Improving your skills
(imprúvin llor skíls)

Part A(part éi)

Choose the correct option to complete this reading text.
(chus da corrét ópshon tu complít dis rídin tekst.)

Roll up your sleeves, nurses!
(rol ap llor slívs, nérses!)

Nurses spend a lot of time in getting prepared to be efficient for us.
(nórses spend a lot ov táim in güétin pripérd tu bi efíshient for as)

Fortunately, the culture of horizontal hostility in nursing is slowly 1) getting the attention it needs to create a more 2)  working environment.
(fórshunatli, da cólchur ov orísontal jostíliti in nérsin is slóuli 1) guétin di aténshon it nids tu criéit a mor 2) uórkin enváironment.)

You will be oriented on how to use items such as stethoscopes, thermometers, 3) depressors, tourniquets and 4)  flushes, so you embark on your new career.  
(llu uíl bi oriéntid on jáu tu iús áitems sach as stézoskoups, zermómeters, 3) diprésors, tórnikets an 4) fláshes, sóu llu embárk on llor niú caríar).

Don’t ask for permission to borrow something from another nurse because every nurse has to be ready and prepared.
(dont ask for permíshon tu bárou sámzin from anóder ners bicós évri ners jas tu bi rédi an pripért.)

When senior nurses hear “5)  borrow, could I borrow…”, they get mad because they 6)  to alienate co-workers rather than coddle them.  
(uén sénior nérses jir “5) bárou, cud ái bárou…”, déi guet mad bicós déi 6) tu éilianeit cóuorkers ráder dan cádol dem.)

It’s hard to be a beginner, but you can 7)  a good nurse following your superior’s advice.
(its jard tu bi a biguíner, bat llu can 7) a gud ners fólogüin llor superváisors adváis.)

1.	a. get	b. got	c. getting
2.	a. support	b. supportive	c. supportively
3.	a. tongues	b. tongueses	c. tongue
4.	a. saline	b. salining	c. salined
5.	a. will I	b. Must I	c. May I
6.	a. needed	b. need	c. needing
7.	a. been	b. be	c. being