This book will be a valuable resource for nurses and other healthcare professionals who deal with Spanish speaking patients. It is a guide that contains the key and most frequently used healthcare terms. It will also be useful for Spanish speaking nurses who want to have a better communication while interacting with English speaking healthcare professionals.

Quickly master the basics of medical terminology and begin speaking and writing terms almost immediately! Using Davi-Ellen Chabner's proven learning method, Medical Terminology: A Short Course, 7th Edition omits time-consuming, nonessential information and helps you build a working medical vocabulary of the most frequently encountered prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. Medical terms are introduced in the context of human anatomy and physiology to help you understand exactly what they mean, and case studies, vignettes, and activities demonstrate how they're used in practice. With all this plus medical animations, word games, and flash cards on the Evolve companion website, you'll be amazed at how easily medical terminology becomes part of your vocabulary.Self-teaching text/workbook approach reinforces learning every step of the way with labeling diagrams, pronunciation tests, and review sheets throughout the book.Clear, non-technical explanations demystify medical terminology even if you've had little or no background in science or biology."Picture Show" activities, practical case studies, and vignettes demonstrate real-life applications of medical terms in describing describe pathology and procedures.Full-color images illustrate anatomical and pathological terms.""Principal Diagnosis""feature shows how medical terms are used in clinical practice by asking you to read physician notes about a case and determine the patient s principal diagnosis."First Person" narratives help you understand diseases and conditions from the patient s perspective."Spotlight" feature identifies and clarifies potentially confusing terminology. ""Medical Terminology Check Up"" at the end of each chapter reinforces your understanding of key concepts.Labeled illustrations in the Spanish glossary present Spanish terms for major anatomical structures.A tablet-optimized Evolve companion website includes word games, learning exercises, audio pronunciations, animations, an anatomy coloring book, electronic flash cards, and more. NEW andUPDATEDmedical informationkeeps you current with today s healthcare terminology, and includes new illustrations clarifying difficult concepts and procedures. IMPROVED! Evolve resources" "are now optimized for tablet use, and mobile-optimized versions of the flash cards and quick quizzes make it easier for on-the-go study and review. "

"Medical terminology is the universal language in the medical industry to define from human anatomy and physiology, to clinical diagnoses, procedures and processes ... This book was written in order to help you to understand the different terminology and the details that can help you get a clearer picture of what medical reports mean ... It includes broad alphabetical lists of root words, prefixes and suffixes, explanations, together with the terms, which are particular to parts of the body and body systems ..."--Page 4 of cover.

Organized to follow the textbook on a chapter-by-chapter basis, providing questions to help the student review the material presented in the chapter. This supplement is a consumable resource, designed with perforated pages so that a given chapter can be removed and turned in for grading or checking.

STUDENT ALERT--this is an Instructor led course, you will need a Class Code, provided by your instructor, to register for this product. Course durations vary; course content may be available up to one year. Medical Terminology: Mastering the Basics is an interactive, print and online work text that introduces students to the language of medicine. Through numerous activities, students will learn the meanings of word parts and spell, pronounce, break down, and build medical terms integral to the field of health sciences. Organized by body system, this work text covers essential root words, prefixes, suffixes, and abbreviations and also summarizes common diseases and disorders, diagnostic tests and procedures, and therapeutic treatments. Students will not only learn, but will also practice, using these terms as they interpret written and audio examples of medical records and become comfortable with the word parts they need to master medical terminology. A uniquely streamlined, consistent learning method encourages the mastery of medical terms and word parts through activities involving memorization, spelling and pronunciation, word dissection and building, and the interpretation of medical records. Activities also familiarize students with medical dictionaries and encourage students to recall previously learned information in cumulative reviews. Practical activities involving medical record interpretation and healthcare internship experiences bring medical terminology to life by offering students a window into the healthcare field. With an online EduHub subscription, students can access e-flash cards for anatomy and physiology vocabulary and word parts. Students can also listen to pronunciations of medical terms, complete autograded activities in the book, and access additional practice activities using any Internet-enabled device.

Forget boring memorization! This one book with its unique don't-sweat-it style cuts to the chase and makes learning interesting. It's all you need to easily break down complicated medical language used by doctors and health care professionals. Amaze yourself as you begin to decipher multi-syllable words you've never seen. A tool for students to help master medical terms that can help you earn top grades and increase job prospects. A tool for educators to enhance the classroom experience. What's inside? Interesting scenario-based exercises and quizzes with all the answers included Explanations and tips to go deeper into the root meanings of medical terms Quick Reviews to give you a booster shot of understanding Pro-level instruction by a seasoned pro with more than three decades in the field of healthcare education