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OverviewA high level of communicative skills is essential and expected for health care workers. Take Care is designed to give readers the strategies and tools to build, maintain, and repair communication within interactions that take place in health care settings. It is designed for students who are enrolled in health care training as well as nurses or health care workers who are already on the job but may want to improve their English. This text is designed to provide readers with a firm grasp of verbal and non-verbal communication strategies for more successful interactions. It will also help readers develop strategic competence by asking them to practice formulaic phrases needed to get things done. Carefully selected situations will also help readers to understand some of the social situations health care workers need to prepare for, such as apologizing, expressing condolences, or giving advice. Take Care breaks each unit into the following sections to teach readers new skills: Listening for Language Dialogue Vocabulary Communication Strategy Pronunciation Dialogue Review Role Plays End-of-Unit Discussion Culture Point This revised edition is updated to include information about pandemics, vaccines, and other medical developments. Audio files for the listening activities are available online. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nina Ito , Christopher MeffordPublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: The University of Michigan Press Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780472039357ISBN 10: 0472039350 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 31 July 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsThe design of language-based exercises with clear guidelines ensures that this book will appeal to ENP (English for Nursing Purposes) instructors from non-nursing backgrounds. It has the potential to build instructors' confidence in teaching cross-field knowledge, which is using English language in healthcare communication. . . It breaks the myth that nursing English is always academic, complicated, and deep. The book makes English for nurses easy to access and understand. - Sunshine State TESOL Journal, Ya-Yu Cloudia Ho, Kainan University in Taiwan "The design of language-based exercises with clear guidelines ensures that this book will appeal to ENP (English for Nursing Purposes) instructors from non-nursing backgrounds. It has the potential to build instructors' confidence in teaching cross-field knowledge, which is using English language in healthcare communication. . . It breaks the myth that nursing English is always academic, complicated, and deep. The book makes English for nurses easy to access and understand."" - Sunshine State TESOL Journal, Ya-Yu Cloudia Ho, Kainan University in Taiwan" Author InformationNina Ito is the Former Academic Coordinator of the California State University, Long Beach's American Language Institute and previously taught at the University of Southern California's International Academy. Christopher Mefford is the Director of Study Abroad @ The Beach at the California State University, Long Beach and Associate Professor of ESL at Coastline Community College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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