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6. What is the last care given by nurses when the patients are discharged?
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Language Focus: Connectors of Sequence

Below are some sentences taken from previous reading. With your teacher, study the words in bold.

✓ When patients arrive in your ICU, firstly greet them.
✓ Another strategy to be carried out is by building and maintaining a therapeutic relationship by
establishing trust.
✓ Maintaining structure in the patient's environment is also essential, as is reality orientation as
needed.
✓ Next, consult psychiatry as soon as possible.
✓ Finally, refer the patients to a structured day program for ongoing support upon discharge, and give
them information on when to follow up with their primary care provider and psychiatrist.

The bold words are the connectors of sequence. These connectors are used to show the order of
occurrence of events to describe processes or give instructions. They can be used to link sentences or
paragraphs logically. These connectors can be words and phrases. Other common connectors of sequence
are as follows:
First Subsequently In conclusion
First of all Next To summarize
Firstly Afterwards Finally

Secondly And In the end
Second Moreover At last
Third Another At the end
Thirdly In addition Until
Also

Soon
After
Before
Then
Later
By the time
Eventually
Furthermore

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