這是一本集聽、說、讀、寫訓練於一體的綜合性英語課程，同步提供光盤。
本教材共設置10個教學單元和4個寫作單元，每個教學單元包含兩大板塊：視聽訓練和閱讀訓練。視聽訓練部分涵蓋了護理領域中10個*典型、*常見的工作生活場景，其中包括基礎護理中涉及的入院、出院程序、生命體征測量、衛生護理、給藥以及臨床專科護理中的內科、外科、產科、兒科和精神科的護理操作技能。閱讀訓練部分主要介紹醫學護理基本知識與理論以及常見疾病和護理措施。寫作部分主要介紹一些常用的應用文體，旨在幫助學生能夠運用英文書寫護理記錄，填寫護理文件，掌握證明信、慰問信、祝賀信等社交書信的英文格式和正確書寫個人履歷表等。
本教材編寫了配套的《護理英語學習指導》，主要提供教學參考目標，重點詞彙的講解，客觀命題的答案，主觀命題的回答範例，聽力部分的錄音原文和對話，閱讀、寫作部分的參考譯文，以方便課堂教學及學生自學。

Introduction

Unit 1
Part One Audio-Visual Activities
Listening Admission
Dialogue A Admission to the Hospital
Dialogue B Information Gathering
Activities
Part Two Reading-Centered Activities
Passage A The History of Nursing
Passage B Florence Nightingale
Passage C Types of Health Care Facilities in China

Unit 2
Part One Audio-Visual Activities
Listening Discharge
Dialogue A Discharge Teaching
Dialogue B The Day the Patient Leaves
Activities
Part Two Reading-Centered Activities
Passage A Nursing Process
Passage B Health Assessment
Passage C Theories of Nursing

Writing 1 CERTIFICATE

Unit 3
Part One Audio-Visual Activities
Listening Vital Signs
Dialogue A Taking Temperature
Dialogue B Taking Blood Pressure
Activities
Part Two Reading-Centered Activities
Passage A Community Nursing
Passage B My Community Nursing Placement (at the Kidney Foundation)
Passage C Nursing in the Community

Unit 4
Part One Audio-Visual Activities
Listening Hygiene of the Patient
Dialogue A Morning Care
Dialogue B Hygiene of the Patient
Activities
Part Two Reading-Centered Activities
Passage A Aged Care Nursing
Passage B Parkinson's Disease
Passage C Aged Health Promotion

Unit 5
Part One Audio-Visual Activities
Listening Medication
Dialogue A Penicillin Allergy Test
Dialogue B Starting an IV (Intravenous)
Activities
Part Two Reading-Centered Activities
Passage A Cross-Cultural Nursing
Passage B Patient Safety and the Limits of Confidentiality
Passage C The Healing Power of Tea

Writing 2 LETTERS OF CONGRATULATIONS,CONSOLATION AND THANKS

Unit 6
Part One Audio-Visual Activities
Listening Medical Nursing
Dialogue A Hypertension
Dialogue B Care of the Patient in a Critical Condition
Activities
Part Two Reading-Centered Activities
Passage A Adult Nursing
Passage B Breast Cancer
Passage C Adult Health Care

Unit 7
Part One Audio-Visual Activities
Listening Surgical Nursing
Dialogue A Receiving a New Patient
Dialogue B Pre-Operative Care
Activities
Part Two Reading-Centered Activities
Passage A Emergency Nursing
Passage B Choke, Shock and Stroke
Passage C High-Tech Medicine

Writing 3 NURSING NOTE,PROGRESSIVE NOTE AND MEDICAL ABSTRACT

Unit 8
Part One Audio-Visual Activities
Listening Obstetric Nursing
Dialogue A Waiting for Delivery
Dialogue B Delivery Care and Postpartum Care
Activities
Part Two Reading-Centered Activities
Passage A Maternal-Infant Nursing
Passage B Pneumonia
Passage C Breast Feeding

Unit 9
Part One Audio-Visual Activities
Listening Pediatric Nursing
Dialogue A Gathering Information from a Child's Mother
Dialogue B Care for the Kid with Measles
Activities
Part Two Reading-Centered Activities
Passage A Child Nursing
Passage B Childhood Obesity
Passage C Vomiting and Diarrhea

Unit 10
Part One Audio-Visual Activities
Listening Psychiatric Nursing
Dialogue A Encountering a Patient with Panic Disorder
Dialogue B Caring for a Schizophrenic Patient
Activities
Part Two Reading-Centered Activities
Passage A Psychiatric Nursing
Passage B Anxiety Disorder
Passage C Mental Health

Writing 4 RESUME
Appendix
Vocabulary
Syllabus of International Nursing