New Vocabulary

scrub nurse CV (curriculum vitae) fully-qualified to do a part-time course to work a night shift to apply for a job

хирургическая сестра резюме высококвалифицированный учиться в вечернее время работать в ночную смену подавать заявление о приеме на работу

11. Complete the sentences. Use the vocabulary above.

1. Your _______ says that you are working at City Hospital.

2. Are you a __________ scrub nurse?

3. At the moment I’m doing a __________course and working at the same time.

4. It’s hard, especially when I am working a ______ ______ and going to lectures next day.

5. Why are you _________ a new job?

1. Listen to the dialogue “A job interview”.

I = Interviewer

R = Rachel

I	Ok Rachel, let’s start the interview with a few questions. Your CV says that you are working at City Hospital.
R	Yes, in the operating theatre.
I	Are you a fully-qualified scrub nurse?
R	Not yet. At the moment I’m doing a part-time course and working at the same time. I’m preparing for the exams, which are next month. It’s hard, especially when I am working a night shift and going to lectures next day.
I	Tell us about your job. What do you do every day?
R	Well, I assist the surgeons. I prepare the instruments for surgery and I help with the operations.
I	What do you like best about being a scrub nurse?
R	I like watching operations, but it’s the contact with the patients that is most rewarding.
I	So, why are you applying for a new job?
R	Well, I’m very happy in my job, but I want more responsibility

13. Answer the questions to the dialogue.

1. Where is Rachel working now?

2. What part of the hospital does she work in?

3. What does she do every day?

4. What does she like best about being a scrub nurse?

5. Why is she looking for a new job?

14. Read the information.

The nursing profession in the uk

In Britain, every nurse is on a grade (ранг). The grade depends on experience and skills, and each grade has different responsibilities and pay. On the bottom grades are unqualified auxiliary nurses who do the routine work on hospital wards. On the top grades are nursing officers, who are usually administrators.

Auxiliary nurses are on the bottom grades, but student nurses get the lowest pay. However, students don't stay at the bottom of the pay scale forever. When they qualify, they start working on a middle grade. As they get experience, they can get promotion and move up the ranks to become staff nurse, then sister (charge nurse if a man), and perhaps eventually nursing officer.

Many nurses work shifts, and often they work overtime (сверхурочно) to earn more money. After basic training, many nurses choose to do further study and become specialists. Nurses can specialize in many different fields there are triage nurses working in Casualty, and psychiatric nurses who treat the mentally ill. There are health visitors who visit patients in their own homes, practice nurses working in GPs' surgeries, and mid wives who deliver babies.

Many of them say they do not get enough pay and respect for the work they do. They say that the work is physically and mentally hard, that they work long hours and get very tired. But they also say that there are many great rewards which have nothing to do with money.

15. Number these jobs from the highest grade to the lowest. (Two of them are equal.)

    1. charge nurse

    2. nursing officer

    3. auxiliary nurse

    4. sister

    5. staff nurse

16. Complete the sentences according to the text above.

1. In Britain, every nurse is on a ________.

2. Many nurses work _______.

3. Often they work _______ to earn more money.

4. Nursing officers, who are usually __________.

5. Triage nurses work in _______.

17. Make up a dialogue between a nurse and a girl going to enter medical college. Discuss the nursing profession. (Is it a well-paid job? Is it hard to work as a nurse?...)

18. Read and translate the text.