Patient Education & Family Communication

English for Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN / LPN / RPN)

High Int
Adults

This unit follows the LVN as he prepares a patient and family member for discharge after knee replacement surgery. This unit includes vocabulary review, listening practice, and comprehension tasks.

Focus

healthcare
workplace
LVN
LPN
skilled nursing
discharge
interpretive

Vocabulary

discharge packet
home exercise program
cane
knee replacement
walker
abdomen
clot
blood thinner
A spinning paper plane