ENGLISH FOR NURSE I

Introduction & Hospital Staff

Introducing yourself
Hello, Annie! We were expecting you to join us today. Im a midwife here in this maternity ward at Jogjakarta Hospital. I finished my study 2 years ago in Australia. My name is Lula & Id like to introduce my colleaguesIn this ward, Susi is the staff nurse, Dr. John is the surgeon. We work with all the other health care workers in the hospital, that is, the dietician, the therapist, and many others. Well. I'm going to tell you about this hospital.

 Introducing yourself, friends & colleagues Formal : How do you do? May I introduce you to? Id like to introduce you to Have you met? Excuse me, are you? Less Formal : Hello (or Hi!) Do you know? Hello, are you?

Pronunciation & Phonetics

Phonetic symbols in English are divided into consonant sounds, vowel sounds and diphthongs (which are 2 vowel sounds together) Example: America [merik] Patient [peint] Pharmasi [fa:msi]

Accepted Abbreviations
International Organization: UN, WHO, CDC Personal details: DOB, M/F, M/W/D Hospital Charts: Ca (2 meanings), BP, XR, GA/LA, OT, Hb, TLC, IM, NAD, FBE General use : ASAP, e.g., VIP, NB, etc., OK Qualification : RN, BSc, PhD

DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, NATIONALITIES & LANGUAGES

/Good morning, dr. Leo. / <Hello, Mr. Adam! Its nice to meet you. Welcome to the best ward in the hospital! There are 4 new patients coming here this morning. You are the fourth. Most of our patients are from different countries. The 1st patient is English. The 2nd patient is Australian and the 3rd is Irish, and where do you come from? > /Im from India/ <Oh, you are Indian, really!...Nice to see you.>

Practices
Listen the conversation and practice it with your friends/group! Assignment: Do the assignment of abbreviation and submit it next meeting!

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