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.

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OP, I have decided that you only need a few phrases for your Japanese student.

1. Don't touch anything!

2. I shouldn't be taking your money. Hire someone who knows what they are doing.

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Sorry guys!! My OCD just kicked in and wouldn't allow me to leave the word "interpreter" misspelled. You guys understand, right? ☺

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What an odd post. I have no idea what it means. "Nursing jurisdiction?" HUH?????

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Kind of like when a crime is committed in certain parts of the country. You have your local police already there securing the perimeter and investigating. Then, the FBI come out of nowhere with their black suits and black shades. They give each other dirty looks and then argue about whose jurisdiction the crime was committed on.

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Sorry guys!! My OCD just kicked in and wouldn't allow me to leave the word "interpreter" misspelled. You guys understand, right? ☺

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People are missing that requested dialogue is only for teaching purposes only- it is not a script for him to any way use in practice. So you are saying you don't know what you say to student nurses or anyone else that is a legitimate shadow so I'll make something up that you can't manage to do.

As far the purpose of this trip, I think its political and networking. As far as I can tell with some copied emails, the big boss knows some senior person in Sick Kids and wants everyone to know how connected he is. English is sexy in Japan so they don't take it seriously. However the nurse himself wants to gain something from the trip- maybe there are opportunities to have private chat with another nurse where an interpreter isn't available so this would help him then.

Are people happy with having an arrogant nurse either to treat them or work with them- someone who acts like they know everyone's job? I have never met a constantly sarcastic nurse.

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Is your last question rhetorical?

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People are missing that requested dialogue is only for teaching purposes only- it is not a script for him to any way use in practice. So you are saying you don't know what you say to student nurses or anyone else that is a legitimate shadow so I'll make something up that you can't manage to do.

As far the purpose of this trip, I think its political and networking. As far as I can tell with some copied emails, the big boss knows some senior person in Sick Kids and wants everyone to know how connected he is. English is sexy in Japan so they don't take it seriously. However the nurse himself wants to gain something from the trip- maybe there are opportunities to have private chat with another nurse where an interpreter isn't available so this would help him then.

Are people happy with having an arrogant nurse either to treat them or work with them- someone who acts like they know everyone's job? I have never met a constantly sarcastic nurse.

Get a hold of a nursing text maybe?What you are asking is unrealistic and non-existent. It's not like beginner French where they have a dialogues about ordering a coffee in a cafe or asking where the bathroom is located. You are creating drama and frustration where none exists. There is no answer to the dialogue you request as it does not exist especially in pediatric critical care. There is no way to pre plan such a shadowing, less so when posting on the general board with mostly non-Canadian nurses.

Between your two threads you received many valid and reasonable suggestions of resources to use. From review the information already provided by Sick Children's online, multiple helpful suggestions and resources from Dishes (who has been bending over backwards in TWO threads to guide you but you have been NOTHING BUT RUDE to this member) even a suggested text that may offer scenarios you seek for an English language learner.

Constantly snapping back, posting cryptic and unreasonable requests that you don't even seem to understand what you are asking, and essentially throwing a virtual temper tantrum is not the way to go about things. It's clear you are neither a qualified interpreter or translator but a former engineer that now instructs English as a second language (but where is unclear as you posted that your job at the nursing high school in Japan was eliminated after a single semester).

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I am so confused. If this visitor has a basic understanding of English (a thousand words?) and is here to shadow a nurse, what are you there for at all? I don't understand your purpose/role. If he can understand some English (spoken slowly), and many medical terms are already the same, then why wouldn't you just ask the nurse he is shadowing to speak slowly? I am really confused on your purpose if you truly can't translate and this guy can already understand some English. You don't speak Japanese or have any healthcare/nursing knowledge, so you seem even more at a disadvantage than he does...

If you are going to prep him beforehand I would just tell him a little about the area and hospital. See how familiar he is with greetings and simple conversational phrases in English. Explain the timeline of what yall are going to do. Assist in introducing him to people and explain to others that he needs to hear speech slowly to be able to comprehend. Ask him what he wants out of this experience.

I don't understand the need for specific pretend dialogue. Has someone asked you to come up with this? Did he request it?

A large community of online nurses are finding you confusing... I think he will also.

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O-M-G!!! Are we being punked?

"English is sexy in Japan so they don't take it seriously". These posts are making English sound very unsexy.

I don't have any experience with someone shadowing me, but I will tell you about my experience shadowing nurses.

I observed everything the nurse did. I made sure I was not in their way. If they told me to jump, I did.

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And I totally understand why!!

The answer to that question is that I was attached to a nurse high school in Japan to teach English. I was forced out after one term but I was trying hard to find relevant content at that time.
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