Unit 3
Basic Checks –Weight, Height, temperature and blood pressure Weight and Height
Nurse : Please come in. I would like to take your weight
Patient : Okey.
Nurse : Please take off your shoes and stand on the scales.
Patient : Sure.
Nurse : Right. Your weight is 62.6 kilograms.
Patient : Realty?
Nurse : Yes
Now I need to check you height.
Please come over here and stand up straight with your back to the wall.
Patient : Like this?
Nurse : That’s right.
Your height is 173 centimeters.
Patient : Yes, that’s right.
Nurse : Please put your shoes on and sit here next to the table
Temperature <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Nurse : I am going to take your temperature now. </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Patient : All right.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Nurse : Open your mouth, please.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">I am going to put the thermometer under your tongue.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Please close your mouth softly.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Please keep I closed for about one minute.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Okay, please open your mouth.</p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Patient : What’s my temperature?</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Nurse : 37.6 C. It is normal.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Patient : That’s good.</p> Blood pressure <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Nurse : May I take your blood pressure?</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Patient : Yes, of course.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Nurse : Please roll up your left sleeve. Put your arm on the table.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt" class="MsoNormal"> Please roll your arm over.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt" class="MsoNormal"> Now I am going to pump up the pressure and release it slowly.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Patient : What is my blood pressure?</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Nurse : It is a little high. One hundred and fifty over ninety.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Patient : Oh.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Nurse : I would lije to take it again in about 30 minutes just to double check.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Patient : Sure. No prolem. </p>
