Spanish for HealthCare Professionals

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16.5 contact hours

Completion Time

16 hours, 30 minutes

Available Until

December 31, 2025

Posted By

PESI

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Overview

Do you ever feel frustrated when trying to care for a Spanish speaking patient?

You want to know how you can help them.

You want to share important information with them.

And you want to let them know they’re okay — they can trust you.

But you don’t have the right words to reach across the language barrier.

Bridge the communication gap with this online training designed specifically for busy healthcare professionals like you who are ready to learn Spanish in an effective, non–threatening experience, with real–life instruction geared for today's medical professional.

From the comfort of your own home or office, International speaker and award–winning educator Tracey Long, PhD, RN, APRN, MS, MSN, CDE, CNE, CHUC, CCRN, gives you the Spanish vocabulary you need to know to confidently communicate with your Spanish speaking patients.

Learning Objectives

You'll learn the foundations of mastering a foreign language. You'll start with the basic foundations of Spanish, such as the alphabet and common greetings, as well as how to progress through: nouns, verb conjugation and vocabulary for numbers, time, money, food, clothing and anatomy.

Once you've mastered the foundations of Spanish, you'll start learning how to conduct patient assessments. You'll begin learning vocabulary to describe families, irregular verbs and how to conduct skin, respiratory and cardiovascular assessments. You'll walk away knowing vocabulary for colors, giving directions, and how to properly use the verbs ser and estar.

Alphabet & cognates
Numbers and nouns
Food, clothes, and admitting questions
Parts of the body and verb conjugation
Colors and physical assessment questions
Family, irregular verbs, and the skin system
Ser/estar and respiratory system
Hobbies, directions, CV system, and diagnostic tests

In the second half of the course you'll learn how to assess the gastrointestinal system, genitourinary system, musculoskeletal system, reproductive system and terminology for labor and delivery. You'll also learn vocabulary for the calendar, professions, emotions, remedies, medical equipment, medications and specialists.

You'll then pull all of your assessment skills together to create fluent sentences for communicating confidently with your Spanish speaking patients. We'll also take a look at complementary and alternative medicine/folk medicine.

Telling time, gastrointestinal system
Quick phrases, emotions, professions, and GU system
Animals, opposites, and musculoskeletal system
Medical equipment, specialists, and reproductive system
Gustar–like verbs, vital signs, hygiene, and administering meds
Reflexive Verbs
Body language, cultural competence, and CAM
Final scenarios, commands, and emergency phrases

Speakers

Tracey Long PhD, RN, APRN, MS, MSN, CDE, CNE, CHUC, CCRN

Tracey Long has been a practicing RN and Nurse Educator for 28 years, teaching courses in Medical Spanish, Diabetes Education, Cultural Competence, Critical Care and Simulation, and is full time Nursing faculty. She has lived in Spain and served as a health welfare missionary in Colombia, South America, for 18 months. She serves as faculty for International Service Learning with nursing students in Belize and Peru providing medical clinics, and organized diabetes education programs for Hispanic/Latinos in Southern Nevada. With a passion for active learning, and as an international speaker and award-winning educator, Tracey helps students not just memorize, but truly learn the content material needed to successfully master skills and learning.

CE Information

This activity offers 16.5 contact hours to attendees.

Accredited by ANCC.

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