English for Nurses

Appendix 2

Written Communication

In the earlier chapters, you have learnt how to read, speak, listen and participate in discussions. Of all the skills you need to acquire, writing is the most difficult and complex. There are many things to take care of: from conceptualizing what you are going to write about and how you will go about it, to doing research, organizing the information, and writing it all down, and then editing and formatting your text for presentation. So before you even begin to write, you need to have a lot of things clear in your head about communication in general. We hope that whatever you've learnt in the previous chapters will help you to think and write better.

Note Taking and Note Making

Note Taking

Note taking is a method ...