Abstract

MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, Vivian Amparo  and  GOENAGA CONDE, Beatriz. The use of shortening in english for specific purposes: A practical review for nurses. Educ Med Super [online]. 2001, vol.15, n.1, pp. 39-55. ISSN 0864-2141.

Shortening as a word building process has become very productive in present day English. Abbreviations in nursing have also found a way for professional and quick communication. The main goals of this article, based on actual teaching-learning problems, is to provide some practical activities to give the learners opportunities to get acquainted with and practice abbreviations in an effective and communicative way, and to provide a glossary of the most frequently used abbreviations by nurses

Keywords : ABBREVIATIONS;; COMMUNICATION; NURSES´ INS-TRUCTIONS.

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