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Fleremee
iVigErtingate
(1820*.l910)
wasthe founderof
m od er.ir:h uR] rtg. She d Am-atical ly i
m proved -- ndatio;t,..for soidiersin fieldhospitals,
andeducateap.opL rUort
the.importa:rrce,of
hygiere,Shesavedthousa,ndsoi iives
a nd became veryfamous.Shelaterstarted
her own
training collegefor nurses,
andwrote manybookson
nursing.

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Readthe articie and decideifthese
sentencesare true
(T)or false (F).
i

The more responsibilityyou have,the

higher
your grade.-2 Nursing off cersarethe same as
auxiliary nurses.
3 Students are paid }essthan auxiliary
nurses
4 A charge nurse is a man
5 There are not marry opportunities
for British nurses
to specialize
Many nursessaythat the job is rewarding,
but
the payis low.=._-

Number thesejobs from the highest grade (1)

to
the lowest (4).Two of them a.e equall
a chargenuise
b

nursing offcer

c auxiliarynurse
d slster
e staffnulse

2W

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.

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One hundred and fifn yearsaso, nurses

r'.ere.urrpaid, trntrained,and u"npopuJar;
but then Florence Nghringale made
nursing into a profession.The methods
she inrroducedin the 1850sirere copjed
all over the rvorld, and nor*-nursing is
a
career rl'lth a three- or four_-,.eartriining,
qua1ifications, grades,qniqns,,4nd
:=-._:rpenslOnS

In Britain, e\.'erynurse is on a grade. The

grade dependson experienceind skills,
and each grade has dillerent
responsibilitiesand pa1:On the bottom
q radesale urrquaJified aux.iliarr.
nurses.
r+ho do tl-reroutine u.ork on hospital

wards. On the rop gradesare nursing

further study and become specialists.
otncers)rr'hoaLeusuallyadministrarors.
Nurses can specia-lizein manv different
fields - there are rriage nurses-ivorkingin
Auxiliary nurses are on the bottom
grades, but stlldent nursesg.etthe lor.vest Casualry and pslchiatric nurses.vvho
ireat
the mentally ill. There are health r,isitors
par: F{ou.eve4studentsdon,t stayat the
r'r.horisit parieuts in tlicir. or.tn homes,
bottorrr of the pay scaleforever,iVhen
ther qualifi; rhev start n,orking on a
pra.ctrcenurses ltorkrng in Gps, surgeries.
:
middle grade- As rheyset .rpEri.n...
and midrviveswho deliver babies.
thet can.geipio*otloounO moveup rhe
Nfen;.ol them sa.:thei-donor gerenough
ranks to bec6nlsstaff nurse,rhen sisler
pav and respect lor the ia.orkthev do.
(charge nurse if a man), and perhaps
They sav that the rr'ork is physicall.vand
er-entually nursing officer.
mentally hard, that they rr ork long hours
Manv nnrsr:$,vork shifts,anrl o{ten ther.
and get r.ery tircd. Eut the_valso sqv that
rr'olk ovcrtimeto earn nrora-ora1..{fi",
thereare man)-greatrerr.ards
ruhiih ha..c
basic training, many nurseschooseto do
nothingto do rrirh mone\:

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- .progressin this unit.Tick(er)-!he,Assessy,our
trueare
statementswhich
l c a nn a m ea n dd e s c r i bheo s p i t a l j o b s
I c a nt a l k a b o l t d u t i e sa n d r e g u l aar c t i v i t i e s

3 Find words in the articlewith these meanings.

1 examsandcoursesthatyouhavetaken
q_

e h a t i s h a p p e n i n ag t t h e
I c a nd e s c r i b w
moment.
a n a r t i c l ea b o u tn u r s i n g
l c a nu n d e r s t a n d
l c a nt a l ka b o u tm y w o r ka n dt r a i n i n g

2 money that you.arillreceivewhen you are old

n _

similar work that you have done before

e-cnae i el ehilif ieq
S==----

Ievelsofpay
D-S-=-

extra hours you can work to earn more money

o-.-study and practiceto learn howto do a job
b _t-_more advancedlearning
S-'_-

FrCI$ee*
Go dhline and tryto find the answersto the questions.
l WhatistheNHS?
2 What's the starting sa1aryfor a qualified nurse in
the UK?
3 How much annual leavedoesa grade B nurse get?
4 How many hours a week doesa nurse work?
5 What Englishlanguageexam do you need to passto
work inthe UK?
6 What gradescan a staffnurse be?
7 What is the salaryrangefor a staff nurse in the UK?
8 Searchthe word'nursing' at the bookstore
www.amazon.co.uk.What's the first bookthat
comesup?
Find a site that adverlisesnursing jobs. Find a job that
wouid. interestyou in the future and find these detalls
if possible.
a, inhfiflo
s ,,salaryand benefits
+ grade
+,, location
rp duties

* qualificationsand experience
* howto appiy
e+ closing date for applications

5 In Llrerrext class,comparevour ans-wers

Kewwevds
W o r ka n dt r a i n i n g
a p p l yf o r a j o b
fully-qualified
Iecture
night shift
part-time
promotion
q ualifications
rank
responsibilitY
rewarding
s p e c i lai z e
Jobs
a u x i l i a r yn u r s e
c o n s u l t na t
n u r s i n go f f i c e r
pist
physiothera
L o o kb a c kt h r o u g ht h i s u n i t .F i n df i v er n o r e
s a t y o ut h i n ka r eu s e f u l '
w o r d so r e x p r e s s i o nt h