一、引言当前,我国日益重视高职教育发展,并强调高职教育要以就业为导向,以适合社会需要为目标,主动适应经济与社会的发展需要并及时跟踪市场需求的变化。但是由于许多高职院校疏于专业调研,往往导致许多护理专业毕业生的英语水平得不到用人单位的认可。因此,调查和分析社会对护理英语的需求很有必要。二、理论依据上世纪七十年代以来,专门用途英语(Englishfor Specific Purposes,ESP)的教学理论发展突飞猛进。ESP教学强调目标明确、以能力为导向、与职业紧密结合,已成为英语教学的一个独特领域。ESP教学领域最重要的理论应用是需求分析(Needs I. INTRODUCTION Nowadays, our country pays more and more attention to the development of higher vocational education. It emphasizes that vocational education should take employment as the orientation, take the social needs as its goal, take the initiative to adapt to the economic and social development needs and keep track of the changes in market demand. However, due to the lack of professional research in many higher vocational colleges, many nursing graduates often fail to obtain the English proficiency of employers. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate and analyze the social needs of nursing English. Second, the theoretical basis Since the seventies of last century, ESP (English for Specific Purposes, ESP) teaching theory by leaps and bounds. ESP emphasizes a clear goal-oriented, ability-oriented, closely integrated with the occupation, English teaching has become a unique area. The most important theoretical application of ESP teaching is Needs Analysis