
Below are OET sample nursing case notes of a sample referral letter to a doctor. It’s an excellent scenario where writing sub-test case notes selection is tricky and identification of diagnosis/chief complaint requires careful reading. Also, notice how, in the OET sample letter, the nurse has covered only the relevant OET case notes in her answers while summarising as much as possible. Use of conjunctions and transitions is also quite effective throughout.
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Also, the nursing sample OET referral letter scores high points on ability to write information in brief and covering more information per sentence. Length of this referral letter is also within 180-200 words range. The nurse here has taken good care of articles, capitalisation (of medication), tenses and word choice. Above all, paragraphing in the OET referral letter is logical and there is good coherence throughout.
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OET NURSING CASE NOTES |
Today’s Date |
Introduction |
Two most important items in introduction of any OET referral letter are chief complaint and purpose. The reader (Dr Silver Bullet) of your letter would be more interested in finding out what the main issue is and what is expected of her. This can be found in Diagnosis/assessment. Remember this is a referral letter, so, you can write in your answer: I am writing to refer Add name, age and marital status: Ms Roberts, a 19-year-old single lady Now, if any OET nurse thinks that weight loss or pap test is the main issue, then she hasn’t understood the scenario well. If you look closely, you will find that the patient was found to have Chlamydia Trachomatis possibly due to which she was referred to the above doctor. Hence, writing chlamydia trachomatis in the introduction of your OET referral letter leads to more accurate introduction. Add chief complaint: who was diagnosed with chlamydia trachomatis. The next step is writing the purpose. It is always better to give purpose in an overview form rather than writing all tasks to be performed by the reader. Here the purpose of OET letter can be found in the OET Writing Task (to discuss contraceptive options and further testing for sexually transmitted infections and blood borne viruses). So, the overview of this purpose would be – advice and management. Purpose: She requires your advice and management. So introduction of your OET letter would be like this: I am writing to refer Ms Roberts, a 19-year-old single lady who was diagnosed with chlamydia trachomatis. She requires your advice and management |
Body Paragraph 1 |
Try to summarise aspects of past medical history that are either normal or not very important. Below are such aspects of medical history from the given case notes: • No known allergies Hence writing this would make more sense:Ms Robert’s medical history is unremarkable. Things worth mentioning: You can combine the above in one sentence: She is a regular smoker (15 cigarettes/day) and drinks moderately on weekends. Next in line of your OET letter is weight: She has gained 10kg over the past 12 months and currently weighs 75kg. Let’s write all the sentences together with the help of transitions to make a cohesive paragraph Ms Robert’s medical history is unremarkable, but she has gained 10kg over the last 12 months. Apart from that, she is a regular smoker (15 cigarettes/day) and drinks moderately on weekends. |
Body Paragraph 2 |
As the patient’s condition might have been caused due to sexual relationships, it is worth discussing sexual health in your OET letter: • Recently ended monogamous relationship of 10 months and now has a new partner of 2 months – not sure if monogamous. Does not use condoms. Last sexual contact 14 days ago Here we haven’t changed much but you may rewrite to showcase your OET writing skills: Ms Roberts recently ended a monogamous relationship of 10 months and now she has a new partner of 2 months. How about combining information about contraception together? She has been using oral contraceptive pills since last year, and she does not use condoms. Her last sexual contact was 14 days ago. Notice the use of conjunction and transition Ms Roberts recently ended a monogamous relationship of 10 months, and now she has a new partner of 2 months. Besides, she has been using oral contraceptive pills since last year, and she does not use condoms. Her last sexual contact was 14 days ago. |
Body Para 3 |
It makes more sense to discuss nursing management here, but before that let us discuss OET case notes which are not necessarily required and why so • Julia presented to clinic requesting a Pap test. Pap test suggested by Mother. (Since pap test was carried out after she had visited the clinic, reason for visit is no longer important for the reader.) • Julia concerned about weight gain of 10kg over last 12 months and wants to know about other methods of contraception. (Weight gain was already discussed in the medical history and ‘methods of contraception’ will be written in the last paragraph as it is already a part of the OET Writing Task. Remember, we need to avoid repetition in our OET letter!) • Sexual and reproductive health history taken (Look closely, case notes already include sexual and reproductive history. The case note adds no value.) • No reports of pain, discharge or irregular bleeding (There are not issues here) • Urine PCR test for chlamydia collected (Since we already wrote about chlamydia in introduction this note adds no real value) • Patient to return in 3-4 days for chlamydia results. Pap test results in 2-4 weeks (Again no need) • Patient informed of results (No need) • Arranged notification of partners (Focus on the patient) You need not worry about the dates and write entire nursing management in one paragraph. An easy way to do so is to find out common verbs. • Partner risk discussed – no IV drug use, no recent overseas travel Risks of smoking, benefits of quitting, partner risk and safer sexual practice were discussed • Referred to Quitline You can now use a conjunction (and) to combine the above two sentences. Risks of smoking, benefits of quitting, partner risk and safer sexual practice were discussed, and she was referred to Quitline and a Women’s Health nutritionist. • Pelvic exam undertake • Cervical screening information sheet provided Now, let us use conjunction (and) and write the above two sentences into one. A pelvic exam and PCR were done, and a cervical screening information sheet was provided/given. • Prescribed azithromycin 1gram as a single does She was prescribed azithromycin 1 gram and advised to avoid sexual contacts for 7 days after the treatment. When all sample sentences written together, the paragraph would be: Risks of smoking, benefits of quitting, partner risk and safer sexual practice were discussed, and she was referred to Quitline and a Women’s Health nutritionist. Also, a pelvic exam and PCR were done, and a cervical screening information sheet was provided. As well as this, She was prescribed azithromycin 1 gram and advised to avoid sexual contacts for 7 days after the treatment. |
Body Paragraph 4 |
