Hablamos Español: crossing communication barriers with the Latino population

This article outlines the retrospective study of a pilot project to teach Spanish phrases related to health care to students of an associate degree nursing program. This project was initiated in response to the documented increase in the Latino population in upstate South Carolina. In the decade fro...

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Published inThe Journal of nursing education Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 241 - 242
Main Authors Amerson, Roxanne, Burgins, Shelley
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States SLACK INCORPORATED 01.05.2005
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Active Learning
Associate Degrees
Basic Skills
Census of Population
Classrooms
Colleges & universities
Communication Barriers
Communication Skills
Counties
Education, Nursing, Associate
Elective Courses
English
Hispanic Americans
Humanities
Humans
Knowledge
Learning
Literature Reviews
Multilingualism
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing care
Nursing Education
Nursing Students
Pediatric nursing
Pediatrics
Pilot Projects
Prior Learning
Program Evaluation
Psychiatric-mental health nursing
Retrospective Studies
South Carolina
Spanish
Spanish language
Students
Success
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Terminology as Topic
Transcultural Nursing - education
Visual Aids
South Carolina
United States > US
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Summary:This article outlines the retrospective study of a pilot project to teach Spanish phrases related to health care to students of an associate degree nursing program. This project was initiated in response to the documented increase in the Latino population in upstate South Carolina. In the decade from 1990 to 2000, four counties in this region documented increases in the Latino population at greater than 60%. The nursing faculty began teaching simple Spanish phrases prior to each lecture and provided opportunities for students to earn extra credit points on unit examinations for correct translations. The planning and implementation process is described, and descriptive statistics are documented to provide a basic evaluation of success rates for the participating students. The focus of this project was to facilitate communication with Latino clients by teaching students common phrases and simple questions in the Spanish language.
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ISSN:0148-4834
1938-2421
DOI:10.3928/01484834-20050501-07