COMMUNIQUÉ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LAUNCH OF
NURSING LEXICON: ENGLISH-FRENCH
Gatineau, September 30, 2014 – Cégep Heritage College,
your Anglophone CEGEP in the Outaouais, in collaboration
with the Collegial Centre for Educational Materials
Development (CCDMD) is pleased to announce the
publication of the Nursing Lexicon: English-French. The
lexicon was written and conceived by Suzanne Larochelle, a
teacher in the Nursing Department of Cégep Heritage College.
The official launch will take place on Wednesday, October 1,
2014 at 4 p.m. at L’Auberge (room 163) at Cégep Heritage
College, 325 Cité des Jeunes Blvd, in Gatineau. The
author will be present along with the editors, her colleagues
and her collaborators.
Suzanne Larochelle –Teacher in the Nursing Department
of Cégep Heritage College and author of the
Nursing Lexicon.
The Nursing Lexicon: English-French was initially designed to
help English-speaking nursing students learn medical terminology in French as part of the Western
Quebec Health Care Retention Project Measure II, instigated by McGill University as a means of
retaining anglophone nurses in the Outaouais region. The lexicon aims to help nursing care students
communicate in either English or French as a second language. The lexicon was developed to reflect
the needs of the hospital setting. The terms were selected based on the experiences of nurses and
nursing care interns working in their second language.
“There is an increasing need for fluency in French and English medical terminology. Patient records
and patient care interaction between health care professionals are occurring in both official languages,
even at traditionally French-speaking hospitals. It thus becomes very important for all students,
regardless of their fluency in English or French, to have a solid knowledge base in medical
terminology,” explains Suzanne Larochelle, who initiated the project. “I hope that the lexicon will
facilitate the acquisition of nursing-specific terminology for these students and be helpful to all others
already in the profession.”
A French version is also available, it is entitled: Lexique de soins infirmiers : français – anglais.
About the CCDMD
For nearly 20 years, the CCDMD has been producing printed, digital and online materials for teaching staff
and students throughout the entire Québec CEGEP network. Its reputation for producing high-quality
materials is firmly established, and its educational resources for improving French-language skills are
growing increasingly popular.
About Cégep Heritage College: Cégep Heritage College is one of 48 CEGEPs (Collèges d'Enseignement
Général et Professionnel) in the province of Quebec, the only English CEGEP in Western Quebec. The College
offers four pre-university programs, and eight career programs. Its Nursing program has been offered for over
thirty years at its main campus in Gatineau, and at its Pontiac campus since 2013. What’s more, the College’s
Centre for Continuing Education offers full-time programs leading to Attestations of College Studies, part-time
courses and workshops, and made-to-measure programs for businesses out of its Gatineau and Pontiac
campuses
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Source: Véronica Gill, Communications advisor, Collegial Centre for Educational Materials
Development, 514-873-3781, [email protected]