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Online English for Nurses – Getting the Essentials Right 
Communicating accurately and effectively is critical to the safety, care and wellbeing of patients. 
This course teaches the English that nurses need to communicate effectively in all essential 
situations at work, including key patient interactions, clinical pathways, giving accurate 
handovers, drugs calculations, pre-operative and end-of-life care. 
The course is designed for nurses with an elementary or pre-intermediate (A2-B1) level of 
English who work, or are preparing to work, in an English-speaking environment. 
The course is easy to use, enjoyable and, above all, practical. 
Course Content 
1. Introducing yourself and saying what you do 
 Welcoming a patient 
 Talking to patients and colleagues 
 Describing your role and 
responsibilities 
 Medical terminology: prefixes, suffixes 
and base words 
 The language used in healthcare, 
medical language versus everyday 
health terms 
 Types of Allied Health Professionals 
 Types of doctors 
 The body: overview 
2. Talking about pain 
 Discussing types of pain 
 Using a pain scale, pain severity 
 Asking about location of pain 
 Offering and explaining pain 
medication 
 Types of painkillers, side effects 
 Giving a handover to a colleague 
 Talking about osteoarthritis 
 Grammar focus: comparatives 
 The body: front and back 
3. Pressure area care 
 Assessing pressure areas - Waterlow 
assessment tool 
 Intentional rounding - changing a 
patient's position 
 The body: the lower back 
 Offering assistance to wheelchair-bound 
patients 
 Pressure area equipment 
 Handover: reporting a pressure ulcer 
 Writing an incident report
4. Injuries and falls 
 Medical terms: musculoskeletal 
system, medical imaging 
 Falls in the elderly 
 Doing a falls risk assessment 
 Sprains, strains and dislocations 
 Grammar focus: verbs of movement 
 Using mobility aids - walking frames, 
crutches and walking sticks 
 Giving advice about the care of a 
plaster cast 
 The body: legs, thighs and hips 
5. Infection control 
 Micro-organisms, hospital acquired 
infections 
 Care plans and clinical pathways 
 Dressings – using aseptic non-touch 
technique (ANTT) 
 Taking a temperature - reporting 
abnormal readings 
 Taking MRSA swabs, wound swabs and 
sputum specimens 
 Explaining isolation nursing to 
patients' relatives, use of PPE 
 Hospital charts: observation charts 
(vital signs) 
 The body: skin, cells and hair 
6. Intravenous therapy and IV injections 
 Use of IV fluids 
 Calculations: IV fluids and IV injections 
 IV equipment 
 Doing a VIP score 
 Assessing intake and output 
 Checking and giving an IV antibiotic 
 Hospital charts: fluid balance chart 
 Avoiding needle stick injuries 
 Hospital charts: IV prescription - 
volume and time 
 The body: arm and hand 
7. Administration of medications 
 Types of medication 
 Drug calculation 
 Checking drugs, dose, frequency, 
allergies 
 Discussing side effects and 
contraindications 
 The body: mouth and throat 
 Grammar focus: might, may and 
should 
 Medication and the elderly 
 Making polite requests, using could 
and would 
 The body: ear and eye
8. Breathing difficulties 
 Describing respiration 
 Monitoring respiratory rate - reporting 
abnormalities 
 Talking about pneumonia - coughing 
and sputum production 
 Asthma - using inhalers and nebulisers 
 Writing a variance in a clinical pathway 
 Oxygen therapy - types of equipment 
 Giving warnings - use of oxygen 
 Discussing benefits of lifestyle changes 
- Quit Smoking 
 The body: chest and upper back 
9. Pre-operative care 
 Explaining pre-operative preparation 
 Explaining post-operative care 
 Reassuring a patient and allaying 
anxiety 
 Pre-op checks, taking blood pressure, 
pulse 
 The body: arms 
 Talking about patient confidentiality 
 Managing phone enquiries 
 Communicating using SBAR 
 The body: abdopelvic 
10. End-of-life care 
 Talking about cancer - melanoma 
 Talking about chemotherapy 
 Managing unpleasant symptoms 
 Listening to patient concerns 
 The body: mouth, throat, oesophagus 
 Offering spiritual care 
 Hospice and palliative care 
 Supporting relatives and explaining 
physical changes near death 
 Places in a hospital, giving directions 
and instructions 
Inputs: During the course, students watch videos, listen to conversations, read medical texts, 
analyse charts and graphs, look at work-related photographs and images, and study vocabulary, 
grammar and pronunciation focus points. 
