練習問題（数値は架空のもので、臨床上の指針ではありません）。 ある患者の身長は 144 cm です。1 in = 2.54 cm を使って、身長 h をインチで求めてください。小数第1位に丸めてください。
144 cm1 in = 2.54 cm
h = in
4.看護の計算と単位換算むずかしい
練習問題（数値は架空のもので、臨床上の指針ではありません）。 ある患者が1勤務帯の間に ½ tsp / 咳止めシロップ, 1½ カップ / お茶, 4 tbsp / 液体サプリメント を摂取しました。与えられた換算値を使って、経口摂取量の合計 V を mL で求めてください。
1 tsp = 5 mL1 カップ = 8 fl oz = 240 mL1 tbsp = 15 mL
V = mL
5.読解（入学試験）ふつう
“Sofia remembered the day she arrived in the city ten years earlier, holding one small suitcase and not speaking a word of the language. Now she stood at the front of a classroom, teaching that language to others.” Which technique does the author use?
AA list of instructions
BA prediction about the future
CA flashback to an earlier time
DA conversation between two people
6.読解（入学試験）むずかしい
“The phone rang at 3 a.m. Lena’s heart pounded as she reached for it, already imagining the worst.” What does the author suggest by “already imagining the worst”?
ALena knew who was calling.
BLena was excited about a surprise.
CLena expected bad news.
DLena was annoyed by a wrong number.
7.医療の語彙（入学試験）ふつう
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Place the patient in the supine position.”
ALying flat on the back, face up
BLying flat on the stomach, face down
CSitting upright at ninety degrees
DLying on the left side
8.医療の語彙（入学試験）むずかしい
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “His symptoms were intermittent.”
AComing and going at intervals
BConstant
CGetting steadily worse
DPresent only at night while lying down in bed
9.英文法と言語運用（入学試験）ふつう
Choose the correct word form: “The nurse spoke with great ___.”
Aconfidence
Bconfide
Cconfident
Dconfidently
10.英文法と言語運用（入学試験）むずかしい
Which choice is the active-voice version of “The report was written by the charge nurse.”?
AThe report was being written by the charge nurse.
家庭用の計量と体重：看護の試験では丸めた換算値を使います。小さじ1（tsp）= 5 mL、大さじ1（tbsp）= 15 mL = 小さじ3、液量オンス1（fl oz）= 30 mL = 大さじ2、1カップ = 8 fl oz = 240 mL。体重は 1 kg = 2.2 lb、1 lb = 16 oz、長さは 1 インチ = 2.54 cm です。不要な単位が約分されて消えるように式を立ててください。
センチメートルからインチへ
h = 144/2.54 = 56.69 ≈ 56.7 in
答え
h = 56.7 in
4.看護の計算と単位換算
答え: V = 422.5 mL
家庭用の計量と体重：看護の試験では丸めた換算値を使います。小さじ1（tsp）= 5 mL、大さじ1（tbsp）= 15 mL = 小さじ3、液量オンス1（fl oz）= 30 mL = 大さじ2、1カップ = 8 fl oz = 240 mL。体重は 1 kg = 2.2 lb、1 lb = 16 oz、長さは 1 インチ = 2.54 cm です。不要な単位が約分されて消えるように式を立ててください。
各項目（mL）
½ tsp = 0.5·5 = 2.5 mL
1½ カップ = 1.5·240 = 360 mL
4 tbsp = 4·15 = 60 mL
足す
V = 2.5 + 360 + 60 = 422.5 mL
答え
V = 422.5 mL
5.読解（入学試験）
答え: C · A flashback to an earlier time
これが答えになる理由
The author takes the reader back ten years before returning to the present, which is a flashback.
答え
C · A flashback to an earlier time
6.読解（入学試験）
答え: C · Lena expected bad news.
これが答えになる理由
A call at 3 a.m., her pounding heart and “imagining the worst” all suggest she feared bad news.
答え
C · Lena expected bad news.
7.医療の語彙（入学試験）
答え: A · Lying flat on the back, face up
これが答えになる理由
Supine means lying on the back with the face upward.
答え
A · Lying flat on the back, face up
8.医療の語彙（入学試験）
答え: A · Coming and going at intervals
これが答えになる理由
Intermittent means stopping and starting at intervals, not continuous.
答え
A · Coming and going at intervals
9.英文法と言語運用（入学試験）
答え: A · confidence
これが答えになる理由
“Confidence” is a noun and can follow the adjective “great”. “Confident” is an adjective, “confidently” an adverb and “confide” a verb.
答え
A · confidence
10.英文法と言語運用（入学試験）
答え: C · The charge nurse wrote the report.
これが答えになる理由
In A the doer (the charge nurse) is the subject and performs the action. B, C and D still use a form of “be” plus the past participle, so they are passive.
答え: B · The pathogen has too few hosts to spread easily
これが答えになる理由
When most people are immune, chains of transmission are broken, so the pathogen rarely reaches unprotected people such as newborns or those with weak immune systems.
答え
B · The pathogen has too few hosts to spread easily
16.看護学校入学試験のための生物
答え: B · She may have made anti-D antibodies that cross the placenta
これが答えになる理由
Exposure to the baby's RhD-positive cells can sensitise the mother, so she makes anti-D antibodies. In a later pregnancy these can cross the placenta and destroy the baby's red cells (haemolytic disease of the newborn). Anti-D immunoglobulin is given to prevent sensitisation.
答え
B · She may have made anti-D antibodies that cross the placenta
17.看護学校入学試験のための化学
答え: D · +6
これが答えになる理由
2(+1) + S + 4(−2) = 0, so 2 + S − 8 = 0 and S = +6.
答え
D · +6
18.看護学校入学試験のための化学
答え: D · +7
これが答えになる理由
(+1) + Mn + 4(−2) = 0, so 1 + Mn − 8 = 0 and Mn = +7. Permanganate is a strong oxidising agent.