In Person English for Nurses Courses
Our List of In Person
English for Nurses Courses
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English for Nurses
This course focuses on the challenges that Nurses face when they are required to use English as their working language on the wards. These include: the differences in medical culture between countries and how to successfully diagnose patients, both surgically and medically (e.g. diabetes, asthma, COPD and wound/pain management).
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Students will also learn about the patient admission process, as well as patient discharge. During the course, nurses will have the opportunity to discuss with our tutors the specific issues they face where they work. Our friendly tutors will help them to talk through these issues and offer practical advice based on many years of experience working in hospitals.
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At the end of the course, our students are more confident and better equipped to handle the unique pressures of working in a foreign environment with foreign patients and colleagues.
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An Introduction to British Nursing Culture
The nursing culture in Britain is renowned worldwide for its professionalism and high standards. However, if you come from a different nursing background, it can be a challenge to adapt to this unique system.
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The team at “English for Nurses” (a network of overseas and British nurses) would like to share their experience with you! This course was written to help students to better understand the nursing system and the role of nurses in the UK.
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During the course, students will learn about the history of nursing in the UK, the role of nurses, and the nursing hierarchy (i.e. who’s who). We will also discuss patient care, hospital documentation (e.g. care-plans, risk assessment and evaluation reports), how to use a drug chart, and the importance of communication skills within nursing. Later in the day, we take the time to explore career opportunities in UK nursing (and how to progress) and the special role of our overseas network.
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Students will have plenty of opportunities to practice their language skills, learn useful phrases and expand their vocabulary to assist them in their everyday working life.
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English for Midwives
English for Midwives” enables Midwives to communicate effectively with expectant mothers and support them in the challenging situations of labour and birth.
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This course covers the mother’s admission, all three stages of labour, and aftercare (i.e. skin, belly button and breast care, caring for a newborn baby, and sending the new mother home with her newborn).
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After completing the workshop, Midwives are better equipped to positively support mothers in this extreme situation to produce a beautiful outcome.
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English for Emergency Care Nurses
This course is aimed primarily at nurses working in accident and emergency departments.
The course covers patient admission, patient observation, the ABDCDE of trauma, neurological and cardiovascular issues as well as pre and post operative assessment. Topics of conversation will include aspects of intensive, emergency, and general nursing care.
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Come along and learn!
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English for Hospital Administrators
This course covers the whole process of patient admission and enables Hospital Administrators to lead patients through their procedures. By attending this course, students will be better equipped to explain to patients about important issues such as foreign health insurance, the medical team, and who will be responsible for each part of their stay.
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Our experienced tutors will advise students about how to talk to foreign patients to enable them to feel comfortable while staying in hospitals outside their own countries.
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After completing this course, Hospital Administrators will have the confidence to liaise with their patients in a confident and professional manner, including how to deal with foreign patients and their families on the telephone.
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English for Intensive Care
English for Intensive Care” focuses on the challenges of working in an intensive care unit.
This course will enable you to communicate with your patients and their relatives in a confident and professional manner. Topics for discussion will include neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal disorders as well as pre- and post operative assessments. Students will also learn about the holistic approach to intensive care nursing.
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Our friendly and enthusiastic tutors have years of direct experience in this area and will help to equip you with communication skills and vocabulary that can be directly applied to your working life.
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Lernen & Forschen i.d. Pflege - an introduction in English
This course will enable student nurses to read, understand and work with scientific papers in English.
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The course will emphasise the importance of the English language as a key-factor in nursing research. Student nurses will receive an introduction to the research process and evidence based care. Our experienced tutors will also lead the students through discussions around global issues and critical appraisals.
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English for International Disaster Nursing
This course has been written for the German Army Hospitals (Bundeswehr) and focuses on the element of communication for Nurses who work in extreme situations in a multi disciplinary and multi-cultural team.
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The course covers patient admission, patient observation, the ABDCDE of trauma, neurological and cardiovascular issues as well as pre and post operative assessment. Topics of conversation will include aspects of intensive, emergency, and general nursing care.
