Are you fluent in more than one language? How has it benefited you as a nurse to possess fluency in not only another language but the culture it dictates as well?
I'm fluent, of course, in English as it was my primary language growing up. I've been told I'm gifted in written arts. Because I am deaf, I attended a state deaf school for a couple of years and picked up on signed English. That's not an actual language, but a mixture of American Sign Language with English grammar principles. It's how deaf children learn English in the United States. I'm also fluent in American Sign Language, the actual language of Deaf American and Deaf Canada. ASL has it's own grammar that can be used in writing.
That's two languages for me. But I think I'd like to learn Mexican Spanish as well. Latin American culture seems so fascinating, not to mention I'm Mexican myself. I'm sure all three languages will help me immensely as a perioperative RN/NP.
KateRN1
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English and fair Turkish, absolutely of no help whatsoever.