MODULI

READI
NGSECTI
ON

A.READI
NGCOMPREHENSI
ONFORNURSI
NG
For
eignNur
sesandt
heNHS

UKhospi talsneedf oreignnur ses

Att hebegi nningof2002, t
herewer ebet ween8000and17000nur singv acanci es
i
nNHShospi t
al s.Becausei tisnotpossi blet of il
lthesev acancieswi thUKnat ional s,the
NHShast or ecr uitnur sesfrom abr oad.
Atpr esent .For eignnur sesandmi dwivesf r
om atl east24di f
fer entcount r i
esar e
register edi nt heUK.Amongstot herplacest heycomef rom Finland,I reland,Ger many,
Spai n,east ernEur ope,sout hAf ri
ca,Aust r
ali
a,Mal ay si
a,thePhi l
ippines,Si ngapor eand
NewZeal and.
Bet ween35000and40000f oreignnur sesar ecur r
ent l
ywor kingi ntheUK,whi ch
i
s10%oft het ot alnumberofnur sesempl oyedbyt heNHS.TheNHSr eceives1000new
enqui ri
esev eryweek.Att hemoment ,onl y35% off orei
gnappl icantsar eaccept edat
theirfirstat t
empt .Nur sesf rom count r
iesout si det heEuropeanUni on( EU)hav et ot ake
anadapt ationcour sebef oret heycanber egistered.Manyappl i
cant sar er eject edunt i
l
theyi mpr ov et hei rEngl i
shlanguageski ll
s.
Nur ses ar el eaving count ri
es wher et heyar e also badl yneeded and some
count riesar easki ngt heUKnott otakeanymor eoft heirnurses.NHSNur sesar e
l
eav ingcount rieswher etheyar ealsobadl yneededandsomecount r
iesar easki ngt he
UKnott ot akeanymor eoft heirnurses.NHSTr ust shav eagreedonl yt or ecr uitfrom
count rieswher et her eisacl earnursingsur pl us.Spokeswomenf ort heNMCsai d,’we
arecur rent l
yl ooki ngatway swecanf ast.Aspokeswomanf ortheNMCsai d," wear e
current lylooki ngatway swecanf ast -
tracksomeappl icantswi t
houtcompr omi sing
existingst andar ds. "

VOCABULARY
Chronic:Ser ius/JangkaPanj ang
Vacanci es:lowonganpeker jaan.Ket ikaseseor angt elahditempat
kandal am posi
si
pekerjaant ersebut ,l
owongan" telaht er
isi”
.
Deal:kesepakat an,kontrakkerja.
Atpresent :
sekar ang
Currently:saati ni
.
Torecr uit
: mer ekrutseseorangy angmel amarpeker jaan.
Surplus: lebihdar iyangdibutuhkan.
Anadopt ioncour se:suat ukursusy angdi r
ancangunt ukmemper si
apkanper awat
darimancanegar asebelum terdaftarsebagai per awatdi Inggri
s.
Tofast -
track: memper cepatprosespener i
maanker japer awatasi
ng.
Tocompr omi sestandards:menur unkankual i
tas.
CV (cur ri
culum v itae):jugadi sebut“ biodata”,“ r
esume”at au“background”.CV
merupakangambar ankar i
randa.
Exercise1 Set elahmembaca‘ UKhospi
talneedsforei
gnnurses.Jawabl
ahbeber
apa
pertanyaaandibawahinidalam set
iapnomor ,pil
ihana,b,dancsemuany abenar,
namunsal ahsatunyaadal
ahy angpal
ingtepatdibandi
ngkandenganpi l
i
hanlai
nnya.
Pil
ihlahyangpali
ngmenunjukkanmakna teksdiatas:

1. Fi
rstpar
agr
aph.Howmanynur
singv
acanci
esar
ether
e?
A.Asmanyas17000
B.Asf ewas17000
C.Notmor ethan17000

2. Secondparagr
aph.Theov er
seasnursesandmi
dwi
ves
a.Comef r
om vari
ouscountri
es
b.Comef r
om mor ethanonecountr
y
c.Comef r
om all
ov ertheworl
d

