Increasing the linguistic competence of the nurse with limited English proficiency.
Teaching linguistic competence to nursing students educated in the United States but whose families are recent immigrants is a difficult task for nurse educators. Although students may easily learn the mechanics of a new language, the cultural differences must also be addressed. In the face of the current nursing shortage, it is critically important that strategies to improve linguistic competence be incorporated into curricular efforts. This article describes integrated skills reinforcement as one academic strategy to improve reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills. Suggestions are made for incorporating and evaluating these techniques.
Guttman
Minerva S
MS
School of Nursing and Allied Health, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666, USA.
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