Career Paths: Nursing Class CDs

Career Paths English: Nursing is a new educational resource for nursing professionals. Reviewed by licensed nurses, it incorporates career-specific vocabulary and contexts into lessons that build professionals´ workplace English skills. Each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in four language components: reading, listening, speaking and writing. Career Paths English: Nursing addresses topics including hospital departments, basic equipment, specific illnesses, nursing duties and career options.

The series is organized into three levels of difficulty and offers over 400 vocabulary terms and phrases. Every unit includes a test of reading comprehension, vocabulary, and listening skills, and leads students through written and oral production.

Included Features

• A variety of realistic reading passages
• Career-specific dialogues
• 45 reading and listening comprehension checks
• Over 400 vocabulary terms and phrases
• Guided speaking and writing exercises
• Complete glossary of terms and phrases

The audio CDs contain all recorded material in British English.

Books 1-3 of Career Paths English: Nursing are rated for the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages at A1, A2 and B1 respectively.

Table of Contents:
Book 1
- Hospital staff
- Hospital departments
- Rooms and equipment
- The body
- Blood
- The Circulatory system
- The Respiratory system
- The Digestive system
- Physical assessment
- Recognizing symptomps
- Pain
- Medication
- Licensed practical nurse
- Registered nurse
- Nurse practitioner
- Glossary

Book 2
- Nutrition
- Hygiene
- Administering medication
- Admitting patients
- Taking vital signs
- Accidents, emergencies, and first aid
- Wound care
- Medical specimens, and testing
- Discharging patients
- Maternity nursing
- Pediatric nursing
- Surgical nursing
- Home health nursing
- Public health nursing
- Agency nursing
- Glossary

Book 3
- Schedules and hours
- Communicating with patients and families
- Chronic vs. acute conditions
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Heart disease
- Trauma and triage
- Communicating with staff
- IV care
- Preparing a patient for surgery
- Preventing infection
- OB/GYN nursing
- Geriatric nursing
- Psychiatric nursing
- Hospice nursing
- Glossary