Basic Medical Abbreviations & Terms

English for Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)

Low Int
Adults

This unit features a dialogue between a nurse and a nursing assistant. The nurse asks the assistant to check on a patient during her rounds and, in the process, reviews basic medical abbreviations and terms commonly used by nurses and nursing assistants in healthcare settings. This unit includes vocabulary review, listening practice, and comprehension tasks.

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Focus

workplace
healthcare
nursing
medical terms
medical abbreviations
interpretive

Vocabulary

rounds
chart
oxygen saturation
pulse ox
urine
CT scan
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