Module 13: Spanish for HealthCare Professionals

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Tracey Long, PhD, MSN, RN, APRN-BC, CDCE, CCRN, CNE Related seminars and products

Objectives

Lesson 1: How to Learn Spanish, Alphabet, and Cognates

• Employ common greetings in Spanish
• Catalogue components of language and strategies to learn a foreign language
• Formulate common Spanish cognates
• Utilize the Spanish alphabet

Lesson 2: Numbers and Nouns

• Integrate general cultural, physical and language considerations for Spanish-speaking clients into treatment to improve client level of functioning
• Employ comprehension of numbers for time, measurements and money
• Demonstrate the concept of gender for nouns

Lesson 3: Food, Clothes, and Admitting Questions

• Perform Spanish vocabulary for food & clothing
• Utilize patient admission questions in Spanish
• Execute yes/no questions in a clinical setting

Lesson 4: Parts of the Body and Verb Conjugation

• Formulate basic anatomical terms in Spanish
• Demonstrate proper use of pronouns
• Apply conjugation rules for three basic verb forms: AR, ER and IR

Lesson 5: Colors and Physical Assessment Questions

• Distinguish and pronounce colors
• Utilize yes/no questions practically, in session with clients
• Compose physical assessment questions for the neurological system

Lesson 6: Family, Irregular Verbs, and the Integumentary System

• Perform Spanish vocabulary for family members
• Utilize irregular verbs: ir, tener, querer with proper conjugation
• Employ Spanish vocabulary words to describe the integumentary system

Lesson 7: Ser/Estar and Respiratory System

• Integrate prefixes, suffixes and possessives to expand Spanish vocabulary
• Demonstrate the proper uses of ser and estar
• Practice scenarios for clients with respiratory issues

Lesson 8: Hobbies, Directions, CV System, and Diagnostic Tests

• Utilize vocabulary for hobbies
• Demonstrate vocabulary for medical tests and settings
• Dramatize scenarios for the cardiovascular system

Lesson 9: Telling Time and the Gastrointestinal System

• Utilize Spanish vocabulary to calculate time to improve client engagement
• Apply Spanish vocabulary to describe the calendar
• Practice vocabulary for gastrointestinal system

Lesson 10: Quick Phrases, Emotions, Professions, and the Genitourinary System

• Employ quick Spanish phrases that can be put to practical use in-session
• Utilize various words/phrases for emotions and professions in Spanish
• Construct a physical assessment of the genitourinary system with Spanish terms

Lesson 11: Animals, Opposites, and the Musculoskeletal System  

• Perform correct pronunciation of Spanish vocabulary for animals
• Practice proper pronunciation of Spanish vocabulary for opposites
• Dramatize scenarios for the musculoskeletal systems

Lesson 12: Medical Equipment, Specialists, and the Reproductive System

• Practice Spanish vocabulary related to the reproductive system
• Conduct Spanish conversation regarding typical health care equipment
• Utilize proper terms for medical specialists in relation to client assessment and treatment planning

Lesson 13: Gustar- like Verbs, Vital Signs, Patient Hygiene, and Administering Medications

• Utilize the verb gustar properly with clients
• Appraise client hygiene and nutrition
• Employ Spanish vocabulary while taking vital signs
• Complete the administration of medications in Spanish

Lesson 14: Reflexive Verbs and Assessment Questions

• Choose and utilize reflexive Spanish verbs
• Utilize Spanish vocabulary common in prescriptions and clinical settings
• Construct assessment questions in Spanish

Lesson 15: Body Language, Cultural Competence, and Complementary Alternative Medicine

• Distinguish common body language used in Spanish-speaking countries
• Develop training to become culturally competent
• Evaluate common complementary and alternative medicine used in Spanish-speaking cultures

Lesson 16: Final Scenarios, Commands, and Emergency Phrases

• Utilize clothing vocabulary
• Determine how to use a translator correctly
• Respond basic meanings in conversational Spanish

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