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Ros

Wright and Bethany Cagnol
with Maria Spada Symonds
Series editor David Bonamy


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Introducing yourself to
the team p. 4

Introducing yourself to ihe
nursing staff

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Present simple

Nursing personnel

Reading a nursing
schedule o. 6

Discussing a schedule

Telling the time
Prepositions of Iimei at 7 a,m.,
in the morning, etc.

Hospital facilities

Meeting patients and
their visitors o. 8

Meeting patients and their visitors
Asking visitors politely to do/not
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lmperatives

Family members'. mother, father,

Escorting a patient for
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Esconing a patient for tests
Checking that a patient feels
comfortable

Ordinal numbers. dates

Medical equipment:
X-ray machine, CT scanner, etc.

Blanket, trolley, walking stick,
wheelchair

Checking patient details
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tvh- questions

Patient record: surname, gender,
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Describing symptoms
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earache, etc.

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childhood diseases p. 16

Describing common childhood
drseases

Adverbs of frequency

Common childhood diseases:
rubella, mumps, meas/es

Taking a blood sample
p. 18

Carrying out a blood test
Distracting and reassuring a
patient during a blood test

lf you ..., let me know.

Items for taking a blood sample:
antiseptic wipe, cotton ball, etc

Monitoring body
temperature p. 20

Taking a patient's temperature
Treating a patient with

Making polite requests

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Describing symptoms

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Explaining where the rooms and
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next to, eic.
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Pans of a patient ward: c/ean
supply room, conference room,

nurses' lounge, e|c.

Nursing duties p. 24

Explaining the ward facilities
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arrangements

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feed, eIc.

The qualities of a
responsible nurse p. 26

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Expressions for calming a patient
Negative adjectives

Hospital food and
beverages p. 28

Ordering food from a hospital
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AlAn, some with countable and

Food and beverages: cheese
omelette, apple juice, etc.

Measurements and

Asking and answering questions
about a patient's diet

quantities p. 30

Helping a patient order
from a hospital menu
o.32

Helping a patient order from a
hospital menu

uncountable nouns
Like, would like
Numbers

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uncountable nouns

Weights and measures: /ltres,
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Asking and answering questions
about what to eat

Verbsi breathe,

Specialised utensils: non-srp
plate, two-handled cup, eIc.

Assisting the patient at

Encouraging and praising a

Expressions of encouragement

mealtimes o. 34

patient

and praise

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a) charge nurse
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c) staff nurse -

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Reading a nursing schedule
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Telling the time
Nurses use the twelve-hour clock when they talk to
patients, visitors and colleagues.

12.00: twelve o'clock
3 p.m.

We often use the 24-hour clock for schedules,
documents and charts

8.20: eight twentyltwenty past eight

14.00: two o'clocklfoufteen hundred hours

Prepositions of time
We use at with clock times,

I startlfinish worklmv shift at 7 a.m.

We use rn with parts of the day and longer periods of
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in the

Vocabulary

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buI: at night

Label illustrations A-H with the times in the box.

20.00 12.00 14.45 23.30

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3 p.m.

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I nine twenty in the morning
2 eight o'clock in the evening
3 midday
4 quarter to three in the afternoon
5 half past eleven at night -6 three in the afternoon
7 quarter past eight in the morning

8

midnight

Speaking 3 Work in pairs. Ask and answer these questions with your partner.
I What time is it now?

2
3
4

What time do you get up in the morning?
What time do you start work/your shift every day?
What time do you/does your shift finish?

A: What time is it now?
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Meeting patients and their visitors
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1
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I-isten to four nurses meeting their patients for the first time and
the correct patient name for each nurse.

Patient list (Rooms 11-14)
Staff nurse

Susie Arnold
Anja
Katya
Max
Dennv

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4

Kendra

MrWilliams

Listen again and complete these expressions.

1
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4
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8

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sentences a-e with the rest of the words in the box.

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grandmother grandson husband mother mother-in-law sister son wife

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My father is my husband's

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4. Then work

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Escorting a patient for tests
Vocabulary

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CT ECG MRI
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machine

scanner

scanner

Listen to the names of the medical equipment in

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and repeat.

Language

Ordinal numbers
1 st first
2nd second
3rd third
4th fourth

11th eleventh
12th twelfth
13th thirteenth

6th
7th
8th
9th

sixth
seventh
eighth
ninth
1oth tenth

sth fifth

22nd twenty-second
23rd twentythird
31 st thirty-first

20th twentieth
21st twenty-first

We use ordinal numbers for dates.

6th July 1975
23rd October 2001

We sav dates like this:

4th August 1914: the fourth of August, nineteen fourteen
31st March 2011: the thirty-first of March, two thousand and eleven

But we often write dates like this on forms:
day.month.year

06.07.1975

Listening 3

Listen to a nurse taking patients to the Radiology Department and
write the correct test for each patient in a-c on this appointments sheet.

