Nursing Vocabulary By Kenneth Beare Here is a list of the top 200 English vocabulary items for the nursing

/ health-care industry !his selection of vocabulary is based on the "ccupational Handboo# provided by the $nited %tates &epartment of 'abor (ore )rom English as 2nd 'anguage (ore )rom *bout com !"+ ,20-. *bout com *ll rights reserved %/itch to &es#top %ite (enu English as 2nd 'anguage - Accelerated 00 7aring 2 *ccredited 0- 7enters 0 *cute 32. Certified . *de1uate 00 7linical 2 Administer 0. 7linics 3 *dministered 02 7olumbia 4 *dministration 03 7ommunication 5 *dn 37. Conditions 6 *dvanced 38. Consulting -0 *dvances 39. Continuing 11. Advice 40. Council -2 *gencies 41. Credentialing 13. Aides .2 7ritical -. *mbulatory 43. Demand -2 *natomy 44. Determined -3 *nesthesia .2 &iabetes -4 *nesthetists 46. Diagnoses 18. Approved .4 &iagnostic 19. Assist 48. Difficult 20 *ssistance .6 &iploma 21. Assistant !0. Disa"ilities 22 *ssistants !1. Disease 20 Bathing !2. Diseases 2. Blood !3. Disorders 22 Board 2. &istrict 23 Bsn 22 &ressing 24 7ancer 23 &uties 28. Care 24 Educational 26 7areer 25 Elderly

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55 'evel 56 'icense 60 'icensed 6- 'icensure 62 'pns 60 (anage 6. (edical 62 (edication 63 (edications 64 (edicine 65 (embers 66 (ental -00 (id/ives -0- (onitor -02 (onitoring -00 (oving -0. (sn -02 Nature -03 Ncle8 -04 Neonatology -05 Nights -06 Nurse --0 Nurses --- Nursing --2 Nutrition --0 "btain --. "ffer --2 "ffices --3 "lder --4 "ncology --5 "rder --6 "utpatient -20 +a -2- +as -22 +ass -20 +aths -2. +atient -22 +atients -23 +ediatrics -24 +harmacology -25 +hysical -26 +hysician -00 +hysicians -0- +hysiology

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+lan +lanning +ostoperative +ractical +ractice +ractitioners +renatal +repare +rescribe +reventive +rimary +rocedures +rogram +rospects +rovide +roviders +sychiatric +ublic =ualified >adiation >apid >ecord >egistered >ehabilitation >emain >eport >esidential >esponse >etaining >n >ns >outine >ural %cope %ection %erve %ervices %etting %ettings %igns %#in %pecialists %peciali?e %peciali?ed

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