Exploring Expectation, Students’ Needs, and Workplace Reality in English for Nurses Syllabus Design: A Needs Analysis in Politeknik Sandi Karsa

Abstract

This study aims to explore the needs of a comprehensive target situation of nursing students to suggest a comprehensive, relevant, and natural English syllabus for English courses for Nurses. By involving nursing students, nursing lecturers, English lecturers, and a nursing graduate working abroad, this study uses a mixed-method design to descriptively analyze student needs from quantitative data. The study proposes a task-based syllabus, identifying target situational needs: topics related to nursing tasks and knowledge, specific technical skills, communication skills with various parties, factors influencing communication, English language skills, and English language knowledge. This study suggests future research to identify the learning needs of acquiring English proficiency in the nursing context..