School of Nursing & Midwifery, GPO Box 2100 Adelaide South Australia 5001, Australia.
Int J Nurs Stud. 2016 Feb;54:132-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.01.007. Epub 2015 Jan 22.
This discussion paper focuses on English proficiency standards for nursing registration in Australia, how Australia has dealt with the issue of language proficiency, and the factors which have led to the establishment of the current language standards. Also, this paper will provide a comparison of the two language tests that are currently accepted in Australia (OET and IELTS), including the appropriateness of these tests and the minimum standards used. The paper will also examine the use of educational background as an indicator of language proficiency. Finally, communication-based complaints in the post-registration environment will be explored, and some discussion will be provided about why pre-registration measures might have failed to prevent such problematic situations from occurring.
本讨论文件主要关注澳大利亚护理注册的英语水平标准、澳大利亚如何处理语言能力问题，以及导致现行语言标准建立的因素。此外，本文还将比较澳大利亚目前接受的两种语言测试（OET 和 IELTS），包括这些测试的适当性和使用的最低标准。本文还将研究将教育背景用作语言能力指标的情况。最后，探讨在注册后环境中基于沟通的投诉，并就为何在注册前措施未能防止出现此类问题情况提供一些讨论。
