Everyday English for International Nurses: A Guide to Working in the UK

by Chris Brooker and Joy Parkinson

This book helps nurses coming to work in the UK for the first time to communicate with patients and staff. Covering a range of subjects, its main purpose is to explain colloquial language that patients might use but is not found in conventional dictionaries e.g. 'to spend a penny' or 'trouble with the waterworks'.
In addition to communication skills it contains practical advice on becoming registered, nursing in the UK and the organization of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443073996
• ISBN13: 9780443073991
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.4"