Meeting 1”Meeting Colleagues”

Speaking practice. Greeting and Introducing

Introduce yourself to the class.

Speaking practice. Telling time

Ask and answer these questions with your partner.
1. What time is it now?
2. What time do you get up in the morning?
3. What time do you start work/ your shift every day?
4. What time do you/ does your shift finish?

Speaking Practice. Describing duties/ activities at hospital

You are a student nurse. Now you are on clinical rotation. You are going to explain to your friend
about your daily activities at the hospital.

Schedule
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
- 08.00-15.00 08.00-15.00 08.00-15.00 14.00-22.00 14.00-22.00 08.00-15.00

Daily responsibilities:
‒ Taking patient vital signs (BP, RR, P, T)
‒ Assessing patient’s symptom
‒ Helping patient with ADL’s (washing, grooming, eating and toileting)
‒ Administering medication under charge nurse’s supervision
 Meeting 2 ”The Hospital Team”

Speaking. Communicating with team members by phone

You are a staff nurse in medical ward. Your patient is having heart surgery tomorrow. The charge
nurse calls you by phone asking information about the patient’s care treatment program for the next
3 days.
Day/ Time Program
Monday, 10.00 Anesthetic nurse visit, Mr. Chaplin (operation procedure explanation)
Tuesday, 08.00-14.00 Heart surgery at operating theater
Wednesday, 10.00 Doctor visit

Speaking. Giving direction

You are a nurse. A confused visitor is asking you for directions.

Ground Floor
Café A&E

Occupational
Therapy
Security Pathology
Lift
Gift Shop
Physiotherapy Phlebotomy

Main Entrance Radiology

First Floor Recover Pre-
Operating y op
Theater

Lift
Orthopaedic Intensive Care (ICU)
Clinic

Second Floor Ante-natal Maternity

Outpatient

Lift

Psychiatric Coronary Rehabilitation

Unit Care Unit
(CCU)