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Vocabulario y Gramática Esencial de Inglés Médico para Enfermería

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Medical Professionals and Wound Care Vocabulary

  • DIETICIAN → dietista (reviews nutritional needs)

  • DISTRICT NURSE → enfermera que va a casa (cares for patients in their own homes or in residential homes)

  • GP → general practitioner (works in a surgery and cares for patients)

  • HEALTH VISITOR → va a casa a darte consejos y a decirte si has de tomarte algún medicamento (gives medical care and advice)

  • MIDWIFE → llevadora / matrona (cares for pregnant women before and after the birth of their babies)

  • PHARMACIST → farmacèutic / farmacéutico (reviews and dispenses medications)

  • PRACTICE NURSE → el que trabaja con el médico de familia (works in a GP’s surgery and provides advice, care and treatment)

  • PSYCHOLOGIST → psicòleg / psicólogo (cares for patients with emotional and behavioural problems)

  • WOUND → ferida / herida (an injury to the skin)

  • BANDAGE → venda (a long piece of soft cloth that you tie around an injury)

  • DRESSING → apòsit (a covering that protects an injury)

  • ODOUR → mala olor / olor (smell)

  • SWOLLEN → inflamat / inflamado

  • DISCHARGE → secreció / secreción (liquid which comes out of a wound)

  • INFLAMED → red, painful and swollen

  • PUS → a yellow substance that comes from an infected part of the body

  • SURROUNDING SKIN → the skin around the wound

  • SUTURES → stitches used to sew up a cut

Medical Equipment and Patient Mobility

  • TISSUE → tejido (cells which make up the skin)

  • GRAB BAR → barra de agarre

  • NON-SLIP MAT → alfombra antideslizante

  • RAISED TOILET SEAT → asiento de inodoro elevado

  • SHOWER CHAIR → silla de ducha

  • WALKING FRAME → andador

ursing Expressions with Future Simple

  1. I’ll help - te ayudaré

  2. I’ll just get - solo voy a buscar

  3. I’ll take off - me lo quitaré

  4. I’ll wipe - lo limpiaré

  5. I’ll put - lo pondré

  6. I’ll just put - solo lo pondré

Future Simple and Patient Care Concepts

  • FUTURE SIMPLE: WILL + INFINITIVE

  • PREDICTION - I will be happy / I will have a job

  • SUDDEN DECISION - It's cold / I will open the door

  • EMBARRASSING moments → embarrassed (la persona avergonzada)

  • A CALL BELL is the buzzer which patients press to call a nurse

  • Somebody who is SENSITIVE (sensible) understands what people are feeling

  • Somebody who is incontinent cannot control when urine or faeces come out of their body

  • Privacy is when you are alone and people cannot see or hear what you are doing

  • If you talk down to (= to patronize) somebody, you talk to them in a way that shows you think they are stupid or not important

  • If you humiliate somebody, you make them feel worthless or embarrassed

Medical Abbreviations, Terms, and Phrases

  • SENSIBLE → sensato

  • INCONTINENT → incontinente

  • PRIVACY → privacidad

  • TALK DOWN TO → hablar condescendientemente

  • HUMILIATE → humillar

  • IMPATIENT → impaciente

  • ROUTE → vía de administración de medicamentos

  • PRESCRIPTION → receta médica

  • DESIGNATION → título, por ejemplo Registered Nurse

  • DOSE → a measured amount of medication

  • FAO → for the attention of (a la atención de)

  • GP → general practitioner = surgery → MÉDICO DE FAMILIA

  • IM → intramuscular, an injection into the muscle

  • mcg → microgram

  • RECTAL → inserted into the rectum

  • SC → subcutaneous, an injection under the skin

  • SHO → senior house officer = médico en prácticas

  • FAX → fax

  • PASS ON → pasar a / transmitir

  • KEEP IN TOUCH → mantener el contacto

Grammar: Adjectives to Adverbs

Adjective - Adverb

  • NICE - nicely
  • HAPPY - happily
  • EARLY - early
  • GOOD - well
  • SLOW - slowly
  • QUICK - quickly
  • SAD - sadly
  • SOFT - softly
  • HARD - hardly

Clinical Sentences and Common Corrections

  • The district nurse usually comes on a Friday

  • I’ll just need to get your walking frame for you

  • Hold the grab bar tightly in the shower so you don’t accidentally fall over

  • Have you spoken to the district nurse yet?

  • I just need to explain a few things to you.

  • You also need to clean your mouth carefully before you use the inhaler

  • Don’t forget to shake the mixture well before you take it.

  • He can never remember to take his tablets.

  • Don't worry, Mr Rowan. I’m just outside the door. I haven’t gone home yet.

  • I’m afraid I can only visit you on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

  • If you won’t hear the doorbell, I’ll let myself in with the key. → use don’t

  • I’ll help you into the shower once the dressing will be ready. → use is

  • I’ll let you know when she comes back to the office.

  • Can you lift up for me and I’ll put the bedpan under you?

  • I’ll give you this bell in case you’ll have any problems and need me to come. → use you have

  • Make sure you take these tablets before you’ll eat. → use you eat

  • You must rinse your mouth with water after you use it.

  • Please keep taking these tablets until they’ll all be finished. → use they are all

  • I’ll wait outside while you’ll go to the toilet. → use you go

  • I know it hurts, so I’ll be as quick as I can.

  • I’ll wait outside while you go to the toilet.

  • I know it hurts, so I’ll be as quick as I can.

Medication Warnings and Instructions

  • FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY → don’t take the medication, use on your skin only

  • AVOID SUN EXPOSURE → do not stay out in the sun

  • REFRIGERATE, DO NOT FREEZE → keep in the fridge between 2-8ºC

  • AVOID ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES → don’t take with alcohol

  • TAKE ON AN EMPTY STOMACH → take before eating or drinking

  • RINSE MOUTH WITH WATER → clean the mouth with a mouthful of water

  • COMPLETE THE COURSE OF MEDICATION → take all of the medication

  • DISCARD CONTENTS → throw away what is left in the container

  • SHAKE WELL → mix the contents

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