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Elizabeth Hanson and Jenae Kirby, instructors at Shoreline Community College, have co-authored a textbook for use by faculty and students, designed for students who speak English as a second language who are beginning their healthcare career training. Take a look at this free, online textbook: On-Ramp to Nursing Assistant Certified.
From the Lulu site description of the text:
Prepare your high beginning level/intermediate level ESL students for entrance into a regular nursing assistant program or for entrance into a general health care career training program. Each of the 6 units includes 3 readings, vocabulary development, writing and grammar instruction and practice. This course is based on authentic nursing assistant course materials. Topics include: health problems, duties of a Nursing Assistant, places to work in health care, and the infectious disease chain. This is a great starting point for students and ESL teachers.
Thanks, Elizabeth and Jenae, for sharing your expertise with the world!
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Great textbook - thanks for sharing!
Great textbook - thanks for sharing!
I helped Elizabeth post this book on Lulu.com, a website for electronic and print-on-demand publications. It's great that Lulu lets authors select a Creative Commons open license! The only downsides I see with Lulu:
1. You have to sign up to "order" even the free books.
2. There is a 30-60 min. delay to access even free, digital PDFs. I don't understand why this isn't instantaneous.
Another comparable print-on-demand service is Amazon's Create Space (http://createspace.com), and I'm guessing students would be able to download open textbooks more quickly. But Create Space is designed for folks who want royalties and setting up an account requires you to give it a bank routing number or other financial information. I'll let you know if I find a better way...
I helped Elizabeth post this book on Lulu.com, a website for electronic and print-on-demand publications. It's great that Lulu lets authors select a Creative Commons open license! The only downsides I see with Lulu:
1. You have to sign up to "order" even the free books.
2. There is a 30-60 min. delay to access even free, digital PDFs. I don't understand why this isn't instantaneous.
Another comparable print-on-demand service is Amazon's Create Space (http://createspace.com), and I'm guessing students would be able to download open textbooks more quickly. But Create Space is designed for folks who want royalties and setting up an account requires you to give it a bank routing number or other financial information. I'll let you know if I find a better way...
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