Learn Real German for Nurses

A patient says Mir ist schwindelig, the chart says Schwindel, and your colleague needs it in the handover. This book gives you the words for all three.

Learn Real German for Nurses – Vocabulary & Phrases collects the German you need at work, sorted the way your shift is sorted: by care situation. Twenty chapters take you from your first day on the ward through the body, symptoms, admission, vital signs, personal care, mobility, nutrition, continence, medication, wounds, hygiene, tests and doctor rounds to handover, prophylaxes, emergencies, dementia care, relatives and the end of life, and teamwork.

Inside

2,000 German–English terms in 20 care situations, each with article, plural, level (A1 to B2) and a mark for words patients use and clinical terms the team writes 400 complete phrases for patients, relatives, colleagues and doctors, with Sie and du marked Patients say, the team says: everyday German next to the clinical word or chart note Word partners for the key nouns, and a quick check in every chapter, with all answers A German A–Z index and an English–German index Nearly 100 ward abbreviations, with a warning about English look-alikes (RR, AF, HF …) Grammar for the ward on two pages, and the words that differ in Austria and Switzerland

Who it is for: nurses and care workers trained outside Germany, at every level from beginner to B2, getting ready for work on a German ward, an adaptation course or a nursing language exam, on their own or alongside a course. Explanations are in US English.

Words, values and phrases are examples for language learning; in real care, always follow your employers protocols. This book does not guarantee a certificate, a visa, a job or professional recognition. All people and places in the examples are invented.