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English For Nursing Topic 9 General Assessment
English For Nursing Topic 9 General Assessment
Topic 9
GENERAL ASSESSMENT
Instructional objective
The students are expected to be able:
Related Vocabularies
Direction. Study the following vocabularies related to general assessment. Find out how to pronounce
them.
Demographic Data
First name /................................/ (np) : nama pertama
Surname /.........................../ (n) : nama belakang
Next of kin /................................../ (np) : wali
Marital status /………………………/ (np) : status pernikahan
Married /……………………/ (adj.) : menikah
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Single /……………………/ (adj.) : jomblo
Divorced /…………………………/ (adj.) : bercerai
Health insurance /………………………./ (np) : asuransi kesehatan
National Health Insurance
/…………………………………………./ (np) : Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN)
Health History
Communicable disease : penyakit menular
/……………………………………/ (np)
Immunization /.................................../ (n) : imunisasi
Allergy /............................./ (n) : alergi
Bowel motion /…………………………./ (np) : BAB
Waterworks /…………………………/ (np) : BAK
Useful Expressions
Direction. Study the procedure and the useful expressions when implementing a general assessment.
A. Greeting
Hi, Mr. Stanford. How are you?
Good morning, Sir.
B. Self-Introduction
My name is Nancy.
I am Nurse Shanti. I will take care of you today.
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Who is your next of kin?
Why do you come to this hospital?
What is your complaint?
G. Closing
Ok, fine. That’s it.
Well, let’s proceed to your physical examination.
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Integrated Listening and Speaking Exercise
Direction. Fill in the blanks with personal data (demographic data) according to the listening resource
(audio file).
Communication Exercise
Direction. Choose a pair and write a complete conversation on the topic of general assessment. You
can use the useful expressions above. Then, practice and present your communication practice without
looking at the text you have written.
Nursing Documentation
Direction. Work in pair to write a nursing documentation of your general assessment practice. The data
you must gather are mentioned on the useful expressions section. You can use the following form to jot
down the general assessment result.
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FALETEHAN HOSPITAL
Cilegon Street KM. 06, Pelamunan, Kramatwatu, Serang, Banten
Phone/Fax: 0254 232729/230054
Patient’s identity Immunization History
Name : Vaccine Yes No Not sure When
Age : Polio
Address : DPT
Occupation : Measles
Phone number : Rubella
Marital status : Covid-19 step 1
Ethnic origin : Covid-19 step 2
Religion : History of communicable disease:
Health insurance :
Next of kin : Allergy:
Doctor’s referral : Family health history:
Reason for contact :
Current Health Status
Elimination pattern:
Assessor :
Day, date, time :