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In the field of English for Nursing Purposes (ENP), there is no exception on this issue as well. Only by analyzing the nursing corpus made up of essential core textbooks that can provide better insights and guide to both nursing students and educators. This research aims to highlight the 2,000 most frequently used nursing words across the core textbooks of nursing and to profile the types of‘low frequency’ lexis which comprise the nursing corpus in terms of the General Service List (GSL) and Academic Word List (AWL) lexis coverage. By knowing the frequently used nursing words would further reduce students ’ reading deficiency if the students use the 2000-word list.  \nKeywords: Corpus-based studies on nursing textbooks; Most frequently used nursing content words; Low-frequency words profiling using the GSL and AWL; Nursing lexis  \n1. Introduction  \nThe primary function of a nursing corpus should directly assist nurses in understanding the language for the purpose of communication with each other and their patients, report writing and interpreting information for work purposes. It is important to note here that the identification of the most frequent field-specific academic words is essential (Chung & Nation, 2003); for responsible planning for ESP or EAP courses. The field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) such as ENP has become imperative in bridging the students from their general proficiency English into learning the language in a context. This scenario has become crucial especially when students enroll to higher learning institutions in Malaysia. Most of the nursing colleges in this country have developed an intensive program with the hope to solve this matter.  \nUnfortunately, the English instructors who are responsible in teaching the students may also encounter difficulties; not knowing the vocabulary to be focused on as they are not from the nursing background. Having a good knowledge of academic vocabulary has been emphasized for success at higher levels of education (Ward, 2009; Nation, 2001; Coxhead, 2000; Nation & Waring, 1997) . Thus, the best solution to overcome this matter would be by looking at a corpus of the field in order to‘undergo and understand’ the way the vocabulary is presented in the nursing text. On the other hand, the field of nursing is exclusive in the sense that they have a specialized set of vocabulary which is distinct from other fields. The analysis of the academic English corpora is able to portray the vocabulary types, frequency and range coverage of the texts in different fields which lead to the production of word lists (Nation, 2001) .  \nThis study focuses on the vocabulary used in a nursing text of 3,640,760 running words from 7 major academic books used by student nurses for a 3 years diploma programme in Malaysia. The academic course books are chosen based on the syllabus provided by the Nursing Board of Malaysia. It is essential to observe the different types of vocabulary used in these course books as it would assist the students to be able to comprehend a nursing text in a more effective way.  \n1.1 Rationale behind the Development of the Corpus  \nThere is reasonable consensus that a corpus will not just provide insights into the contents but also that the results of the analyses will be claimed to be typica","cbCaieL8fBjWAn2E","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieL8fBjWAn2E","pdf",272998,25,"English","# Introduction\n## Rationale behind the Development of the Corpus\n## Books Used in Creating the Corpus","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the study address for ENP educators and learners?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses dilemmas in selecting vocabulary for teaching in English for Nursing Purposes (ENP). 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