Need expert guidance on Spanish-speaking patient care? Step into speedy proficiency, with the freshly updated Medical Spanish Made Incredibly Quick (R), 3rd Edition. This colorfully illustrated pocket guide for nurses and other healthcare professionals offers a solid grounding in Spanish pronunciation, with translations for hundreds of medical terms and phrases. A vital on-the-job tool for both new and fluent Spanish-speakers, it provides the Spanish terms and phrases needed to explain assessments, procedures, medications, patient teaching, and nutrition -- an invaluable support for nurses and other healthcare professionals of all levels, in all practice areas. The fully illustrated, on-the-spot translator for everyday clinical use NEW and updated quick-read, bulleted contentWrite-on/wipe-off laminated pages that make notetaking and erasing easyPocket-sized spiral-bound format that offers on-the-spot access to Spanish terms and phrasesBrightly colored, quick-find tabs that make it quick and easy to locate sections such as basics, assessments and proceduresAssists in patient teaching with colorful images and communication tools such as see-and-point picturesCovers the basics of Spanish pronunciation and translations for vital everyday medical terms and definitionsLanguage-learning supports that include: Spanish language basics - alphabet, pronunciation, nouns, pronouns, grammar, greetings, simple words, days and dates, colors, numbers, time, opposites, measurements, healthcare personnel, clothing, relatives, location, foodAssessment questions - phrased in yes-or-no format to draw out the most useful information from patients on issues involving different body systems, as well as treatment of pain, sexual and physical assault, and geriatric and prenatal issuesTerms and phrases used in assessments, by body system - cardiovascular; respiratory; neurologic; GI; musculoskeletal; reproductive; urinary; immune and endocrine; skin, hair, and nails; eyes, ears, mouth, and throatTerms and phrases used during procedures - test preparation; physical examination; diagnostic tests; cardiovascular, respiratory, GI, musculoskeletal, and renal procedures; IV therapyMedication terms and phrases - therapeutic drug classifications, medication history, medication administration, wound care, common disordersTeaching terms and phrases - diet, pre- and postoperative care, diseases, disordersLearning aids - picture dictionary and glossary
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