Medical Terminology in Nursing...

[studiousme]

Hi!

I'm new to the forum. I'm currently in school taking my pre-reqs for nursing, and one of my assignments for the Medical Terminology class is to have a discussion with someone in the medical field the importance (or lack thereof) of having a solid grasp of Medical Lingo in the field. Basically, is this going to be a useful class once I'm actually working?

I can't wait to hear from you!

:)

[katoline]

I agree with everyone else saying this is an essential course. I loved it as well. It was almost like making puzzles out of everything. You find the "root" of a word, nephro - kidney, then take the action part, ology - study of, or ectomy - removal of. you can mix and match and actually figure out a lot of what mds, surgeons, specialists are talking about.

I guess I'm just a nosey woman. I always loved reading the H&P, Discharge Summaries, consults and operative reports. Really find out what a patient has been through. After a while, you start to see how things correlate and realize why they happen. Good for patient teaching as well.

[NinA 56]

I have had several classes in medical terminology and it is definetly a neccesary course, I have found that flash cards of the various prefixes and suffixes can be very useful in learning medical terms. I enjoyed the course.

[gardengal1, ASN, RN]

Medical terminology is the basis for all your future learning. Just make sure that you become proficient at spelling these terms also. Otherwise, people still will think you are dumb if you can't spell these words!