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This workshop is offered as a complete and comprehensive learning aid and can be completed in 2 days under the leadership of our experienced and enthusiastic tutors.
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Deutsch für Pflegende
This course has been written for international nurses who have started (or are due to start) their nursing careers in German-speaking countries.
Our tutors will enable the students gain a good understanding of nursing and medical terminology in German. For more information, please check our German website.
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Here’s a short video made by The City of Zurich, which showcases our workshop “Deutsch für Pflegende” and will give you a quick insight into the way we work.
English for Doctors
This is a general course written for doctors of all disciplines. It covers patient admission, ward rounds, and the language necessary for doctors to speak to patients suffering from diabetes, asthma and cardiovascular and neurological problems.
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Other important aspects of the workshop include: pre and post operative assessment and instruction in how to speak to a patient’s relatives in a sensitive and respectful way. Finally, we will cover the patient discharge process. This course will enable doctors to communicate with their patients in a confident and professional manner.
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English for Paediatric Nurses
This course focuses on the unique challenges that Paediatric Nurses face on the wards when they are required to use English as their working language.
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Dealing with international children as patients – as well as with their parents – can be a huge challenge for ward-staff. This course will help nurses to explain to Mum and Dad their child’s situation. Patient admission will be a primary focus of the course. Our tutors will also lead discussions about neonatal nursing.
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Finally, students will have the opportunity to explore the issues of pain and the critical care of children who require the assistance of healthcare professionals.
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English for Nurses: Basics
This language workshop has been written for nurses who have very limited knowledge of English. With this audience in mind, the language of nursing has been broken down into simple sentences, phrases and keywords to enable basic – yet professional – communication with English-speaking patients. The course begins with a ‘warming-up’ session, which focuses on simple grammar and sentence construction. Later, our friendly and knowledgeable tutors will lead the class through several important topics relating to basic nursing-care (including Pain Management and Wound-Care), in order to equip the students with phrases and vocabulary that will be essential when communicating safely with international patients.
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English for Operating Theatre Staff
This course focuses on the challenges that Nurses and Doctors face when they are required to use English as their working language in the Operating Theatre. These include: differences in medical culture between countries, how to operate successfully, and how to look after patients while they are undergoing surgery. The content of the course includes: the preoperative phase, the operative phase, the recovery phase, the postoperative phase, giving a blood transfusion & haematology, and giving a patient handover to an international colleague. A complete pathway for surgical patients will be discussed with our usual mixture of fun, hard work and professionalism. During the course Nurses and Doctors will also have the opportunity to talk to our tutors about any specific issues they face.
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An Introduction to Vital Signs Monitoring
SBAR, Sepsis, Shock, Hypotension, Diabetes and Pyrexia – What Does It All Mean?
This workshop enables healthcare assistants to improve their clinical knowledge and work more proactively alongside nurses and doctors on the wards. The course is aimed at HCAs who work in a general nursing environment or in mental health facilities. Initial discussions cover core procedures and documentation used by nurses, such as NEWS and SBAR. Later in the workshop, we help students to understand and recognise key conditions, including shock, sepsis, hypotension, diabetes and pyrexia. Finally, our tutors will explain how to correctly monitor vital signs in a hospital setting and give students the chance to apply their new knowledge in a practical exercise. Graduates of this workshop will feel better equipped to identify warnings signs, communicate with patients and staff, and respond to requests for help from the clinical workforce.
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As with all our courses, this interactive workshop is taught by active nurses with many years of experience working on clinical wards. Our friendly and knowledgeable tutors will be on hand to answer any individual questions or concerns that may have arisen for students during the course of their work.
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English for Psychiatric Nurses
This workshop is aimed at psychiatric nurses and other healthcare professionals working in the complex fields of psychiatry and social work. During the course of the day, our friendly and experienced tutors will lead the group through discussions of key topics, including admission, basic nursing care, psychiatric disorders, and substance abuse. Later in the day, we move on to the challenging subject of social support and how to communicate when screening for domestic and sexual abuse. Each section covers key terminology, conversation skills and clear examples of how to approach the situations that psychiatric nurses are likely to face on a day-to-day basis. By the end of the workshop, our graduates will feel better equipped to communicate effectively and sensitively in English with their international service-users.
