This workbook is designed to help international nurses who wish to practice in the UK or need to develop skills to apply for higher grade posts.
It should help to improve English communication skills and develop confidence when treating patients.
Sections are included which offer a better understanding of the language, professionalism, the working environment and opportunities. It offers numerous examples to explain unfamiliar or idiosyncratic situations.

This collection of essays by leading and emergent critics of twentieth-century fiction offers a wide-ranging and provocative reassessment of the British novel's achievements after modernism. Focusing on mid-century writing, the book identifies continuities of preoccupation - with national identity, historiography and the challenge to literary form presented by public and private violence--that span the entire century. The book offers new readings of such famous figures as Amis, Golding, Greene and Spark, and reappraises the work of brilliant but less familiar contemporaries including Ann Quin, Elizabeth Taylor and Storm Jameson.

"Julius Caesar" offers a lively, engaging, and thoroughly up-to-date account of Caesar's life and times. Richard Billows' dynamic and fast paced narrative offers an imaginative recounting of actions and events, providing the ideal introduction to Julius Caesar for general readers and students of classics and ancient history. The book is not just a biography of Caesar, but an historical account and explanation of the decline and fall of the Roman Republican governing system, in which Caesar played a crucial part.

Looking for a job? Thinking about a career change? Dreading it? Well, Cool Careers for Dummies promises not only to help you find jobs you never knew existed, but to make it fun! From enologist (that's winemaker, dummy) to attorney specializing in outer-space issues, career specialists Marty Nemko and Paul and Sarah Edwards have compiled over 500 interesting, offbeat, and just plain cool jobs. But that's just the first step.

After the short descriptions of cool careers--thoughtfully separated in their own yellow-pages section--the authors present a smart, funny, well-organized guide to choosing and nabbing the perfect job, even jobs that don't make the "cool" list. Filled with practical advice such as using e-mail to reach potential employers (it's more likely to get answered), Cool Careers for Dummies is a sure cure for the interview jitters. Important tips and pitfalls are highlighted with bold icons, making this useful as a handy reference as well as a career guide.

Sections on rйsumés, interviews, and salary negotiation round out the package, making this the perfect companion for the first-time job hunter or the seasoned professional looking for a change--after all, you don't have to be a dummy to need a little help. A word of warning: if you think you're satisfied with your career, be careful with this book--you might find yourself longing to be a newborn photographer or a dating coach! --Rob Lightner

This text provides profiles of over 200 rewarding careers and self-employment opportunities. These careers offer meaningful work, without requiring a Ph.D. in Physics, or a vow of poetry. Nonetheless, few job seekers, career guides or career counsellors consider these careers bacause they are brand new products of the techno-age, or are older jobs that people no longer believe to exist. This book offers readers the opportunity to explore these career options. In addition, the book offers different approaches to landing and tackling the new job once you get it. They will have specific leads on how to find out more about the career and strategies for gaining the required skills for getting hired. The book aims to act as a confidence builder to becoming successful and/or self-employed, as well as being a counsel on how to mould the job to fit the reader's strengths.