Hospital English: Nursing Procedures
Hospital English: Nursing Procedures is a introduction to medical English focusing on building medical vocabulary and performing general healthcare professional and patient interactions in English. The course starts with patient admission, getting the patient's health information, explaining about the hospital, taking vital signs, administering immunizations, discussing medications, and patient counseling.
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Hospital English: Nursing Procedures is designed to help nurses and nursing students develop intermediate-level English conversation skills for interacting with patients. It is structured to be accessible to learners with varying levels of medical knowledge and provides practical, real-world communication scenarios. Through structured lessons and interactive exercises, students gain confidence in using English in professional healthcare settings.
This course serves as a practical guide for nurses and nursing students seeking to improve their English communication skills in healthcare settings. Through structured lessons, vocabulary exercises, and interactive practice, students build confidence and fluency in essential patient interactions in the hospital.
Chapters & Topics Covered:
Unit 2: In the Hospital - Navigating different hospital departments and staff interactions.
Unit 3: Getting a Patient's Information - Gathering medical history and personal details.
Unit 4: Taking Vital Signs - Take a patient's temperature, pulse, and blood pressure.
Unit 5: Taking a Blood Sample - Explaining procedures and comforting patients.
Unit 6: Giving Medication - Explaining prescriptions, medication instructions, and adverse reactions.
Unit 7: Administering Immunizations - Providing vaccination information and addressing patient concerns.
Unit Structure: Each unit contains these 8 parts making the students fully versed and capable of communicating effectively with patients in the healthcare setting.
Warm-up Discussion Questions: Each unit begins with discussion questions aimed at engaging students in conversation. These questions encourage students to share personal experiences and activate relevant vocabulary.
Pre-Reading Vocabulary: Before reading the main dialog, students learn 8-9 key vocabulary words related to the unitfs topic. Pronunciation practice, meaning matching, and instructor-led explanations help reinforce understanding.
Dialog: The core of each unit features a practical nurse-patient conversation. These dialogs are designed to be simple yet realistic, covering essential phrases that nurses use in real healthcare settings. Students listen, discuss, and practice the dialogs in pairs until they can confidently perform the conversation without referencing the text.
Unit Content: This section introduces important English phrases, vocabulary, and additional practice opportunities. Students work in pairs to review and apply this content, ensuring comprehension before practicing further.
Vocabulary Exercises: These exercises reinforce the meaning of pre-reading vocabulary, often providing new contexts for usage. Students complete these exercises individually or in pairs to solidify their understanding.
Unit Goals: Each unit sets specific learning objectives. Students reflect on their progress, checking off goals they have mastered. If necessary, they review and practice until they feel confident in their abilities.
Additional Practice: Suggested activities provide further opportunities for vocabulary building and dialog practice. These exercises are highly recommended if time allows.
Writing: To reinforce learning, there are creative writing prompts for using the new vocabulary from the unit. This ensures they can apply the words in written as well as spoken communication.
This structure ensures that students engage with the material through practical application and expanded practice exercises, helping them to master the content.
Hospital English: Nursing Procedures
Hospital English also contains free teaching materials for medical English vocabulary, English conversations in the hospital, and lesson plans based around various medical procedures. In addition to the 2 course books, there are a variety of free online resources on the site for both students and teachers: vocabulary builders, patient counseling activities, disease state directors, healthcare professional articles, medical flashcards, hospital English lesson plans, ESP worksheets, and more to come!
I am a US licensed pharmacist. I have worked at Yale New Haven Medical Center, Hartford Hospital and retail pharmacies. I live abroad and have been teaching English as a foreign language since 1999. I currently teach medical English classes at 2 nursing colleges in Japan. These resources were designed for my students but are posted here free for all to use. They can be adapted for use as teaching materials for doctors, nurses, physical therapists, radiologists, physician assistants, pharmacists, and more. I hope you find them stimulating and useful.
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