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This handy reference ensures quick and easy communication -- when it's needed most -- between nurses and the more than 35 million Spanish speakers in the United States.
Spanish for Nurses can help you communicate clearly in most types of medical situations, from basic greetings to more complex phrases. Become comfortable taking patient histories, describing medical tests and explaining diagnoses with this guide to medical terms in Spanish.
Learn dialogues from greetings to the diagnostic:
Nurse
Good morning. What brings you to the office today?
Buenos días. ¿A qué viene a la oficina hoy?
('bweh-nohs 'dee-ahs ah keh bee-'eh-neh ah lah oh-fee-'see-nah 'oh-ee)
Patient
Im here to see the doctor. I have a stomachache.
Vengo a ver al doctor. Me duele el estómago.
(behn-goh ah behr ahl dohk-'tohr / meh doo-'eh-leh ehl ehs-'toh-mah-goh)
Nurse
Describe your pain: Acute? Comes and goes?
Describa su dolor: ¿Agudo? ¿Va y viene?
(dehs-'kree-bah soo doh-'lohr / ah-'goo-doh / bah ee bee-'eh-neh)
Synopsis
Features:
*Essential communication for the emergency room and clinic
*Important phrases for interviews, diagnosis, examination, and treatment of patients
*Basic vocabulary including greetings
*Phonetic pronunciation for all words and phrases
*Glossaries of key terms
*Side-of-page shading for easy navigation
Synopsis
Spanish for Nurses can help you communicate clearly in most types of medical situations, from basic greetings to more complex phrases. Become comfortable taking patient histories, describing medical tests and explaining diagnoses with this guide to medical terms in Spanish.
Learn dialogues from greetings to the diagnostic:
Nurse
Good morning. What brings you to the office today?
Buenos días. ¿A qué viene a la oficina hoy?
('bweh-nohs 'dee-ahs ah keh bee-'eh-neh ah lah oh-fee-'see-nah 'oh-ee)
Patient
I’m here to see the doctor. I have a stomachache.
Vengo a ver al doctor. Me duele el estómago.
(behn-goh ah behr ahl dohk-'tohr / meh doo-'eh-leh ehl ehs-'toh-mah-goh)
Nurse
Describe your pain: Acute? Comes and goes?
Describa su dolor: ¿Agudo? ¿Va y viene?
(dehs-'kree-bah soo doh-'lohr / ah-'goo-doh / bah ee bee-'eh-neh)
Synopsis
Spanish for Nurses can help you communicate clearly in most types of medical situations, from basic greetings to more complex phrases. Become comfortable taking patient histories, describing medical tests and explaining diagnoses with this guide to medical terms in Spanish.
Learn dialogues from greetings to the diagnostic:
Nurse
Good morning. What brings you to the office today?
Buenos días. ¿A qué viene a la oficina hoy?
('bweh-nohs 'dee-ahs ah keh bee-'eh-neh ah lah oh-fee-'see-nah 'oh-ee)
Patient
Im here to see the doctor. I have a stomachache.
Vengo a ver al doctor. Me duele el estómago.
(behn-goh ah behr ahl dohk-'tohr / meh doo-'eh-leh ehl ehs-'toh-mah-goh)
Nurse
Describe your pain: Acute? Comes and goes?
Describa su dolor: ¿Agudo? ¿Va y viene?
(dehs-'kree-bah soo doh-'lohr / ah-'goo-doh / bah ee bee-'eh-neh)
Synopsis
Suitable for a wide range of healthcare professionals—including physician assistants, doctors, and medical students—
Spanish for Nurses will help practitioners become comfortable taking patient histories, describing medical tests, and explaining diagnoses in Spanish.
Features:
* Essential communication for the emergency room and clinic
* More than 500 important phrases for interviews, diagnosis, examination, and treatment of patients
* Glossaries of key terms including specialists, common drugs, and medication administration
* Basic vocabulary, including greetings
* Phonetic pronunciation for all words and phrases
* Guidance on appropriate usage
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About the Author
Rudy Valenzuela, PhD, FNP-C, FAANP, is the President/CEO of Camillus Health Center, a nonprofit clinic in San Luis, AZ, that sponsors Clínica Santa María de Guadalupe in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico. He is a family nurse practitioner and a Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Mexicali, México.