Task 2. Use the information in the text to complete the sentences with a, b or c.

Сестринское дело 2 курс

Практическое занятие №47.Обучение использованию лексического материала по теме «Приемное отделение больницы».

1. Лексический минимум

1. apply for a job

2. fully-qualified

3. lecture

4. night shift

5. part-time

6. promotion

7. qualifications

8. rank

9. responsibility

10. rewarding

11. specialize

12. auxiliary nurse

13. consultant

14. nursing officer

15. midwife

16. lab technician

17. paramedic

18. porter

19. scrub nurse

20. deliver

21. support

22. examine

23. treat

24. medical staff

25. first aid

26. emergency

27. duties

28. experience

29. charge nurse

30. staff nurse

The Hospital Staff

Task 1. Read and translate the text:

A big hospital is like a small town; it needs thousands of people to make it work. All these people are organized into teams and each person in each team has a rank and often a specialism. In the past, the health care team’s chain of command was simple: doctors made decisions and gave senior nurses orders. Senior nurses then instructed junior nurses, and so on. Things are changing. In many countries nurses have much more responsibility than they once had.

One thing is not changing; it is still a doctor who is in charge of a patient’s treatment. In Britain, that doctor is called a consultant. Next in line to the consultant is the registrar. Consultants and registrars train the junior doctors who are called house officers or interns. Junior doctors work the same long, unsocial hours that nurses do on the wards. The most senior nurses are nursing officers; they are administrators. Then come ward managers who supervise staff nurses and students.

It is not only doctors and nurses who deliver treatment and care; there are many other specialists too. For example, there are physiotherapists who specialize in exercises to treat injury or dysfunction and occupational therapists who help patients manage every-day living. There are also many people the patient does not meet like lab technicians doing the tests and pharmacists dispensing medicines.

Like any town, a hospital has teams of office staff and ancillary workers such as porters, orderlies, technicians, drivers, cleaners, receptionists and cooks. Every team is essential for the delivery of treatment and care. This includes the volunteers who, without pay, raise money for the hospital and run shops, cinemas, libraries and restaurants.

Task 2. Use the information in the text to complete the sentences with a, b or c.

1. A hospital is like a small town because ________ .

a) it’s busy.

b) it’s full of different kinds of people.

c) there are so many buildings.

2. The difference between now and the past is that _________ .

a) nursing is easier.

b) nurses make more decisions.

c) nurses work harder.

3. Consultants and nursing officers are both ________ .

a) senior staff.

b) house officers.

c) in charge of a patient’s treatment.

4. Ward managers are________ .

a) nurses.

b) office workers.

c) senior doctors.

5 Lab technicians and pharmacists _____________ .

a) deliver treatment and care.

b) work in the background.

c) help the specialists.

6 Hospital volunteers are __________.

a) sometimes needed.

b) paid well.

c) essential.

Task 3. Answer the questions:

1. How the work at a big hospital is organized?

2. How was organized the work in the past?

3. What kind of work does the hospital staff do? (Doctors, nurses, lab technicians and others)

4. What is the hospital team essential for?

Task 5. Complete the sentences with the words from the list.

qualified nursing officers promotion part-time apply for a job auxiliary nurses rewarding specialize

1 are on the bottom grade. 2 often work in administration. 3 The new job is a for her. 4 Psychiatric nurses in mental health. 5 You can do a course while you work. 6 You need to send a CV when you . 7 Contact with patients can be very . 8 We are looking for well staff.