Spanish for Nurses
Spanish for Nurses: nurse (enfermera) - page 1
Please also review greetings in back-to-basics page 3a.
1a. Hola, soy Anabella, mucho gusto.
(Hello, I am Anabella, nice to meet you.) Note: Literally, "mucho gusto" means "much pleasure."
1. Por favor, pase a la sala número cuatro.
(Please, pass (go in) to room number four.)
2. ¿Qué le trae por aquí?
(What brings you/him here? (ie: to the office))
2a. ¿Cuál es el problema?
(What is the problem?)
2b. ¿Qué le pasa?
(What is going on with you/him/her?) Note: The verb "pasar," or "to happen," takes the place of the English idiomatic phrase, "going on."
2c. ¿Qué es lo que tiene?
(What is it that you/he/she has?) Note: In Spanish, asking a patient what he or she "has" is asking about symptoms/problems/illness, etc.
3. Párese en la balanza. Póngalo/la en la balanza.
(Stand on the scale. Put him/her on the scale.)
3a. Párese en el peso.
(Stand on the scale.) Note: This is a slightly colloquial way to say "scale," but is also recognized.
4. Quítese la ropa. Quítele la ropa.
(Take your clothes off. Take his/her clothes off. Literally: Take off from yourself the clothes. Take off from him/her the clothes.)
5. Voy a tomar la temperatura.
(I am going to take your/his/her termperature. Literally: I am going to take the temperature.)
6. Sosténgalo/la, por favor.
(Hold him/her please.)
7. Voy a tomar la presión sanguínea.
(I am going to take your/his/her blood pressure. Literally: I am going to take the blood pressure.)
8. ¿Tiene alguna alergia?
(Do you/he/she have any allergy?)
9. ¿Toma alguna medicina?
(Do you/he/she take any medicine?)
10. Necesito ponerle una inyección.
(I need to give you/him/her an injection.)
11. Voy a poner un catéter endovenoso.
(I am going to insert a venous catheter.)
12. Voy a sacar sangre.
(I am going to take some blood.)
13. Tiene que orinar en este vaso.
(You/he/she have/has to urinate in this cup.)
14. Voy a limpiar la herida.
(I am going to clean the wound.)
15. Póngase esto bajo la lengua, por favor.
(Put this under your tongue please.)