Radiology Dept.
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on the appointments sheet in 3.

5 Work in pairs. Look at the audio script for track 07 on pages 72-73 and practise
reading aloud the dates of birth. Then dictate three dates of birth for your
partner to write down.

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GP (general
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General Hospital

Patient details

family doctor

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2
3
4
5
6

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patient: fla!.hA.f..

Is the patient a man or a woman?
When is the patient's birthday?
What is the patient's job?
Is the patient married?
Who is the patient's family doctor?
Who is Suzanne McDonald?

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/

the information the person

asks for.

1

2

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! name and surname.
! date of birth.
! address.
The nurse asks for the patient's
! name and surname.
! date of birth.
! address.

3 Listen

telephone number.
email address.
next of kin.

!

!
!

telephone number.
email address.
marital status.

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I

2

Patient name
Next of

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Telephone

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| (2)
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Patient name

Amir (4)

DOB

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Email

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Vocabulary

Pronunciation
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1

2

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1
2
3

4
5
6
7

8
9
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dizzy
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fever
headache
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nauseous

runny nose
skin rash
sore throat

stomachache

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13 swollen glands
14 tired

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1.

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3 Work in small groups. What do
you think are the top five reasons
for visiting a GP in the UK? Put the
symptoms in the correct order
(1-5), beginning with the most
common. Then check the answers at
the bottom of the page.

4

What do you think are the top five
reasons for visiting a GP in your

country? Discuss.
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Talk

Top 5 reasons for visiting the GP
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1

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1
2

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2

3

measles

mumps

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symptoms can appear in more than one disease.

cough fever headache nausea rash runny nose sore throat swollen glands

Reading 3

Read this patient education leaflet and check your answers in 2.

MMR information leaflet
What is MMR?
The MMR vaccine protects your child against these highly infectious childhood diseases:
measles, mumps and rubella.

What are the syrnptorns?

.
.
.

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throat

mumps: fever, headache, nausea and swollen glands
rubella:fever, headache, rash (red-pink colour), runny nose, sore throat and swollen glands

When to give the vaccine
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old, malpublic health nurse for the first MMR vaccine.
. At 4-5 years your child will receive the second vaccine (or booster) at schoor.
+ The vaccines are free of charge.

What happens after the vaccination?
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child paracetamol or ibuprofen.

4

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I
2
3
4
5
6
l6

Who is this leaflet for?
What do the letters MMR stand for?

How old are children when they receive the MMR vaccine? (2 answers)
Some children have symptoms after the vaccine. What are they?
How much does the MMR vaccine cost?
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-

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-

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2 disinfect I first I let me / your arm
3 the tourniquet / let me / round your arm / tie
4 a small pin prick I will I feel / you
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2

digital thermometer
disposablethermometer

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4

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normal bodv temoerature?

37"C = 98.6"F

1
2

3
4

36.6"C
s5.2"C

37.4C
38.3"C

5
6

37"C

37.9'C

thirty-six point six degrees

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I
2

3
4

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electronic
thermometer

5
6

temperature
disposable

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!

!
5

20

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!
I

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!
!

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Vocabulary

1

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in pairs. Label this floor plan of a patient ward with the words in the box.

room conference room nurses' lounge nurses'station
room physicians' area soiled utility room visitors'toilet

clean supply

patient

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2

Underline the stressed syllables in each of the sections of the patient
ward in l. Then listen, check your answers and repeat.

Language

Prepositions of place
We use prepositions of place (at, on, in, under, next
to, near, down, elc.) to say where something is.

3

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down the hall.
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Speaking 1 Work in pairs. Describe what you

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Present continuous

we use the present continuous

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form

things that are happening now. We use the

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waiting for Nurse Bower.

j Aet 1rs1 hetping a patient.
I We're (are) having tunch.
The nurse is looking for a thermometer.
What is she doing at the moment?

2 work in pairs. Look at the illustrations in L What is each person doing?

Use the
correct present continuous form of the verbs in the box to write a sentence for

each one.

eat

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in

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look

for read take tatk (to)

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verbs in brackets.

I A:

B:

A:
2 A:

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Lisa, I need some help.

(l)

Yes, I'm sorry. I (2)

(you / do) anything important?
(change) Ms Bandine's IV. Is it urgent?

No, I can wait five minutes.

Mr Halpert's call light is on.
(probably / complain) about pain again.
The poor guy (4)
(have) trouble sleeping. I'll go and
give him some pain medication.

He (3)

What (5)
(the nursing assistants / do)?
They're with Ms Davis. I think they (6)
(take)
her temperature.