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The ultimate aim of all our courses is to enable students to directly apply their new English language skills and vocabulary to their working life. Our tutors are active nurses with many years of experience working on clinical wards. They will be available to answer any specific questions or concerns that may have arisen for students during the course of their work. Our workshops are intensive, fun, rewarding, and supported by a comprehensive handout for each student.
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English for Medical Assistants
This course covers the patient admission process in its holistic way. In addition to the patient admission this course will cover units from the emergency care as well as pre- and post operative assessment. Wound management and diabetes will also be included as well as patient discharge.
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Our experienced tutors will advise students about how to talk to foreign patients to enable them to feel comfortable while staying in hospitals outside their own countries.
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After completing this course, medical assistants will have the confidence to liaise with their patients in a confident and professional manner.
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English for Physiotherapists
English for Physiotherapist” focuses on working with international patients, who have to have physiotherapy to recover from their injuries or supporting their mobility.
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This course will enable the physiotherapists to communicate with their patients in a confident and professional manner. Topics for discussion will include patient assessment, physical examination, working with mobility aids, neuromusculoskletal disorders as well as neurological and respiratory illneses. We will also discuss of how to make an appointment in English and invite the patient back to the outpatient clinic. With lots of enthusiasm and fun this course will be taught to the group.
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Deutsch für Ärzte
This course has been written for international doctors who have started (or are due to start) their clinical careers in German-speaking countries.
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Our tutors will enable the students gain a good understanding of medical terminology in German.
For more information, please check our German website.
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Pflege im internationalen Kontext
Pflege im internationalen Kontext (PIK) is a course for German speaking nursing professionals and is therefore taught only in German. This workshop offers an insight into Anglo and American nursing cultures, and emphasises the professionalism and autonomy of nurses. Due to globalisation, nursing is becoming increasingly international, creating new opportunities for the nursing profession.
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For more information, please visit our German website.
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Einführung in FGM (German)
This course is for German speaking nursing professionals and is therefore taught only in German. The workshop offers an insight into how the United Kingdom deals with the horrendous issue of FGM after a change in the law, and will also include discussions about what FGM means for nurses and other healthcare professionals, and which guidelines need to be followed to eradicate FGM.
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For more information please visit our German website
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English for Study Nurses
This workshop covers how to speak professionally on the telephone, how to make an appointment, and how to understand dates and times in English. Email communication is also a vital component of this course. Students will learn key words, phrases, and commonly used abbreviations in nursing and medicine. There will also be time to revise some of the fundamentals of English grammar.
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This workshop is aimed at professionals who work closely with medical consultants and who are a part of the research team. Students who attend this course might not be nurses. For example, they may have backgrounds as medical assistants.
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The course lecturer will guide the group through these key topics with plenty of energy and enthusiasm, which is typical of all of our courses.
Come along and learn English for Study Nurses!
English for Nurse Managers and Human Resources Staff
English has become an indispensable tool of communication for people working in management and administrative roles in healthcare settings all around the world. This course is aimed at nurse managers and human resources staff who use English when working with international staff members from the recruitment phase through to day-to-day life on the wards.
After a vibrant discussion about the importance of English in healthcare, we’ll explore many key themes, including the responsibilities of nursing management, human resources, the hospital structure, international recruitment, interviews, and clinical nursing terminology. By the end of the course, students will feel much better equipped to deal with the unique challenges of communicating in English with their international workforce.
Another main area of focus will be how to speak English at conferences. This section of the course will help you to develop the necessary vocabulary, techniques and confidence to deliver professional presentations about management and research projects. Our friendly and enthusiastic tutor has years of experience as an overseas registered nurse, teacher of clinical English, and has spoken at many international nursing events.
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