Spanish for Nurses

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)