Teaching visiting Japanese nurse

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I am teaching English to a Japanese paediatric ICU qualified nurse who is visiting Toronto for 9 days of which 2 are professional. One day will be shadowing a nurse on the ward and the other day with one of paediatrics or cardiovascular or diabetic something like that- its being decided by very busy the senior anaesthetist doctor- three doctors in the travel party. Any thoughts on the terminology or expressions that would useful? I'm not medically trained but I did biology in high school. He is also visiting Los Angeles for two days of professional training.

IEN is no longer run by CPAC rather CARE runs it- any suggestion as who to contact in CARE.

Our Staff - CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses

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I believe you can email any of the Toronto care staff, they should be able to direct you to the language and communications educator.

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He confirmed today that the hospital is paying for his trip, hotel stay and transportation.

He had trouble with questions similar to contained in English for nursing/nurses - Common nursing vocabulary 1 - Vocabulary training test although he was very tired with 3 hours sleep from doing a night shift.

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He will not be allowed to do any hands on patient care so there is no need to review English that focuses on patient care. In my opinion, he needs to know what his emplyer hopes he will gain from the visit. Often when employers pay for trips, they expect nurses to share information from the trip with their work colleagues.

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Here is CARE full nonhelpful reply:

Hello again. We are funded by the Ontario government to work with IENs who become members of our bridge training program, so there's not too much enhanced material we can offer until that relationship exists. I assume you visited our website to find my name, but you could also consider a one-year subscription to CoursePark which has over 140 nursing courses recognized in Canada, Quebec and the U.S. for professional development, for an annual subscription of around $30: CoursePark Learning Network for Nurses

All internationally educated nurses, hoping to become registered and practice nursing in Canada, are required to successfully complete either IELTS or CELBAN.

You might consider directing your client to one of the IELTS or CELBAN preparatory classes.

Additionally mastering the language of the workplace can also be a challenge for IENs. CARE Centre has developed a special online course, Language and Communication for Nurses Foundations, designed for nurses with an English language proficiency level of Canadian Language Benchmark 5 and 6. The course requires a minimum of 35 hours of independent study time. The course also helps to develop online learning proficiency and improve computer skills – must-have knowledge for the profession in Canada. Check out the following link for additional information regarding language and communication for nurses.

LCN Foundations

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Can you suggest a sample interaction so I do a few of my own. The hospital is Saitama Children's Medical Centre which is a government hospital.

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