The workplace has become increasingly volatile, intercultural and multilingual in the
Information Age, presenting greater than ever communication challenges to employees …

Handovers are major clinical tasks in nursing practice involving the transfer of responsibility
and accountability for patient care from one nurse to another. As English-medium nursing …

Abstract Within English for Medical Purposes (EMP), one area of concern is to develop
programs for international medical graduates (IMGs) working in the US (Hoekje & Tipton …

Bedside handovers in clinical nursing are crucial communicative events fostering
involvement of patients in their care. Communication challenges between nurses and …

In this paper we focus on the perspectives and practical needs of a group of adult
immigrants from language backgrounds other than English as they encounter the pragmatic …

This paper explores the concept of social inclusion from the perspective of recent migrants,
from language backgrounds other than English, at work in Australia. We adopt an …

Many nursing students for whom English is a second language (ESL) face challenges
related to communication on clinical placement and although clinical facilitators are not …

This commentary reviews recent literature on a number of problematic issues arising from
the use of English proficiency tests by registration bodies as the sole assessment of the …

Nursing students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds play a valuable role
in meeting the health care needs of multi-ethnic and multi-lingual societies. However, such …

Objective: Nurses' communication skills have a significant impact on their professional
effectiveness. This study examines the communication strategies used by nurses on the …