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English for nurses / edited by Nitin Bhatnagar.
O'Reilly Online Learning: Academic/Public Library Edition Available online
O'Reilly Online Learning: Academic/Public Library Edition- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bhatnagar, Nitin, author.
- Series:
- Always learning.
- Always learning
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Nursing--Study and teaching.
- English language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 v.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi, India : Pearson, 2012.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- English for Nurses addresses the need for nurses to communicate effectively in English. Combining the essentials of communication with language learning, it provides all the necessary skills for professionals in healthcare. English for Nurses puts equal emphasis on all the four aspects of learning the language: listening, speaking, reading and writing, through a variety of exercises and assessment modules. It provides plenty of practice in functional grammar and also for pronunciation and fluency in speaking.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- About the Editor
- Chapter 1: Edith Cavell: And Bravely Fought the Nurse
- Vocabulary
- Reading Comprehension
- Language
- Functions
- Pronunciation: '-ed' ending
- Writing
- Chapter 2: The Story of a British Nurse
- Chapter 3: A Doctor for All Seasons
- Meeting Dr Antia
- Importance of Research
- Countable and Uncountable Nouns
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Pronunciation: Silent Letters
- Chapter 4: Aarohi: Himalayan Care
- Pronunciation: Spelling Sequence
- Chapter 5: Communication in Healthcare: The Perspective of a Nurse
- Pre-operative Advice to Patients Before Surgery
- Language: Interrogative Sentence
- Pronunciation: Letters 'r,' 'g,''t' and 's':
- Chapter 6: Private and Public Partnership in Healthcare
- Conveying Information and Eliciting Information: Agreeing and Disagreeing
- Practise in Pairs
- Pronunciation: Double Consonants
- Chapter 7: Managing Pain
- Pronunciation: Sounds /θ/and/ð/
- Chapter 8: Stress in Nursing
- References
- 1. Present Indefinite
- 2. Present Continuous
- 3. Present Perfect Tense
- Past Indefinite and Present Perfect
- Present Perfect
- Past Indefinite
- Pronunciation
- Chapter 9: The Quiet Soldiers of Compassion
- Language: Adjective and Adverb
- Adjective
- Classification of Adjectives
- Degrees of Comparison
- Chapter 10: The Story of a Caribbean Nurse
- Vocabulary.
- Reading Comprehension
- Language: Subject-verb Agreement
- Appendix 1: Group Discussion
- The Use of Persuasive Strategies in a GD
- The Process of a GD
- Topics for Cue
- Structuring a GD
- Leadership Skills
- The Use of Appropriate Body Language
- Appendix 2: Written Communication
- Note Taking and Note Making
- Making Notes from Text
- Summarizing
- Turning Notes to Text
- Organizing Your Ideas
- Memos
- Narrating Events Chronologically
- Paragraph Writing
- Appendix 3: Report Writing
- Introduction
- Defining the Objectives
- Identifying and Assessing the Audience
- Organization and Language
- Synopsis Writing
- Report
- CV.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed Oct. 31, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9788131798980
- 8131798984
- OCLC:
- 895206433
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