English As a Second Language

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Hello all. English is my second language and I am working on getting into a second degree BSN program. For those who have studied and passed the certification exam, was it very hard to do with English being your second language? I graduated from a 4 year college in the USA but I was thinking maybe nursing would be harder for a person whose native language is not English. I would love to hear about your experiences at school if your native language is not English. Thank you!

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.

I assume that the TOEFL is super easy. I assume this given some of the people I work with everyday who struggle to make themselves understood in english. They passed and if some of these people passed I guess it must be pretty easy.

I am not bashing anyone here. I understand that it is a very difficult thing to master. As soon as I am able to make myself understood in a hospital enviroment in something other than english I will get on my high horse.

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Specializes in LTC, Hospice, Case Management.
Hello all. English is my second language and I am working on getting into a second degree BSN program. For those who have studied and passed the certification exam, was it very hard to do with English being your second language? I graduated from a 4 year college in the USA but I was thinking maybe nursing would be harder for a person whose native language is not English. I would love to hear about your experiences at school if your native language is not English. Thank you!

I suspect you will not have any problem at all. You paragraph is very well written and easily understood. Sadly, that is not true for many posts that are written by those whose primary language is English. I would not have known English was your second language if you hadn't said.

Best of luck.

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Thank you:)

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.

I think your English is just fine. I would have never known it was a second language for you.

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Specializes in Ambulatory Surgery, PACU,SICU.

English is my second language. I did not find that a particular hindrance to my nursing education. Science did not come very easy to me, so I found that a challenge, not to mention the absolute irritation that nursing school is. But English, no, that is not a problem.

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Specializes in ICU.

You probably won't have a problem. A lot of medical terms come from Latin and German anyway, don't they?

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As long as you know your material, you will be fine. My advice for you is to study hard!If there is any topic or word you come across while studying just look it up. At least that's what I did( English is my second language as well). Good luck with the exam whenever you take it!

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