desperate to learn Spanish

[timewood]

Hello.

I took over four years worth of Spanish nearly twenty years ago :uhoh21: and I need to know it now more than ever. I can not give decent patient care if I can not communicate with my patients! (sorry, after another day of clinicals, I feel like I am not doing my job or my best for my pt). I can follow conversations that the interpreter is having with a pt...only the general gist though...

Has anyone out there found a program or come up with a good way to get fluent in medical Spanish? I am a first year nursing student, totally overloaded but would really like to at least get started on this.

Any advice or directions would be greatly appreciated. :)

[TravelNurse4Life]

Take some time off, fly to Spain, and enjoy yourself for a few months while learning the language. Wouldn't that be nice? Now back to reality, lol. Maybe take a conversational spanish class as an elective? Or maybe find someone who speaks Spanish and is willing to have weekly "sessions" with you to try and get you more familair with the language? The more you hear it and use it, the more you'll learn it. Good luck!

...Jennifer...

Dido! I took on the Eco route and went down to Costa Rica, it was an amazing experience all around, def. learned a lot of Spanish while I was down there taking the Medical Spanish class for 3 weeks. I learned more in those three weeks than a semester or online courses.

Let me know if you want my input on my experience.

Good luck!