BY Tiyas Kusumaningrum

ENGLISH FOR NURSES

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 Introduction

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 Opportunities

• Number of Indonesian nurses work overseas

increasing
• Nurses joining conference overseas
• Scholarships for nurses and nursing students
• Number of Foreigner came to Indonesia to
work, have a holiday, visiting family, etc
• ASEAN Free Trade Area 2015
• International project for health care system
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 Expertise Point of View

• “The ability to communicate easily in English is

absolutely essential if the value of
international recruits is to be recognized by
their host colleagues and those for whom they
care….” ( Tony Grice, 2003)

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Hierarchy of Knowledge Development

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 English Language

• Reading
• Writing
• Listening
• Speaking
Nurse and Clients

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Understanding the Patient’s Need

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Understanding the Patient’s Need
• “the ability to communicate the health
needs of clients can influence funding of
preventive and comprehensive health care
services” (Gordon, 1994)
• Mother like services

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Understanding the Patients Need
Self-care

Conditioning factors

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Self-care Self-care
agency R demand
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Self-care
deficit
Conditioning factors

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Nursing
agency

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 The Need for Good Records

• Records = Documents  NEED Documentation

• Documentation is any written or electronically

generated information about a client that
describes the care or service provided to that
client.

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The Needs for Good Records

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The Need for Good Records

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The Need for Good Record

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Nursing Documentation
Nursing documentation clearly describes:
• an assessment of the client’s health status,
nursing interventions carried out, and the
impact on client
• a care plan or health plan reflecting the needs
and goals of the client;
• Changes to the care plan;
• Information reported to a physician or other
health care provider and, when appropriate,
that provider’s response;
• Advocacy undertaken by the nurse on behalf of
the client.

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Bibliography
• Gordon, M. (1994). Nursing diagnosis:
Process and application (3rd ed.). St. Louis:
Mosby-Year Book.
• Grice, T(2003). Everyday English for Nursing.
Toronto: Elsevier
• CRNBC (2009) Nursing Documentation.
Columbia: CRNBC Publication

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