What would say to a nurse shadowing you

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If you had a nurse who was not registered in your jurisdiction and thus could not have patient contact, how would you interact with them? Preferably paediatric nursing but general ward is fine. I am English teacher and wish to put some real content into my lesson. Thanks in advance.

So just answer follow this scenario and answer this question to the best of your ability- You are a nurse working in a hospital- preferably pediatrics. A foreign country nurse has pre-arranged with the head nurse to shadow you as you work. What do you say to direct him? (Don't look for what you think I really need to be told.)

Okay, this makes sense. Congrats on the baby, now get some sleep, you really need it. There's some really smart nurses here that may be able to help, but I don't see how we could pre script what we would say. Our job is more reactive, if that makes sense. Good luck.

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I am reading that you are asking for specific dialogue?

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Yes- specific dialogue but you could just write down something you told your student nurse or new hireling.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

You've been a member of a NURSING group for 4 years and you're not a nurse, not even a student? May I ask why?

Thank you for much more relevant reply.

Apparently the extra detail that was requested was confusing (and mainly irrelevant) but accurate.

You are wrong- I am an English teacher who is being paid a low wage, not a nurse- the country is Canada. English is my first language. Currently I am using generic medical English sources. I had some prior contact with nurses. I don't know who he will meet. A big problem is the organization is through the head doctor, who is on first name basis with the hospital contact, is very busy and possible won't be of any help with the hospital. Especially given he is a doctor and has two doctors to assist- don't know their English level. Its Japan- little chance of anyone having high English ability in the hospital.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

I don't understand what YOUR role in your scenario is. You're not the nurse OR the shadowee, why would you be interested in knowing what a NURSE would do in this situation?

So just answer follow this scenario and answer this question to the best of your ability- You are a nurse working in a hospital- preferably pediatrics. A foreign country nurse has pre-arranged with the head nurse to shadow you as you work. What do you say to direct him? (Don't look for what you think I really need to be told.)
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You've been a member of a NURSING group for 4 years and you're not a nurse, not even a student? May I ask why?

That's a good question

OP, we may use some common terms in our charting (eg; patient alert and oriented x 3, no needs voiced at this time, dressing clean and dry, etc) but what we would tell someone shadowing us would be specific to that patient, that issue and that unit. I really don't see how it could be relevent.

But, it's not my place to judge so I'll give you one:

"You see Mr. X's blood pressure isn't bad, but it's been trending down. I'll set the machine to check BP every 15 min and keep an eye on it. If it doesn't stabalize, I'll notify the doctor."

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

I think that as an English teacher who is probably unfamiliar with medical terminology, you have an almost impossible task on your hands. My best advice to you would be to ask the hospital to hire a medical translator to accompany the nurse and doctors from Japan. You are not going to teach anyone English overnight. It seems that your English isn't fluent to begin with so it makes the task even harder. Are you from a part of Canada where French is the first language?

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Okay, I understand now. But I have to say, your writing is not very clear, and I don't think it's because you're from Canada. We have a lot of Canadian participants here, and I don't have this much difficulty interpreting their posts.

At any rate, I would be sure to tell them that the hospital coffee is swill, and that's why I keep some good coffee in the freezer. I'd give them a quick walk through tour of the unit, then shoo them out the door.

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"If you had a nurse who was not registered in your jurisdiction and thus could not have patient contact, how would you interact with them?"- is this not extremely simple and direct question to a Nurse's forum.

I missed this post. I would suggest to remember who is asking for help here and turn down the (percieved) attitude. And yes, it is a direct question, but it is far from a simple question to answer. "What is the maning of life" is a direct question that has no simple answer (unless you are a fan of absurd literature (42)).

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
I missed this post. I would suggest to remember who is asking for help here and turn down the (percieved) attitude. And yes, it is a direct question, but it is far from a simple question to answer. "What is the maning of life" is a direct question that has no simple answer (unless you are a fan of absurd literature (42)).

The original thread might help,

https://allnurses.com/nursing-in-canada/teaching-visiting-japanese-1015679.html

However what the OP is asking is neither simple nor direct it's nearly impossible. Shadowing depends on the patient at the time, work environment, conditions, level of acuity, specific hospital unit. No one here can answer this query, even if we were the floor nurse being shadowed we could not pre-script a report or conversation. This Japanese does not need an English teacher but a credentialed Japanese/English or Japanese/French medical translator. You cannot learn English medical terminology in a job shadowing tourist experience.

The local facility that had visiting medical professionals hired a certified medical translation professional for this situation so it could be a dialogue with questions & responses as well as an overview of the job & facility.

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This may not be realistic for someone without a background check or part of a formal schooling (nursing or medical school) program. The hospital I work at would never consent to an activity like this. Students in the community who are interested in shadowing medical personnel have to do so through a summer program or a formal camp. Many facilities are wary of experiences like this because there is no way to screen the people taking part if they're not employees. Nothing against your students but I would refer him to a job fair or something formal at a community college or something like that.

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I just don't think shadowing at this point is a good idea if his core English is poor, let alone be thrown in a medical setting. It's hard enough to work as a nurse let alone take time to work through a language barrier with someone who is to shadow (which is mainly WATCHING.)

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Specializes in Critical care.

Ok here's my best guess ... The post is from an ESL teacher in Japan, trying to prepare a nurse for a trip to Sick Kid's in Toronto. They want to know some common phrases that would be used in a nursing situation, so she can prep the totally clueless nurse as to canned responses. I agree with the post that said hire a medical translator, although many medical terms used in Japan are English, the rest of the sentence would be brutalized. Come here to Hawaii for the nurses shadowing, I can think of a dozen Japanese speaking nurses that I could pair that poor person with. Another thought is to contact Toronto, and see if any of the nurses there speak Japanese, and assign that person as the buddy. "Cortana what is Japanese for, please do not touch the patient you are not licensed here."

Cheers

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