Occupational English Test – Writing (Nursing)
Read the case notes below and complete the writing task which follows.
Notes:
You are a school nurse at Columbus the Great’s School, Blue Hills, Adelaide. Miss Meyers has been under your care for the last 1 week.
Today’s Date: June 6, 2024
- Patient: Miss Eve Meyers.
- 15 years.
- Grade: 9th.
- School: Columbus the Great’s School, Blue Hills, Adelaide (joined a week ago).
- Previous school: Stellar Convent, Sydney (left to be near her grandparents in Adelaide).
Social
- Father: Richard Palmer.
- Mother: Atlee Palmer.
- Address: 123 Green Valley Road, Blue Hills, Adelaide
Present Concerns:
- Depressive episodes (due to new school environment and parents’ separation).
- Unsettled and isolated.
- Significant weight loss (10 kg) recently.
- Poor food habits and avoidance.
- Lack of health consciousness.
- Inattention. “Being lost in class but in a different world” (reported class teacher).
- “Doesn’t make friends at all,” (Classmates).
Past Medical History:
- Nil significant. Allergies: certain seafood, red meat.
- Mildly anaemic.
Current Medication: None.
Diagnosis: Adjustment disorder with depressive symptoms.
Treatment Plan:
- Counselling sessions with the school psychiatrist (2 sessions completed; a third tomorrow).
- Nutritional guidance, monitoring.
- Encouragement (social interaction, participation in school activities).
- Inform parents of observed health concerns.
- Request meeting (discuss Eve’s health and well-being).
- Plan collaborative support strategies.
- Consider school change?
Writing Task
Using the information in the case notes, write a letter to Eve’s parents, (Richard Palmer, Atlee Palmer) to visit the school on any Saturday within 15 days from today to discuss viable solutions in the presence of the school psychiatrist.
In your answer:
- Expand the relevant case notes into complete sentences.
- Do not use note form.
- Use correct letter format
The body of your letter should be approximately 200 words. Use the correct letter format.
