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ABSTRACT \nENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (ESP): \nNURSING IN THE U.S. HOSPITAL \nby \n?? Laura Medlin 2009 \nMaster of Arts in Teaching International Languages \nCalifornia State University, Chico \nFall 2009 \nAdvances in medical technology have increased the human life span, and as \nelderly populations increase, so will jobs in healthcare. Unable to find a book specifically \ntargeting American English for nursing, this need has been met by designing material for \nnurses and language instructors. The project provides a general overview of the workplace \nsetting and review of the literature organized around three areas: English for specific \npurposes, hospital language, and cultural aspects of patient care. Within these three \nareas, the topics of content-based language instruction and learner motivation, medical \nterminology and abbreviations, and how cultural background can influence a person???s \nresponse to illness and hospitalization are addressed. There is a review of six books \nrelated to medical English and English for nurses and healthcare professionals. Most of \nthese books are designed for physicians, and emphasize British English. \nThis project involves the creation of a prototype for a handbook on teaching \nAmerican Hospital English to nurses and other healthcare professionals who are not \nnative speakers of English. The handbook consists of ten chapters on the topics of body \nsystems, patient care, weights and measures, a glossary of terms, a Basic Life Support \nlesson plan, medical transcription templates, the nursing process, patient privacy and the \nlegal language of healthcare, recommended resources, and a reader questionnaire. A \npreliminary section addresses the needs of instructors by outlining information on meeting \nstate and national standards for English as a second language and foreign language \ninstruction. Suggestions for further research and reference tools are also included.