In case when writing an OET letter to a doctor, tasks to be performed can be written like the following: • requesting review of your patient to discuss contraceptive options and further testing for sexually transmitted infections and blood borne viruses. It would be greatly appreciated if you could review Ms Robert and provide contraceptive options and further tests for sexually transmitted infection and blood borne viruses. |
Conclusion |
Now you can close by writing this: For any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me. |
Final OET Sample Letter |
21/09/2018 Dr. Silver Bullet Dear Dr Bullet, I am writing to refer Ms Roberts, a 19-year-old single lady who was diagnosed with chlamydia trachomatis. She requires further advice and management. Ms Robert’s medical history is unremarkable, but she has gained 10kg over the last 12 months. Apart from that, she is a regular smoker (15 cigarettes/day) and drinks moderately on weekends. Ms Roberts recently ended a monogamous relationship of 10 months and now she has a new partner of 2 months. Besides, she has been using oral contraceptive pills since last year and she does not use condoms. Her last sexual contact was 14 days ago. Risks of smoking, benefits of quitting, partner risk and safer sexual practice were discussed, and she was referred to Quitline and a Women’s Health nutritionist. Also, a pelvic exam and PCR were done and a cervical screening information sheet was provided. She was prescribed azithromycin 1 gram and advised to avoid sexual contacts for 7 days after the treatment. It would be greatly appreciated if you could review Ms Robert and provide contraceptive options and further tests for sexually transmitted infection and blood borne viruses. For any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me. Yours sincerely, Nurse |
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Hi. Very Useful blog. Thank for sharing
Thank you so much for the great writing format
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Is it ok to use the word “lady” for an unmarried female instead if “woman”?
Is it formal
Thank you
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Azithromycin 1 gram seems to be a one time dosage, not to be repeated. It has already been administered. So wouldn’t it be better to write “Patient has been advised to avoid sexual contact for the next seven days” rather than “advised not to have sexual contact for seven days after treatment”?
Hi Paul, First of all, it is always “the patient”. With respect to the tense, past simple is required rather than present perfect. Please read the sample letter after which you can find at the bottom of the webpage. The sentence reads like this: She was prescribed Azithromycin 1 gram and advised to avoid sexual contacts for 7 days after the treatment.
With respect to administration of the medicine – are you sure the medicine was given in the clinic by the nurse?
First of all, I wish to take this opportunity to thank you for the wonderful work you do for OET aspirants. It’s really helpful.
I wish to ask a doubt if I may.
It’s about the sentence construction.
In the reply above, the sentence reads like this :
She was prescribed….. and advise to avoid…… .
My doubt is that “don’t we have to use “was advised ” in the given sentence “?
Please reply, Thank you.
No, you don’t need to, ‘was prescribed’ shows this is a passive sentence and another ‘was’ is superfluous.
Needs to familiarize with more samples for OET writing
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https://edubenchmark.com/backoffice/userfiles/pdf/Pharmacist.pdf
https://edubenchmark.com/backoffice/userfiles/pdf/Physiotherapist.pdf
https://edubenchmark.com/backoffice/userfiles/pdf/oet-writing-sample.pdf
Hi ,thankyou for wonderful teaching how many paragraphs should referal letter have ?
very informative, thank you for sharing
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Thank you so much to all the benchmark teams for uploading samples with proper explanation.this site is really helping out lots of OET aspirants like me who does not have an option to study from a coaching class.
Hope you would post more answers like this.
I must tell you that from this sample I got a clear cut idea about the referral letter as I am studying only through online sites.Thank you once again.👍
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Thank you so much for your valuable information
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I have a doubt regarding this answer . Is it necessary to write patients medical history because in the writing task it is mentioned as requesting review of ”your patient” to discuss contraceptive options and further testing for sexually transmitted infections and blood borne viruses.
Yes, medical history is important in order for the doctor to give accurate advice.
Please send me sample letters with corrections
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https://edubenchmark.com/backoffice/userfiles/pdf/Pharmacist.pdf
https://edubenchmark.com/backoffice/userfiles/pdf/Physiotherapist.pdf
https://edubenchmark.com/backoffice/userfiles/pdf/oet-writing-sample.pdf
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Hello, can you share some writings task samples? Thank you
https://edubenchmark.com/backoffice/userfiles/pdf/doctor.pdf
https://edubenchmark.com/backoffice/userfiles/pdf/Pharmacist.pdf
https://edubenchmark.com/backoffice/userfiles/pdf/Physiotherapist.pdf
https://edubenchmark.com/backoffice/userfiles/pdf/oet-writing-sample.pdf
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Hallo ,Can you send some Writing tasks.Thank you
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I need sample letter for this subject ( explain relevant social and medical histories and request the community nurse to visit after discharge to provide proper health management and assistance for this patient and her family) please
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If the active voice is*the doctor discharged the patient *can we write the passive form as *she is discharged today *?
she is due to be discharged or she (has been)/(was) discharged
Hi can I request for some writing task for nurses.Thanks in advance.
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Can we follow this format of writing for the upcoming test??
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Hi,gd mng. Can u give me example for discharge letter and letter fir physiotherapy
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It’s really helpful to understand. Please advise me to receive more sample referral letters for nurses.
Thank you!
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Can I get some writing samples for pharmacy please.
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Is it not mandatory to write full name of the patient in introduction??
I am considering to take OET instead of IELTS for NMC Nursing Midwifery Council
please advice me how to start my review.
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Thank you very much, the teaching has open eyes to the referral letter.
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