3. Thi
rdparagr
aph.
a.Someappl icant
saretur
neddown.
b.Someappl icant
sarenotaccept
ed.
c.Al otofappli
cant
sareref
used

4. Thi
rdparagraph.
a.Engl
i
shl anguageski
l
lar
erat
herimportantforthej
ob
b.Engl
i
shl anguageski
l
lar
euseful
forthej ob
c.Engl
i
shl anguageski
l
lar
eessent
ialf
ort hejob

5. Fourt
hpar agr
aph.
a.NHSt r
ustdon’twantnursesf
rom countr
ieswheretheyareal
readybadl
yneeded
b.NHSt rusthaverefusedtoacceptnursesfrom countr
ieswheretheyarebadly
needed
c.NHSt r
usthaverespondedtorequest
sfrom countr
iesnottor
ecrui
tfrom t
hem

Exerci
se2 Kat a:vacancy
,compr omi
se,fast-
tr
act
,suffer
,rej
ect,sur
plus,t
erdapat
dalam textdi
atas.I
sisl
ahtit
ik-t
it
ikdal
am kali
matdibawahinidenganmenggunakan
katater
sebut:

 I
tisi
mportantnot …………standards
 Theneedisurgentsosomecandi datescanbe………..
 TheNHShasbeen………. .staf
fshor t
agesf orat
ime
 I
twil
lbealongt imebefore……….areal l
fil
led
 A………..
appli
cantscanstil
lapplythef ol
lowingy
ear.
 I
tisonl
yfairt
or ecrui
tfr
om countrieswi t
ha……….ofnur
ses
 JobAdvert
isement
UKemployersdonotusuallytakedir
ectappli
cat
ionsf r
om overseasnur
ses.Nor
mally
thi
sisdonet hr
oughanagencyinthecountri
esfr
om whi chnursesarebei
ngrecr
uit
ed.
Herear
esomeexampl eofjobscurr
entl
ybeingadvert
isedthr
oughanagency:

