• learn about reasons for applying 

bandage, 

 

• read and listen to dialogues, 
• talk to the doctor, patient and his 

family. 

 

» to cover the dressing,

 

• to keep the dressing in the right 

place, 

• to immobilize joints, 
• to support the abdominal muscles, 
• to keep the coating warm. 

 

 

Doctor: I'd like to check Mrs. 
Rattler's right knee wound. 
Call me when you are 
changing the dressing please. 
Nurse: Okay. I should be 
doing it in 10 minutes.

 

 

 

 

RN:    Mrs. Rattler, we need to dress the wound and put a new bandage on 
your arm.  

Pt:    Why are you going to put a new bandage on?  

RN:    To keep the dressing in the right place.  

Pt:    How does my wound look like?  

RN:    It looks better then yesterday, but it hasn't 

healed yet. I see some redness around the wound. This ointment will help. 
Now keep your arm straight please, and tell me if the bandage is too loose 
or too tight. Now try to band your arm. Does it hurt?  
Pt:    Okay, you did just fine. I'm able to bend my arm and I don't feel any 
pain right now. Thank you, nurse. Please show my daughter how to change 
the dressing on my elbow, please.  
RN:    There is no problem, any time Mrs. Rattler.

 

 

Ważnym słowem w pracy pielęgniarskiej jest:

1. You should assess the patient 

for complications. 

 

assessment [a'sesmant] - ocena 
assess [a'ses] - ocenić, oszacować

można go zastąpić słówkami:

2. I'm going to monitor the 

wound for redness. 

observe - monitor - be alert

3. She's observed her elbow for 

infection. 

4. Be alert to swelling. 

 

 

Nurse 1: Do we 
have to assess the 
wound for infection 
twice a day?  
Nurse 2: No, the 
order says every 
hour.

 

Doctor: There are no

 

complications after your

 

surgery.

 

Patient: Thank you, I was

 

in good hands.

 

 

Grammar-wise:

 

(OO + adjective + infinitive = żeby,

I

T

`

S 

too tight to keep on. The 

bandage is too loose to cover the 
dressing.

 

 

W trakcie zmiany opatrunku pielęgniarka zauważyła jeden z objawów zakażenia 
rany, tzn. zaczerwienienie - redness, inne objawy infekcji i komplikacji:

 

Abbreviations

  

 

 

 

 

Ph    The dressing of Mrs. Rattler left elbow, needs

 

to be changed BID. Her wound is still infected.

 

Clean the wound with NS and use the same

 

antibiotic, please.  

RN:    Do you want to see the wound? It has become

 

swollen and painful.

 

Ph: 

Oh, yes. Please call me, when you've uncovered patient's elbow.

 

I have to assess the wound again to order a new ointment. I'm afraid

 

that the patient has edema because she didn't keep her arm elevated. 

RN:     She should do it QID or more often, but she really doesn't like it.

 

Ph: 

Did she complain of arm numbness? 

RN:     No, she didn't.

 

Ph: 

Thank you, nurse. Be alert to pus discharge, please. 

RN:    Okay, doctor. 'I will.

 

Complete the sentences:

 

1. The nurse has applied the bandage to......... the coating .....................

 

2. She will use the bandage to .......... the dressing.

 

3. The doctor has bandaged Pt's leg to .....................the joint.

 

4, Patient's abdominal ......... are ...............with the ............ bandage.

 

5. To keep the................in the ................ apply a circular ................

 

(There might be more than one possibility):

 

  

Aby udzielić informacji pacjentowi lub jego rodzinie o zmianie 
opatrunku, stosuje się w zdaniach imperative verbs:

 

• dress a wound once a day, 
• clean the wound with NS, 
• apply the ointment, 
• put the gauze packing on, 
• bandage it not too tight or not too 

loose, 

• reinforce the dressing if it's too loose, 
• visit us as soon as possible if any complications occur, 
• encourage your Mom to keep her arm elevated, 
• call me any time, 
• assess the wound for infection. 

1.  to note 

2.  c/o 

3.  assess for 

4.  be alert for 

5.  reinforce 

6.  bandage 

7.  apply 

1.You have to apply the 

2. The doctor ordered 

3. Because the bandage was too loose 

4.The nurse has assessed 

5. Our patient e/o 

6. This patient should be 

7. Please encourage her to 

8.The order was QID 

9. Change the elbow dressing 

10. Why did you 

a. numbness 

b. dressing 

c. NS 

d. complication 

e. wound 

f. discharges 

g. signs and symptoms 

a. wasn't it? 

b. keep her leg elevated. 

c. PRN, please. 

d. collar due to head injury. 

e. plaster cast for pt's elbow. 

f.  use this ointment for the abrasion? 

g. his wrist pain. 

h. the knee for swelling. 

i. transferred to Surgical Unit. 

j. a nurse reinforced it. 

Match the verbs with the appropriate nouns: 

Match the phrases from the first column with the phrases from the 
second column to make sensible sentences: