CHAPTER 1: The Medical Profession

UNIT 2: NURSING
WORD & PART OF MEANINGS EXAMPLE
PHONETIC SPEECH
Supervise Verb to watch a person or The UN is supervising
/ˈsuːpərvaɪz/ activity to make the distribution of aid
certain that everything by local agencies in the
is done correctly, disaster area.
safely, etc.
(Giám sát, quản lý)
Registered nurse (RN Noun in the US and Canada, A nurse who has
‘s) a nurse who has formally trained and
/ˈredʒ.ɪ.stəd nɜːs/ formally trained and passed an exam and is
passed an exam and is officially qualified to
officially qualified to perform all nursing
perform all nursing duties
duties (Điều dưỡng
chính quy)
Anatomy /əˈnæt.ə.mi/ Noun the scientific study of An understanding of
the body and how its human anatomy is
parts are arranged important to a dancer.
(Cấu trúc giải phẫu)
Nutrition Noun the substances that Good nutrition is
/nuːˈtrɪʃ. ən/ you take into your essential if patients are
body as food and the to make a quick
way that they recovery.
influence your health
(Dinh dưỡng)
Clinical Adjective used to refer to She recently
/ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/ medical work or underwent a clinical
teaching that relates evaluation in hospital.
to the examination
and treatment of ill
people (Lâm sàn)
Pulse rate Collocation the regular beating of They also found a
/pʌls reɪt/ the heart, especially higher pulse rate at
when it is felt at the these times, and by
wrist or side of the combining pulse and
neck blood pressure could
(Nhịp tim) improve the predictive
value of the test.
Pediatrics Noun the area of medicine For pediatrics, in her
/ˌpiː.diˈæt.rɪks/ that deals with later years she turned
children (Nhi khoa) to questions of
etiology and the
ultimate goal of
prevention.