Exercises: Students take a wide range of exercises to help learn the language they need. The 
exercises concentrate on learning the English required in essential work-based scenarios. 
Length: Each unit is designed to take 10 hours to complete. 
Progress Assessment: At the end of every unit, there is a progress review and test so students 
can assess what they have learnt. 
End of Course Achievement Certificate: delivered electronically on course completion.

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Syllabus online english for nurses - getting the essentials right

  • 1. Online English for Nurses – Getting the Essentials Right Communicating accurately and effectively is critical to the safety, care and wellbeing of patients. This course teaches the English that nurses need to communicate effectively in all essential situations at work, including key patient interactions, clinical pathways, giving accurate handovers, drugs calculations, pre-operative and end-of-life care. The course is designed for nurses with an elementary or pre-intermediate (A2-B1) level of English who work, or are preparing to work, in an English-speaking environment. The course is easy to use, enjoyable and, above all, practical. Course Content 1. Introducing yourself and saying what you do  Welcoming a patient  Talking to patients and colleagues  Describing your role and responsibilities  Medical terminology: prefixes, suffixes and base words  The language used in healthcare, medical language versus everyday health terms  Types of Allied Health Professionals  Types of doctors  The body: overview 2. Talking about pain  Discussing types of pain  Using a pain scale, pain severity  Asking about location of pain  Offering and explaining pain medication  Types of painkillers, side effects  Giving a handover to a colleague  Talking about osteoarthritis  Grammar focus: comparatives  The body: front and back 3. Pressure area care  Assessing pressure areas - Waterlow assessment tool  Intentional rounding - changing a patient's position  The body: the lower back  Offering assistance to wheelchair-bound patients  Pressure area equipment  Handover: reporting a pressure ulcer  Writing an incident report
  • 2. 4. Injuries and falls  Medical terms: musculoskeletal system, medical imaging  Falls in the elderly  Doing a falls risk assessment  Sprains, strains and dislocations  Grammar focus: verbs of movement  Using mobility aids - walking frames, crutches and walking sticks  Giving advice about the care of a plaster cast  The body: legs, thighs and hips 5. Infection control  Micro-organisms, hospital acquired infections  Care plans and clinical pathways  Dressings – using aseptic non-touch technique (ANTT)  Taking a temperature - reporting abnormal readings  Taking MRSA swabs, wound swabs and sputum specimens  Explaining isolation nursing to patients' relatives, use of PPE  Hospital charts: observation charts (vital signs)  The body: skin, cells and hair 6. Intravenous therapy and IV injections  Use of IV fluids  Calculations: IV fluids and IV injections  IV equipment  Doing a VIP score  Assessing intake and output  Checking and giving an IV antibiotic  Hospital charts: fluid balance chart  Avoiding needle stick injuries  Hospital charts: IV prescription - volume and time  The body: arm and hand 7. Administration of medications  Types of medication  Drug calculation  Checking drugs, dose, frequency, allergies  Discussing side effects and contraindications  The body: mouth and throat  Grammar focus: might, may and should  Medication and the elderly  Making polite requests, using could and would  The body: ear and eye
  • 3. 8. Breathing difficulties  Describing respiration  Monitoring respiratory rate - reporting abnormalities  Talking about pneumonia - coughing and sputum production  Asthma - using inhalers and nebulisers  Writing a variance in a clinical pathway  Oxygen therapy - types of equipment  Giving warnings - use of oxygen  Discussing benefits of lifestyle changes - Quit Smoking  The body: chest and upper back 9. Pre-operative care  Explaining pre-operative preparation  Explaining post-operative care  Reassuring a patient and allaying anxiety  Pre-op checks, taking blood pressure, pulse  The body: arms  Talking about patient confidentiality  Managing phone enquiries  Communicating using SBAR  The body: abdopelvic 10. End-of-life care  Talking about cancer - melanoma  Talking about chemotherapy  Managing unpleasant symptoms  Listening to patient concerns  The body: mouth, throat, oesophagus  Offering spiritual care  Hospice and palliative care  Supporting relatives and explaining physical changes near death  Places in a hospital, giving directions and instructions Inputs: During the course, students watch videos, listen to conversations, read medical texts, analyse charts and graphs, look at work-related photographs and images, and study vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation focus points. Exercises: Students take a wide range of exercises to help learn the language they need. The exercises concentrate on learning the English required in essential work-based scenarios. Length: Each unit is designed to take 10 hours to complete. Progress Assessment: At the end of every unit, there is a progress review and test so students can assess what they have learnt. End of Course Achievement Certificate: delivered electronically on course completion.