The eight standalone units cover essential areas of nursing such as admitting a patient to hospital, caring for a diabetic patient, taking patient observations and dealing with relatives and carers. Emphasising speaking and listening, the authentic tasks and activities are based on everday nursing scenarios making the course immediately relevant and motivating.

The course requires no specialist knwledge on the part of the treachers as comprehensive Teacher's Notes are available free to download online. The book contains a comprehensive answer key and audioscript making it ideal for self-study students who may not have time to attend a teacher-led course.

Cambridge English for ... is a series of short courses for different areas of English for Specific Purposes. Written for professionals by professionals they combine the best in ELT methodology with real professional practice. Other titles in the series include Engineering, Job-hunting, the Media and Nursing Intermediate to upper intermediate.