Nur singoppor t
uni t
iesi ntheUK:
Qual i
tyrecr uitmentl t
di sof f
eringav arietyofposi ti
oninal lareasoft heUKwe
hav et hef oll
owi ngpost sav ailablenow ( pl
easenot e:appl i
cantsshoul dbeel igi
blet o
registerwi t
hUKCC) .
Foranappl i
cantf orm, pleasesendabr iefcopyofy ourCVt o: Quali
tyRecr ui
tment
Ltd, 3Amol elane, EllenboroughLondonWCI .
1.Gener al medi ci
ne
Resear ch,t r
aditionandexcel lentpat hway sf orpr omot i
oni nlarget eachinghospi t
ali n
thehear tofLondon.Gr eatsubsi dizedaccommodat i
on.
2.Rehabi li
tati
onst af f
highl yr egardedhospi talonLondonout skir
tsseeksexper iencedr ehabili
tati
onst af
ff or
theirr ehab,uni tf r
iendl y,openst affpl usgoodwor kingcondi t
ionsat tracti
v ebenefits
suchasseasont icket sl oans,pensi onschemes,r estaurant,spor t
ingf acili
ti
esand
crècheav ail
able.
3.Clinical /nur ses’ specialist–ur ology
Smal lf ri
endlycent r
alLondonhospi tal.Postbasi ccour sei nUr ologyr equir
edposi ti
on
requi res a sel f-st arterand aut onomous pr actit
ioneras wi llrun own cl i
nic and
depar t ment .
4.Acci dentandEmer gency
Lar gehospi talinout lyingLondonar easeeksnur sesf orbothseni orandj uniorpositi
ons
acci dentandEmer gency .Fl exiblewor king,hol idaypayandpr eferentialratesatl ocal
gym.
VOCABULARY
Eligible: memenuhi per syaratankual if
ikasi danpengal amanker j
a.
Adv ertisement1
Pat hway sforpr omot ion: berbagaicar aunt ukkemaj uankar i
r.
Hear tofLondon: suat ut empatdi t
engahkot a.
Subsi di sedaccommot ion:sebagianpembay arandipenuhi olehper usahaan.
Adv ertisement2
Highl yr egar ded: memi li
ki r
eputasiy angbai k.
Londonout skirt:areat empatt i
nggal di daeraht empatpi nggirankot aLondon.
Benef its:keunt ungan.
Seasont icketl oans: kamiakanmemi njamkanuangunt ukmembel iti
ketkereta/busdenganj
angka
tertentusat ubul an, satut ahun,dst.
Crèche:t empatpeni tipananak/t amankanakkanak.
AEdxve
er
rc
tii
sse3
eme nt3
PIS
osI
L
tA–HT
basiI
cTcI
Ko-
uT
rI
sT
eIK
:ku D
rsA
uL
sAyM KA
angb eLI
r
aMA
dasTD
atuIB
tA
aWA
hapdHI
i N
ataI
sD
kuEN
r G
suA
sdNME .NGGUNAKANKATA-
asar
S elf
-s tarter: sese or angt
KATADALAM PEMBENDAHARAANKATA:elahme mi li
ki mo tivasid ant i
dakp erl
ud iberi
tahuapay angharusdi
l
akukan.Ma ny of t he…. ( meani ng: j obs av ail
able) abl e r api
d pr omoti
ons and
Adv ertisement4
Toseek:mencar isesuat u/seseor ang.
Flexiblewor king:wakt ubeker j
ay angt idakt etap.
Pref erent i
alr ates:l ebihmur ahdari yanghar usdibay arorangl ain.
opportuni
ti
esforper
sonaldevel
opment.Toattractt
her i
ght….(meani ng:peoplewho
apply),employer
sareoffer
ingallki
ndsoff….
(meani ng:advant
ages/ext
ras)incl
udi
ng
pensions,accommodati
onsat….(meaning:
cheaperthanotherpeoplehavetopay),

subsi
disedtravelt oandf rom workandhome,…. .(meaning:nur
seryf
ory oungchil
dren
)faci
li
ti
esandsoon. Mostl
y,employ er
sare……. .
.(meaning:l
ooki
ngf or)qual
if
ied
andexperi
encednur seswhocanwor k…. (meaning:bythemselveswit
houtsupervi
sion
)andhandler esponsibi
lit
ies.
Therearejobsal loverthecountryandthosei nLondonarebothinthecit
yaswel lasin
the….(meani ng: ontheedge)wher ethecostofli
vingislower.

Exer
cise4
MANAKAH DI ANTARAPERNYATAANDI BAWAHINIYANGBENAR?
Adver
tisement1:generalmedici
ne
1. Wepr ovi
deluxuryapart
mentsforst
aff.
2. Cheapaccommodat i
oni spr
ovi
ded,
3. Youf i
ndyourownaccommodat i
onandtheempl
oyer
spayf
ori
t.

Adver
ti
sement2:rehabil
i
tat
ionstaff
a. Thehospi
tal
isfamous.
b. Thejobof
fer
sf reetr
anspor
tati
on.
c. Thejobi
snotsui t
abl
efornurseswit
hyoungchi
l
dren.

Adver
ti
sement3:cl
ini
calnursespecial
i
st–Ur
ology
a. Thejobi
nvol
vestrai
ninginurol
ogy.
b. Thejobdemandstrai
ninginurol
ogy.
c. Thejobi
nvol
vesmanagement .

Adver
tisement4:acci
dentandemer gency
a. Thereisagym att
hehospi t
al.
b. Exerci
se5Thehospitalneedsnurseswithonl
yali
ttl
eexper
ience.
c. Ajuniornur
secanapplyforseniorposi
ti
onsatthi
shospi
tal
.

