Vocabulary
private hospital room
semi-private hospital room
operating room
recovery room
waiting room
emergency room
intensive care unit (ICU)
neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU)
nursing station
staff
nurse
doctor
shift change
intravenous (line) (IV)
IV tree
surgery
medicine
antibiotic
anesthesia
monitor
alarm
nose tube
oxygen tube
intubation
blood transfusion
catheter
stethoscope
thermometer
bedpan
blood pressure
heart rate
(body) temperature
pulse
sterile
bandage
gauze
needle
shot
patient chart
hospital bed
call button
hospital gown
hospital ID bracelet
scrubs
critical
scar
infection
visiting hours
1. What is the man in the picture doing?
2. What sort of covering is the man wearing?
3. Why is the man wearing scrubs?
4. Where is the baby?
5. Why doesn’t the man pick up the baby?
6. Why aren’t there other visitors for the baby?
7. Is this a regular hospital room?
8. Is the baby’s condition critical?
9. How many tubes are hooked up to the baby?
10. What sort of monitors is the baby hooked up to?
11. How do the monitors help the nurses see how the baby is doing?
12. What would the monitors do if the baby’s blood pressure or heart rate goes too high or too low?
13. What kinds of information would the nurses write down in the patient’s chart?
14. What sort of things would the nurses do to take care of the baby?
15. What does a nurse use a stethoscope for?
16. How does the nurse take the baby’s temperature?
17. How would a sick baby like this be fed?
18. How would a sick baby like this be given medicine?
19. What do the nurses or doctors do if the baby needs extra blood?
20. How long do you think it will be before the baby can go home?
Paragraph: At the Hospital
Write a brief paragraph about the time that you, or a friend or relative, were in the hospital. How was the stay in the hospital? Were the doctors and nurses friendly and helpful?