ENGLISH IN NURSING PROFESSION/TERM 1

Let's start with simple medical terms:

• head:baş
• heart:kalp
• brain:beyin
• spine:omurilik
• neuron:nöron
• ache:ağrı
• tooth:diş
• breast:meme
• lungs:akciğerler
• kidney:böbrek
• liver:karaciğer
• fat:yağ
• cancer:kanser
• heart attack:kalp krizi
• large intestine:kalın barsak
• stool:feçes
• ribs:kostalar
• broken:kırık
• fractured:kırılmış
• hernia:herni
• stroke:inme
• inhale:nefes almak
• waterworks:idrar
• sluggish:yavaş
• immunize:aşılamak
• disease:hastalık
• measles:kızamık
• mumps:kabakulak
• chicken pox:su çiçeği
• rubella:kızamıkçık
• fever:ateş
• health condition:sağlık durumu
• health insurance:sağlık sigortası
• bowel movement:barsak hareketleri
• surgery/operation:ameliyat
• exams:muayene,testler
• inpatient:yatan hasta
• outpatient:ayaktan muayene olan hasta
• diagnosis:teşhis
• a shot:iğne
• IV drip:serum
• syringe:enjektör
• anesthesia:anestezi
• hurt:yaralanmak
• sore:yara
• treat:tedavi etmek
• look after:bakmak
• spot:leke
• burning:yanıcı
• stabbing:saplanıcı
• gnawing:kemiren
• shooting:atan
• throbbing:zonklayan
• severity:ciddiyet veya şiddet
• agonizing:acı veren
• mild:hafif
• moderate:ılımlı,orta
• not bad:fena değil
• quite bad:epey kötü
• back of hand:elin arkası
• cheek:yanak
• fingertip:parmak ucu
• foot:ayak
• forearm:kolun ön kısmı
• forehead:alın
• nose:burun
• palm:avuç içi
• upper arm:üst kol
• upper lip:üst dudak
• limb:uzuv
• relieve pain:ağrıyı azaltmak
• prevent:önlemek
• reducing their effect:etkilerini azaltmak
• phantom limb:hayalet uzuv
• remaining nerves:arda kalan sinirler
• chronic fatigue pain:kronik yorgunluk sendromu
• disabling:devre dışı bırakma
• loss of appetite:iştah kaybı
• a recurrent sore throat:tekrarlayan boğazda yara
• swollen glands:şişmiş bezler
• hypochondriacs:hastalık hastası kimse
• mood swings:ruh hali
• persistent,extreme tiredness:aşırı yorgunluk
• a lump:yumru
• brusing:ezilme,morarma
• swelling:şişlik
• dizziness:sersemlik
• sickness:hastalık
• sick:hasta
• constipation:konstipasyon
• cough:öksürük
• asthma:astım
• vomit:kusmak
• pneumonia:pnömoni
• plump:tombul
• nausea:mide bulantısı
• navel:göbek
• shivering:titreme
• gallbladder:safra kesesi
• liver:karaciğer
• digestive system:sindirim sistemi
• malasie:keyifsizlik
• chills:titreme
• patient:hasta

How do you get information about your patient?What do you ask and how you should ask these questions?Let's take a look at it:

As a nurse you have to get personal details from your patients and fill in a hospital registration form.

In patient record:

• first name:isim
• surname:soyisim
• gender/male-female:cinsiyet/erkek-kadın
• D.O.B:date of birth
• occupation:işi
• marital status:medeni hali
• next of kin:en yakını
• contact no:iletişim no
• smoking/alcohol intake:sigara/alkol kullanımı
• reason for admission:başvuru sebebi
• allergies
• GP:aile hekimi
• medical history:past illnesses and injuries
• not applicable:cevap alınamadı

And before you collect data, you can say:

''Its time for me to assess your health condition''

How can i address you?(But when you say adressing you mean how to call you such as miss,mrs,sir)

And you can ask questions just like i am gonna give as an example below:

• Have you ever had measles ?
• Are you allergis to certain food or medication?
• Have you ever been immunized against polio?
• Do any of your close family suffer from any of the following Diabetes,HIV,TBC,mental illness?
• How many do you smoke a day?
• Do you have any health insurance?
•  And you can create a lot of sentences like these.

For example you have a patient and she/he has pain.What do you ask to her/him?

• When did your pain start?
• How often does it occur?
• How its intensity changed?(Yoğunluğu,miktarı nasıl değişti)
• How long does it last?
• Does it move around?
• What was the worst it has been?
• Does this interfere your usual activities?In what way?
• Have you taken anything for it?
• Does it appear in particular time?