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English in Nursing

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:38
Study Course Information
Course Code:VC_042LQF level:Level 6
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:LinguisticsTarget Audience:Nursing Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Zita Goldšmite
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfatrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)0Lecture Length (academic hours)0Total Contact Hours of Lectures0
Classes (count)16Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes32
Total Contact Hours32
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Knowledge of the English language within the scope of the secondary school programme.
Objective:
To improve the English language skills for academic and professional purposes and to promote the acquisition and professional use of medical terminology.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1The course "English for Nursing" overview. The Code. Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives in the UK. Reading strategies: scanning and skimming; headings and sub-headings; diagrams, pictures and captions.Classes1.00auditorium
2Academic English: Presentations: structure, signposting language, audio-visual aids. Group presentations.Classes1.00auditorium
3Hospitals. Types and specialisation of hospitals. Hospital departments/ units and staff. A short (one sentence) profile of the occupation. The use of the Present Simple and the Present Continuous Tenses. A profile of a healthcare student.Classes1.00auditorium
4Teamwork in a hospital. The nursing profession: training, qualifications, grades and working hours. Job interviews. Project Work: to search the Internet and find a job advertisement for a nurse; to report the findings in the class: required education and qualification, general and professional skills, job responsibilities and the salary.Classes1.00auditorium
5Equipment and instruments in a hospital. One sentence description of each instrument. A hospital ward. Directions. Prepositions of place and movement.Classes1.00auditorium
6Hospital admissions. Patients' complaints. The use of the Past Simple, the Past Continuous and the Past Perfect tenses. A medical case history. Filling in forms. Direct and indirect questions. A summary about the patient, using the information from the patient record.Classes2.00auditorium
7General practitioner. The GP's surgery. Appointments. Taking/cancelling/changing appointments by telephone / e-mail. GP's referral to the hospital. Hospital rules for patients. The use of modal verbs for suggestions and instructions. Medical symptoms and signs of diseases.Classes1.00auditorium
8Communication with a patient. Simple medical procedures and their explanation to the patient. Getting the patient's informed consent. Indirect speech. E-mail / a letter to obtain the information.Classes1.00auditorium
9Pain: describing pain; types of pain and its location. The human body and its parts. The degrees of comparison of adjectives. Pain relief medications. Questions to assess the pain. Making comparisons when describing pain and/or different painkillers. Dosages and administration of medications.Classes2.00auditorium
10Accidents and emergencies. Instructions for giving first aid, using imperatives. Writing instructions on how to deal with an emergency. Taking emergency medical calls, instructing over telephone. Vocabulary related to triage assessment.Classes2.00auditorium
11Patient care. Making patient notes. Talking about changing a dressing. Patient care notes and patient care plans. Making predictions and expressing hopes about the future. Offers and requests. Taking vital signs and describing various readings: measurements (numerals), describing line graphs, describing a procedure using the Passive Voice.Classes2.00auditorium
12Hygiene. Vocabulary related to hygiene equipment. Talking about obligations (use of modal verbs). Asepsis – list of rules. Pre-operative and post-operative hygiene.Classes1.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Students prepare presentations on professional issues; they do project work searching for information on Internet and presenting the findings to the class; prepare a glossary of professional terminology; carry out written assignments (a profile, an e-mail, instructions, reports, etc.); prepare a glossary of professional terminology and acquire the professional terminology.
Assessment Criteria:
1) Active participation in classes; all assignments prepared appropriately and in a timely manner; short vocabulary tests and presentations made in accordance with the topics covered during the course – 30%. 2) A spoken part of the end-of-course examination: a presentation – 35%. 3) A written part of the end-of-course examination: a test on the use and comprehension of medical terminology (gap filling exercises; definition and terminology matching exercises), a text related to medicine and comprehension tasks – 35%.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:On successful completion of the course the students will be able to: • recognise and explain in English or translate into Latvian professional terminology; • read specialist texts, answer questions related to the texts and/or give a brief summary.
Skills:On successful completion of the course the students will be able to: • use the relevant medical terminology when speaking about professional issues; • prepare and give presentations on professional issues covered during the course; • speak about various issues related to patient care using professional terminology; • obtain the necessary information from the patient/client concerning their health.
Competencies:The students will be able to use English efficiently when speaking about professional issues with other health professionals and patients; they will be able to make presentations on the issues related to their professional sphere; they will be able to work as a team with other colleagues using English as their communication tool.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Tony Grice. Oxford English for Careers. Nursing 1, OUP, 2013.
2Tony Grice and James Greenam. Oxford English for Careers. Nursing 2, OUP, 2013.
Additional Reading
1Virginia Allum and Patricia McGarr. Cambridge English for Nursing. CUP, 2008.
2Oxford Minidictionary for Nurses, 6th edition, 2008
Other Information Sources
1http://www.macmillandictionary.com
2https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english
3www.nmc-uk.org