DIBAWAHI NIADALAHGAMBARANDETAI LTENTANGLAPANGANPEKERJAANDIUK.I SI

SLAH
TI
TIK-TI
TIKDALAM KALI MATBERIKUTDENGAN MENGGUNAKAN SALAH SATU KATA :BY,
WITH,ON,FOR,TO, I
N,FROM,OFF,THEN,(BEBERAPAKATADAPATDI
GUNAKANLEBI HDARI
SATUKALI).

UKempl oyersdonotusual l
ytakedi rectappli
cati
ons….ov er
seasnur ses.i
fyou
arenotcurrentl
y….TheUK need….Fi ndanur singagency….Yourowncount ryt hathasa
contr
act….Recruit
….Behal f….aUKempl oyer.
….Allcount r
iesyoushoul dlook….Adv erti
sement snursingjournal
sandnewspaper s
whichhavebeenpl aced….Agencies.Ifthereisnoagencyr ecr
uit
ing….Itmeanst hatno
UKempl oyersarecur rent
lylooki
ng….Staf finy ourcountry.Youwi l
lnotneed…appl y
….
Awor kpermi t.UKempl oyerswilldothat…y ou.Butyouwi l
lneedt oregister….The
 UKCC.

Rosi
tzaBr
oncheau–Bul
gar
iannur
se

Dibawahiniadal
ahbi
ografiseor
angper
awatBul
gari
ayangmelamarpeker
jaan
diUnitedKi ngdom.Gunakaninf
ormasidalam bi
ogr
afiunt
ukmenjawabpertanyaan
set
elahnya.

Whenshewasachi ld, Rosi tawant edt obeadoct ornotanur sebor non1stJul y

1973i nPl ov div.Herf ir
stmemor iesar eofpl ay ing“ doctor“–herf avouritegame.Fi rst
Sheuseherdol lsaspat ient sandl atersheusedherf r
iendswhi l
eherf atherl oungi ngi n
fr
ontoft heTVset ,Rosi tawoul dbandagehi sar m andl egs andpopat hermomet er
i
ntohi smout h.
Af terpr imar yschool ,ther ef ollowedf oury earsat27secondar yschoolVazov .
Rositawor kedhar dbutshedi dn’tl i
keacademi cwor kandsodi dnotdowel lenought o
becameadoct or.Howev er ,shescor edanav erageof5i nthedi plomaofcompl eted
secondar yeducat ionandt hiswasenoughf orhert ogeti nt
ot heMedi calUni versityi n
Sofiain1992t ot akeaBScdegr eei nnur si
ng.
Whi l
eshewasst udy i
ng,shef el
li nl ovewi thamedi calst udentcal ledI l
y a
botched.Theyhadashor tromanceandmar r
iedi n1994.I nsomeway sitwasami st ake,
ay earl ater,Ilyal ef tt owor ki nSy ria,felli
nl ov ewi thsomeoneel sewhi l
ehewast her e
t
h
andonJanuar y15 May1996 I lyaandRosi tawasdi scovered.Rosi t
awaspr egnant
wher eI l
yal ef tforAf ricaandon14th1995,shehadason,I van.Rosi t
akepthermar ri
ed
name.
Rosi ta’sf irstj obwasatt hePi rogueEmer gencyhospi tali nSof ia.Shest ay sf or
twoy ear s,get tingasmuchexper ienceaspossi bleandal soext endi ngherqual i
ficat i
ons
withaCer t
ificatei nOr t
hopaedi cNur si
ng.Sheal sost udiedEngl i
shi nherspar eti
meand
i
nOct ober1997shepassedt heCambr i
dgeFCE.Shel eftthePi roguei nNov ember1997
andt ookupapostasst affnur seatt heAl eksandr ov skHospi tal.Sheal somov edi nt oa
newf latatnumber ,Gur ovst reetSof i
a1602.
Allthi stime,I v anwasgr owi ngup.I twasdi f
f i
cultforRosi tatobeamot herand
haveacar eer .Moneywast ightand, whenshehear dt hatUKNHSt rustswer erecr uiti
ng
nursesf r
om out sidet heUK, shedeci dedt oappl yf oraj ob.
Hersi ster swasal readyi nEngl andand,besi des,Rosi t
awant edt ol eavebehi nd
unhappymemor ies, andmakeaf reshst art.Shedeci dedt hatifshegotaj obt here, she
wouldgoal one, set tl
eandsentf orI vanl at
er .

