Unit 1: Establishing a relationship With your patient/client first before you start your procedure you should introduce yourself and get to know your patient/client.

1. Unit 1:
Establishing a relationship

2. Learning Objective
I. General Learning Objectives: After completing this
chapter students will be able to get acquainted and ask
properly.
II. Special Learning Objectives: students are expected to
be able to
a. make introductions
b. Explaining the function and form of yes / no
question.
c. Explaining the function and form of WH question
d. Explaining the function and form of Tag -
Question

3. III. Principal – the principal material
To achieve the first goal in learning activities,
you are expected to learn about
concept - the following concepts:
A. Introducing yourself
B. Yes / no question
C. WH-question
D. Tag-question

4. A. Introducing yourself
Hello! I am your new
friend and I am going to
help you learn English.
However first I need to
get to know you. Please
tell me about yourself.

5. Your task: to do the following conversation with
your friends.
What’s your name? My name is…..
How old are you? I am…..years old
Which midwifery academy are you
from?
I am from .........
(Midwifery/Nursing academy)
Which Semester are you? Semester ......
Where are you from? I am from .........
Do you enjoy being a midwifery
student?
Yes, I do
What is your favorite midwifery
subject?
My favorite subject is ......
Where do you work? I work in hospital

6. • Conversation above is an example of how a
nurse/midwifery student do introduction to
her new friend. Once you get acquainted with
your friends, now you are expected to
introduce your friends to another friend.

7. How to introduce your friends
Let me introduce my friend to you “his/her
name is …….., his/her hobby is ……..
he/she is from ………, he/ she lives in
…….. he/she has lived there for………..
He/she studied at………. He/she is
single/married, he/she has studied here for
……… he/she work in ……… unit.

8. Before the conversation we should start with the
greeting.
• Example: Greetings
Hello,
Good ……………… Mr/Miss/Mrs……..
morning ……… (until 12 mid-day)
afternoon …….. (until dark)
evening ………. (after dark)

9. • We will close the conversation with other
people you cannot just leave but must be end
the conversation properly and politely.
Example: a conversation before hanging up
Student A: It’s been nice talking to you.
Student B: nice talking to you too.
Or
Student A: (I’m sorry, but) I have to go now.

10. • Followed by closing the conversation we
should say the parting expression.
Goodbye
Bye
See you later

11. • Whereas when you work or practice in the
hospital, you should introduce yourself to your
patients.
How to introduce yourself to the patient:
Hello,
I’m ……….., your nurse today.
If you need anything, please just give me a call.
Hello,
I’m midwife …….., I will take care of you today.
If you need anything, please just give me a call.

12. Below is an example conversation between
midwife and patient
*Read and practice the conversation with your
partner.

13. Midwife : Good morning Mrs. Emily, How are you?
Mrs. Emily : Good morning!
Midwife : How are you this morning?
Mrs. Emily : Not very well, I think.
Midwife : I’m midwife Lisa, I will take care of you
today. Your name is Mrs. Emily, isn’t it? How
can I address you?
Mrs. Emily : Please call me Emily.
Midwife : Mrs. Emily, if you need my assistance,
please just call me. I will help you.
Mrs. Emily : Ok, Thank you.
Midwife : Now, it’s time for me to visit other
patients. I’ve really got to go. See you.
Mrs. Emily : see you.

14. Exercise 1: Match question 1-6 with
answer a-f.
1. Where were you born? a. A year ago
2. What do you do? b. Three times a week
3. Are you married? c. In Takeo
4. Why are you learning
English?
d. Because I need it for my
job
5. When did you start
learning English?
e. I’m a student
6. How often do you have
English Classes?
f. No, I’m single

15. B. Yes/No Question
Example:
 Do you have a baby?
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
 Can you lift your index finger?
Yes, I can.
No, I can’t.

16. Name these fingers.
Thumb
Index finger
Middle finger
Ring finger
Pinky / Little finger

17. Create Yes/No Questions
Example:
• They are down with flu
→ Are they down with flu?
• The disease is communicable
→ Is the disease communicable?
• The children were immunize
→ Were the children immunize yesterday?

18. C. Question with WH (WH-Questions)
There are 6 type of question with WH
(WH-Questions) which is used to ask for detail
about people, object, even, etc.

19. WHEN
When is used to ask for time and date.
Example:
• She is going to be promoted as midwife manager
this month.
When is she going to be promoted as a midwife
manager?
• I fractured my left leg when I was a child.
When did you fracture your left leg?
• The doctor examined the hypertensive pregnant
woman yesterday morning.
When did the doctor examine the hypertensive
pregnant woman?

20. WHAT
What is used to ask about object, activities or
opinion.
Example:
• The talk given today is on pre-eclampsia woman.
What is the title of the talk?
• Anna love to read midwifery journals during her
free time.
What does Anna love to do during her free time?
• My patient is a factory worker.
What is your patient’s occupation?

21. WHO
Who is used to ask to look for which person.
Example:
• I was just informed by Anna that I had to work on
afternoon shift
Who informed you that you had to work on the
afternoon shift?
• Dr. Rita gave us a verbal order just now.
Who gave you the verbal order just now?
• The midwife failed to detect the twin babies
Who failed to detect the twin babies?

22. WHY
Why is used to ask about the reason or the cause of an
incident.
Example:
• The hospital was sued due to the negligence of its staff.
Why was the hospital sued?
• We cannot operate on the patient, because we have
not received any consent from his relatives yet.
Why can’t we operate on the patient?
• Ratana left for Thailand to further her studies in
master degree of midwifery.
Why did Ratana leave for Thailand?

23. WHERE
Where is used to ask to look for place.
Example:
• My niece was admitted National Pediatric
hospital.
Where was your niece admitted to?
• I keep the medicine in the first-aid kit.
Where do you keep the medicine?

24. HOW
How is used to ask about the condition,
situation, event or activity.
Example:
• She lost her 3 months pregnancy in an
accident.
How did she lose her 3 months pregnancy?
• Midwife Emma helps to deliver the baby
carefully.
How does Midwife Emma help to deliver the
baby?

25. D. Tag – Questions
Is a phrase that question in shortening the
answer yes / no. Where the question ends with
auxiliaries or other auxiliary (have, can, must,
will, do, does, did, is, am, are, was and were.)

26. Terms Conditions
a. If the sentence is positive, then the
negative questions
b. If the sentence is negative, then the
positive questions
c. Auxiliary verb in the sentence should
repeat
d. If the auxiliary verb is not available, then
use do, does or did appropriate tenses

27. The positive sentence – negative end
Example:
• He is working, isn’t he?
• She will recover soon, won’t she?
• The clinical assistant had sent the blood
specimen, hadn’t he?

28. The negative sentence – positive end
Example:
• It isn’t rain now, is it?
• The teachers didn’t remind the students, did
they?
• The midwife isn’t prepared, is she?

29. Task
1. Make a conversation with a friend as you just
know them in Nurse-Midwife class.
2. Make a conversation in which to introduce
your friend to another friend.

30. 3. Match the question 1-10 to the respond a-j
Question Respond Answer
1. What…….....? a. Because I wanted to 1 →
2. Who……......? b. Last night 2 →
3. Where………? c. $5 3 →
4. When…........? d. A sandwich 4 →
5. Why………..? e. By bus 5 →
6. How many…? f. In Cambridge 6 →
7. How much…? g. Mary 7 →
8. How……......? h. The black one 8 →
9. Whose……...? i. It’s mine 9 →
10. Which……...? j. Five 10 →
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