passage A : Nutrition

  Passage B : Rehabilitation

  Supplementary Reading: Physical Activity

Unit 15  Nursing of TCM

  Passage A: TCM and Diet

  Passage B: Acupuncture and Massage

  Supplementary Reading: The Development of TCM Nursing

Unit 16  Transcultural Nursing

  Passage A: Pain Responses in Different Cultures

  Passage B: Different Health Beliefs and Practices--from a Transcultural Perspective

  Supplementary Reading: Registered Nurses （RN） in America

Appendix Glossary

Key to the Exercises