Exerci
se6
1.Lengkapi
Set
iapKal
i
matDi
bawahI
niDenganMemi
l
iha,
b,at
auc.
Rossit
za:
a.Hadasi ckfather
b.Pretendedherf at
herwassick
c.Tendedherf atherwhenshewassi
ck
2.WhenRossi t
zawasy oungershe:
a. Didnotwantanur se.
b. Didnotwantnur si
ng.
 c. Didnotwanttobeanur
se
4.AtschoolRossi
tzawas:
a. Anoutst
andingstudent
.
b. Awill
i
ngstudent.
c. Asuccess.
5.Il
yawenttoSyr
iain:
a. 1993
b. 1994
c. 1995
6.Ivanwasbor n:
a.AfterRossi t
zadivorce.
b.BeforeRossi tzadivor
ce
c.BeforeRossi tzawasmar r
ied
7.AtthePi gorov,Rossit
za:
a. Becamebet t
erquali
fi
ed
b. Becamequal i
fi
ed
c. Qual i
fiedasanur se
8.Rossitzasecondj obwas:
a.Asidewaysmove.
b.Thesameasherfi
rstj
ob.
c.Higherupt
hel
adder

9.Moneywas:
a.Hardtocomeby
b.Pl
enti
ful
c.Adequat
e

Execi
se7:Bacalahlapor
ansimul
asisi
ngkatdibawahinimengenaimasal
ahdir
umah
saki
taki
batpenngunaanper
awatyangbahasaasli
nyanon-
inggr
is.

Repor
t:
Date:august2003
VOCABULARY
Topop(somet hing):ungkapanr inganper cakapansehari
-hariy
angar ti
nyamemasukkan.
To scor e :memper ol eh,mer aih( suatu nilaiatau perangkat)
.Juga :“ skor suatu
tujuan/angka.
Tobepr egnant:hami l
,menant ikelahiranseorangbay i
.
Toext end:memper baiki danmeni ngkatkan.
Tot akeupapost:mul ai bekerj
adi j
abatantertent
u.
Moneyi sti
ght:kondisi keuangany angsul i
t,sudahti
dakmempuny aicukupuang.
T
PRos
OB e
Lt
t
Ele
M:me
WIng
THOatu
Vr
,me
ERS mb
EAuatn
SN UyRama nd
SESI anme
NT HENngH
en
Sall
ebi
hdekatdengant empatyangbaru.
 Readt
hist
extcar
eful
l
y
TheCur
rentsi
tuat
ion

