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COURSE NAME : ENGLISH FOR NURSES

HOURS : 120

SYNOPSIS : All language will be presented in the context of nursing-in this


case the hospital context. In this way the students will be
starting from a common focus which has two advantages;
first, the students will be instantly aware of how the
language is relating to a concrete situation thus helping
them to retain what they learn; second, they will have the
confidence of knowing they have the skills and the
knowledge of nursing which will help them in taking the
initiative when faced with a language difficulty.

OBJECTIVES : At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

1. Develop confidence ahead of perfectly correct English.

2. Encouraged to seize opportunities outside the classroom to


use what they have just learnt e.g. on the phone, when
speaking with other students.

3. Improve their language competence.

4. Improve the level of English within the area of their profession.

5. Present themselves as very possible candidates for


employment.

6. Make their patients feel more comfortable, and have a better


understanding of their needs.

CONTENT:

ITEMS TOPIC HOURS


1 ADMISSIONS 7.5

-filling in forms
-asking question
-articles of clothing
-filling in a menu (DIET)
-explaining and reassuring

2 BASIC WORKING CARE VOCABULARY 7.5

-grammar
-vocabulary

3 READING AND WRITING SKILLS 7.5

4 WORKING IN A GENERAL HOSPITAL 7.5

- medical terminology
-taking and giving a phone message
-tests; the E.C.G. machine, blood tests, injections (explaining
and reassuring)

5 WORKING IN A CHILDREN'S WARD 7.5

-typical dialogues from Hobart hospital


-this unit includes handover procedures (authentic dialogues
from RMIT will be used) i.e. use of instructions and note-
taking.

6 WORKING FOR RETARDED AND ELDERLY PEOPLE 7.5

-this week will be devoted to conversation strategies e.g.


cheering up,
persuading, insisting, listening skills

7 WOUND CARE 7.5

8 DIABETES CARE 7.5

9 CASUALTY 7.5

- this involves a lot of intensive nurse-patient contact:


questioning,
explaining, reassuring

10 PRE-OPERATIVE CARE: WORKING IN A MEDICAL WARD 7.5

-giving and receiving instructions


-medical jargon

11 POST-OPERATIVE CARE: WORKING IN A MEDICAL WARD 7.5

-giving and receiving instructions


-medical jargon

12 MIDWIFERY 7.5

-note-taking
-authentic dialogues from RMIT
-dialogues from the Royal Hobart Hospital: A New Baby; Visiting

13 PRORLEM SOLVING IN THE NURSING SITUATION 7.5

-persuading
-complaining (e.g. about problems at work)
-gaining information
-at this stage the students will be asked to take the initiative a
bit more

14 RADIO INTERVIEWS, DISCUSSIONS, 7.5

15 WORK EXPERIENCE 8
16 SUMMING UP AND GENERAL COURSE EVALUATION 7

TOTAL 120

ASSESSMENT : Principally individual assessment through take-home work,


work experience and talking to students individually.

REFERENCES :

1. Mrs. Vijayalakhshmi Naidu. (2008). English For Nurses (1st Edition). Pragati Books
Pvt. Ltd

2. Tony Grice. (2003). Everyday English for Nursing. Elsevier Limited.

3. Selva Rose. (1997). Career English for Nurses. Orient Longman Limited.

4. Virginia Allum and Patricia McGarr. (2010). Cambridge English For Nursing.
Cambridge University Press.

5. Joy Parkinson, Chris Brooker. (2004). Everyday English for international nurses: a
guide to working in the UK. Churchill Livingstone.

6. Aysha Viswamohan. (2010). English For Nurses. Tata McGraw Hill Education Private
Limited.

7. Susan Dandridge Bosher. (2008). English For Nursing. Academic Skills. University of
Michigan Press.

8. www.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/alexpianoffenglishfornurses.pdf

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