| Interlocutor. OET role play. SETTING: Hospital Outpatient Clinic |
| You are a 50-year-old patient who is attending the outpatient clinic for an operation to repair a hernia. The nurse has come to carry out preparative checks. TASK: • When asked, say you followed the preparation instructions, but you’re feeling a bit thirsty now so you would like a drink of water. • Say you understand you can’t have a drink so close to the operation. When asked, say you haven’t had any health problems and have been feeling fine. • Say you want to keep your watch on so you can check the time when you wake up. • Say you’ll take off your watch. When asked, say your sister is coming to collect you after the operation, so you need to tell her what time to get you. • Say you’ll just give your sister a call after the operation. Say you’re ready to begin the preoperative checks |
| Nurse. OET role play. SETTING: Hospital Outpatient Clinic |
| Your patient is 50 years old and at the outpatient clinic for a hernia repair. You see the patient to carry out preoperative checks. TASK: Confirm reason for patient’s admission (hernia repair), Check patient compliance with preparation instructions {e.g., no food: six hours; no fluids: two hours, etc.). Explain patient needs to be nil-by-mouth (e.g., risk of vomiting under anesthesia, etc.). Advise need to do clinical observations. Check if patient has had any recent illnesses. Explain preclinical observation steps (put on: hospital gown, compression socks, non-skid slippers; take off: valuables, jewelry, etc). Give reasons for removal of all jewelry (e.g., possible need for electric current to seal blood vessels, risk of burns due to metal jewelry, etc.). Describe next steps (e.g., doctor to check personal/medical details, give information about/gain consent for procedure, etc.). Find out patient’s postoperative arrangements. Resist giving timescale for discharge (e.g., discharge requirements: vital signs stable, ability to tolerate food/fluid/pass urine, etc), Establish consent for you to begin clinical observations. |