Guia docente 2023_24
Escola Universitaria de Enfermaría de Ourense
Grado en Enfermería
 Subjects
  Modern language: Technical english
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Introduction to the terminology of Health.
1.1 Admitting patients. Parts of the body.
1.2 Patients after an operation. Pain.
1.3 Terminally ill patients. Feelings.
1.4 The district nurse. Wounds.
1.5 Rehabilitation.
1.6 Mobilising patients. Mobility aids.
1.7 Medical imaging.
1.8 Diabetis.
2. Analysis and understanding of specific texts. 2.1 Scientific texts and translation.
2.2 Bibliographic Research.
2.3 Grammatical structures:
-Verbal tenses.
-Quantifiers.
-Adjectives.
-Conjunctions and prepositions.
-Pronouns.
-Relatives.
-Modal verbs.
-Etc.
3. Reading and comprehension 3.1 Reading.
3.2 Main ideas.
3.3 Questions about the text.
3.4 Composition
4. Seminars. 1. UNIT 1. The admission of the patient.
• Vocabulary exercises, listening and role play of nurse-patient situations.
•Listening on "pain" and comprehension exercises (written and oral).
Timing (approximately three hours).
2. UNIT 2. Patients after an operation.
• Vocabulary exercises, listening and role play of nurse-patient situations.
•Bibliographic search. Reading and understanding of an abstract related to nursing.
Timing (approximately three hours).
3. UNIT 3. Terminal patients.
• Vocabulary exercises, listening and role play of nurse-patient situations.
•Watch a chapter of “Nurse Jackie” and listening comprehension exercises.
Timing (approximately three hours).
4. ORAL EXHIBITIONS.
•Exhibition of work done at home in groups. 25-30 minutes each group. Questions at the end, both by the students and the teacher.
Timing (approximately two hours).
5. UNITS 4 AND 5. The district nurse. Rehabilitation.
• Vocabulary exercises, listening and role play of nurse-patient situations.
•Listen to the opinions of people from different countries about alternative medicine. Listening compression exercises (oral and written).
Timing (approximately three hours).
6. UNIT 6. Movement of patients with mobility difficulties.
• Vocabulary exercises, listening and role play of nurse-patient situations.
•Reading of scientific text and translation.
•Reading of a nursing article, presentation of the different expressions and finally, writing an essay about the different opinions, proposing actions for improvement.
Timing (approximately three hours).

The subtopics may vary depending on the level of the group.
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