Nurul Arifah, S.Pd., S.Kep., Ns., M.

Tefl
Things to Do:
 Introduce yourself to a hospital team
 Read a nursing schedule
 Meet patients and their visitors
1. Introducing Yourself to Hospital Team
Dale is an emergency nurse from the Nurse Pro
Agency. He is a Canadian but he (1)… (not live) in
Canada. He (2)… (live) in the UK now and he (3)…
(work) here too. Dale (4)… (have) two friends at this
hospital; Peter and Marcus; but he (5)… (not work)
the same shifts as them. “I (6)… (have) classes during
the day,’ he says, ‘and so I usually (7)… (work) during
the night shift.’
2. Reading a Nursing Schedule
 Telling the Time:
 Nurses use the twelve-hour clock when they talk to
patients, visitors, and colleagues
 eg: 12.00 : twelve o’clock ; 15.00 : three o’clock pm

 Nurses often use the 24-hour clock for schedules,

documents, and charts
 eg: 08.20 : eight twenty ; 14.00 : fourteen o’clock
3. Meet Patient and Their Visitors
 Visitors’ Note (Please do not)
1. Touch the wounds, drips, catheters, or medical
equipment
2. Visit more than two at a time
3. Use the patient’s toilet
4. Bring flowers into the wards
5. Visit the hospital if you are suffering from a bad cold,
flu, diarrhea, and/or vomiting
6. Bring children under 12 to visit (unless agreed in
advance)
3. Meet Patient and Their Visitors (2)
 Visitors’ Note (Please do)
1. Visit between 2.30 pm and 8.30 pm
2. Turn off your mobile phone on the wards
3. Wash your hands when you enter and leave the ward
4. Extinguish all cigarettes before you arrive at the
hospital
5. Use the chairs provided
6. Speak to the ward nurse if there is a problem
Politeness in Asking
 Excuse me, please sit on the chairs provided.
 I’m sorry, you can’t sit in the patient’s bed.
English for Nursing 1 (Vocational English Course Book) page 4-9