ENGLISH FOR NURSING ADVANCE

COURSE GOALS
The goals of the English For Nursing are to have participants
1. develop communicative competency in dealing with work
2. enjoy the process and enhance their motivation to learn and contribute, and
3. appreciate the value of bilingual–bicultural abilities for thier lives and work in
globalized world

COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, students will have developed
1. more advance communication skills in English language, especially knowledge in key
areas of nursing
2. a grammatical foundation and facilitate language use, with special emphasis on
pronunciation, correct syntax, and verbal expression;
3. extra-linguistic and paralinguistic features of language use;
4. culturally appropriate language skills.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This intermediate level language course is designed to prepare learners for dealing with
work demands and to provide access into effective communication in English. The classes
are devided into 10 (ten) units with respectively emphasis on advance knowledge in key
areas of nursing

Instruction consists of 20 hours of formal classes spread over a 2 months period. Various teaching
methods are employed, recitations for aural comprehension, and intensive grammar exercises. The
English for Nursing course emphasizes oral expression and listening comprehension,

Classes and language activities are taught by experienced, professionally trained, English
speaking teachers using oral proficiency-based methods

ASSESMENT PROCESS
Assesment is an on-going process and will be conducted throughout the course. Assesment
is conducted in various ways and is based on several aspects
1. Appropriate student participation and the quality of thier performance.
2. The degree of attainment of student’s ability an all 4 skills
3. The quality of homework tasks
4. A written portfolia
5. Results demonstrated through evaluation given at middle and end of the course
COURSE CONTENTS
Unit 1 Patients admissions

Unit 2 Respiratory problems

Unit 3 Wound care

Unit 4 Diabetes care

Unit 5 Medical specimens

Unit 6 Medications

Unit 7 Intravenous infusion

Unit 8 Pre-operative patient assessment

Unit 9 Post operative patient assessment

Ubit 10 Discharge planning

Syllabus
ENGLISH FOR NURSING
Advance

Skills Medical Focus Charting and

documentation
Unit 1 Taking a patient history The Heart Patients admissions
Patients Using active listening Explaining How Form
admissions strategies The Heart Works Patient Record
Explaining how the heart Observation Chart
works
Putting a petient at ease
Giving a nursing handover
Charting blood pressure and
pulse
Unit 2 Educating patients about The Respiratory Respiratory Rates
Respiratory asthma management System Patient Record
problems Giving instruction effectively Observation Chart
Using a nebuliser
Talking to a child about
asthma
Putting a young patient at
ease
Describing respiration Charting
respiratory rates
Unit 3 Discussing wound Wound Bed Wound Assessment
Wound care management Preperation Chart
Asking for advice
Describing wounds
Taking part in continous
professional development
Using a wound assessment
chart

Unit 4 Discussing diabetes The Pancreas Diabetic Chart

Diabetes care management Explaining
Making empathetic responses Hypoglycaemia
Giving advice sensitively and Diabetes
Using a diabetic chart
Unit 5 Expalining Pathology test The Kidneys Pathology Report
Medical Asking for clarification Explaining Renal
specimens Checking understanding Failure
Telephone skills: contacting
other staff Explaning Urinary
Softening a request Catheters
Reading a pathology report
Syllabus
ENGLISH FOR NURSING
Intermediate

Skills Medical Focus Charting and

documentation
Unit 6 Administering medication The Metabolism Prescription Chart
Medications Doing a medicatian check of Medication
Working as a part of a team
Checking medication orders for
acuracy
Explaining drug interactions
Checking the “five rights” of
medication administration
Reading a prescription chart
Unit 7 Reviewing IV infusion IV Cannulas IV Prescription Chart
Intravenous Passing on instructions to Fluid Balance Chart
infusion colleagues
Telephone skills: taking a
message about patient care
Checking IV orders
Charting fluid intake and output
Unit 8 Doing a pre-operative checks Blood Circulation Pre-operative Checklist
Pre-operative Giving pre-operative patient
patient education
assessment Preparing a patient for
surgery
Allaying anxiety in apatient
Using a pre-operative
checklist
Unit 9 Giving a post operative Pain Receptors Universal Pain
Post operative handover Assesment Tools
patient Checking a post-operative
assessment patient on the ward
Explaining a post-operative pain
management
Dealing with aggressive
behaviour
Using pain assesment tools
Ubit 10 Attending the ward team Cerebrovascular Telephone Referral
Discharge meeting accidents form
planning Telephone skills: referring a Katz ADL Index
patient Discharge Plan
Expalining the effect of a stroke
Using patient discharge planning
forms