共计12个单元,涵盖:modern nursing,nursing process,health assessment,community health nursing,surgical nursing,prenatal nursing等。每个单元由warm-up tasks, text, study & practice, word formation in medical terminology及culture salon五个部分组成。内容上注重护理学新知识、新理论与新方法的介绍,选材要略高于大学英语四级水平文章。