Thenur singandmi dwi fer ycounci l( NMC)sayt hatt henumberofov erseasnur ses
applyingt ojoi
nt heUKr egi steri srising.TheNMCi swor ri
edt hatmanyoft heappl i
cants
cannotspeakEngl i
shwel lenought ocommuni catewi thpat i
ent sandst afftheNMChas
advisedt heNHSt hat“ Theyneedt oconsi dercar ef
ullyt helev eloflanguagecompet ence
andcommuni cationski ll
necessar yt odot hesaf et
yandef fecti
v ely”
.
Becausegoodcommuni cationi sanessent ialpar tofanur se`swor k,overseas
nursesmustbecompet enti nt hefol l
owi ngar eas:
Communi cati
ngwi t
hst aff( clearandaccur atespeaki ngandl i
steningandunder standing
andr ecordinginformat ionofav arietyofdi ff
erentty pes) .
Communi cati
ng wi t
h pat ients( under standing col l
oqui alexpr essions,accentand
dial
ect sandbei ngabl et ospeakEngl ishi nacl earandconf i
dentway )
Repor t
Problems
Ther eisaneedt oensur eprot ectionoft hepat ientsandatt hesamet imebef ai
rto
theappl icantsf r
om ov er seas.Appl i
cant sf r
om ov erseasshoul dknow whatt heyar e
goingt ofacei ntheUK.
Therei saneedf oraconsi stencyofst andar ds.
Therei saneedt oensur et hatov er seasnur sescanadoptt othepr ofessionalpract i
ces
i
nt heUK.Theyneedt owor kt othesamel ev
el asUK–t rai
nedpr actit
ioners.
Thei ssuesofl anguagear et hesamef ornur sesf rom t hePhi li
ppineast heyar e
nursesf rom Francebuti ti sdi ffi
cultfort heNMCt odemandl anguagecompet encef r
om
nursest rainedinEUcount r
ieswhent hatwoul dcont raveneEur opeanl awsoff reedom
ofmov ement .

RECOMMENDATI ONS
Thatal lnon-nati
ve speaki
ng appl
i
cants pass a language t
estr
egar
dless oft
heir
nati
onali
ty
Thatallrecr
uitednur
seshav eeasyaccesstotrai
ningschemesandotherprof
essi
onal
support.

Exer
cise8
1.Therepor
tsaysthat“theNMChasadv isedt
heNHS”
.Whatdoest
hismean?(
choose
fr
om a,b,
andc)
a. TheNHShasbeenadv i
sedbytheNMC
b. TheNMChasr eceivedadvi
sefrom t
heNHS
c. TheNHSareadv i
sedbyt heNMC

2.Thereportsay
sthat“communi
cat
ioni
sanessent
ialpar
tofanur
seswor
k”.I
not
her
words:(
choosefr
om a,b,
andc)
 a.
All
nursescommunicat
e
b.
All
nursesmustcommunicat
e
c.
Anurse`swor
kiscommunicati
on

3. Oneoft hepr obl

emsi s“ aneedf oraconsi st
encyofstandar ds”
.Thi smeans:(choosea,
b,andc)
a. St andar dsshoul dbet hesame.
b. St andar dscoul dbet hesame.
c. St andar dsar ethesame.
4. Ther epor tsay sthatt heNHS“ needt oensur ethatoverseasnur seswor ktothesame
l
evel asUKpr act
iti
oner s”thiscommenti sreferr
ingto:(
choosef rom a,bandc)
a. Language
b. Pr act i
ces
c. St andar ds
5. The “ easyaccesst ot raini
ng schemes”r ecommended byt he reportisthe same
as:(choosea, b,
andc)
a. Cour sest hatareeasyt ogetto
b. Cour sest hatareeasyt opass
c. Cour sest hatcanbedoneeasi l
y
6. To“ contrav eneEur opeanl awsoff reedom ofmov ement”woul dbet o:(choosea,b,and
c)
a.Fr eelybr eaklawssetbyt heEur opeanmov ement
b.Fr eelymov eawayf rom Europeanlaws
c.Br eakl awsaboutt hef reemov ementofEur opean

Exercise9
Dibawahi niter
dapatdaf
tarkatayangdi am r
gunakandal epor
t.Gunakankata–kat
a
tersebutunt
ukmengisit
it
ik-
ti
ti
kdal
am kal
i
matberi
kut
.Set
iapkataper
ludiubah.

Coll
oqui
al Appl
icants
Contr
avene Compet ence
Access Ef
fectiv
e
Consist
ency

1.Standardsofwor kare.
...
...
..
..
..Bypoorcommuni cati
on
2.Anur seneedst obea..
...
...
..
..
...
..
communi cator
3.Anur seneedsanunder standingofdialect
s,accents,i
dioms,and...
..
..
...
..
.
4.Standardsneedst obe...
..
..
...
..
..
..
.
5.Todemandl anguagecompet encewoul dbea. ..
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