Unit 2 Nursing assessment

Word Definition Translation

advisor (n) someone whose job is to give advice asesor (n)
because they know a lot about a
subject

antibiotics (n pl) drugs that are used to kill bacteria and antibióticos (n)
cure infections

antiseptic (adj) helping to prevent infection antiséptico (adj)

bend (v) to move part of your body so that it is doblar (v)

not straight

booster (n) a small quantity of a drug that dosis de refuerzo (n)

increases the effect of one that was
given before, so that someone
continues to be protected against a
disease

bronchitis (n) an illness which affects your bronchial bronquitis (n)

tubes and makes you cough

calamine lotion (n) a pink liquid that you put on sore, loción de calamina (n)
itchy or sunburned skin to make it less
painful

chicken pox (n) an infectious illness which causes a viruela (n)

slight fever and spots on your skin

childhood (n) the period of time when you are a niñez (n)
child

common (adj) happening often and to many people común (adj)

or in many places

cookie (n) a small flat sweet cake galleta (n)

cotton ball (n) a soft round object made from the disco de algodón (n)

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cotton plant, often used to clean the
skin

cough (n) the action or sound made when you tos (n)
cough

country of origin the country in which you were born país de origen (n)
(phr)

disease (n) an illness which affects a person enfermedad (n)

disinfect (v) to clean something with a chemical desinfectar (v)

that destroys bacteria

dizzy (adj) feeling unable to stand steadily mareado (adj)

DOB (n) (= date of birth) the date, month and fecha de nacimiento (n)
year you were born

earache (n) a pain inside your ear dolor de oído (n)

faint (v) to suddenly become unconscious for desmayarse (v)

a short time

fever (n) an illness or a medical condition in fiebre(n)

which you have a very high
temperature

free of charge (phr) without payment gratuito (adj)

gender (n) the fact of being male or female género (n)

gland (n) an organ of the body which produces glándula (n)

a substance that the body needs

GP (n) (= general practitioner) a doctor who médico de medicina

is trained in general medicine and general (n)
treats people in a particular area

groin (n) the place where the tops of your legs ingle (n)
meet the front of your body

hard (adv) using a lot of effort duro (adv)

headache (n) a pain in your head dolor de cabeza (n)

ibuprofen (n) a medicine that reduces pain, ibuprofeno (n)

inflammation and fever

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infectious (adj) an infectious illness can be passed infeccioso (adj)
from one person to another

itchy (adj) if part of your body is itchy, it feels irritado (adj)

slightly unpleasant and you want to
rub it with your nails

marital status (n) whether someone is married; used estado civil (n)
especially on official forms

measles (n) an infectious illness in which you have sarampión (n)

a fever and small red spots on your
face and body

MMR (n) (= measles, mumps and rubella) a triple vírica (sarampión,

vaccine against the diseases of paperas y rubeola) (n)
measles, mumps and rubella, given to
babies at around 13 months old and
again when children are around four
or five years old

mumps (n) an infectious illness which makes your paperas (n)

neck swell and become painful

nauseous (adj) feeling that you are going to vomit náusea (n)

needle (n) a very thin, pointed steel tube at the aguja (n)
end of a syringe which is pushed into
your skin to put a drug or medicine
into your body or to take out blood

next of kin (n) your closest living relative or relatives familiar más cercano (n)

nose (n) the part of a person’s face used for nariz (n)
smelling or breathing

occupation (n) a job or profession profesión (n)

paracetamol (n) a common drug used to reduce pain paracetamol (n)

part-time (adj) someone who has a part-time job a tiempo parcial (adj)
works for only part of each day or
week

patient record (n) a collection of documents that historial del paciente (n)
provides an account of each time a
patient visited or sought treatment

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and received care from a health care
facility

pin prick (n) slight pain you get when something pinchazo (n)
sharp goes into your skin

plaster (n) a piece of thin material that is stuck esparadrapo (n)

on to the skin to protect it

protect (v) to keep someone or something safe proteger (v)

from harm, damage or illness

public health nurse a registered nurse who helps people enfermera del servicio
(n) prevent health issues and improve público de asistencia
their health and well being sanitaria (n)

rash (n) a lot of red spots on someone's skin, sarpullido (n)

caused by an illness

reassuring (adj) making you feel less worried or tranquilizador (adj)

frightened

relax (v) to become quiet and calm after you relajarse (v)
have been upset or nervous, or to
make someone do this

rest (n) a period of time when you are not descanso (n)
doing anything tiring

rubella (n) an infectious disease that causes red rubeola (n)

spots on your body and can damage
an unborn child

runny (adj) a runny nose, runny eyes, etc. have nariz moqueante, ojos
liquid coming out of them, usually llorosos (n-adj)
because you have a cold

sample (n) a small part or amount of something muestra (n)

that is examined in order to find out
something about the whole

scarlet fever (n) a serious infectious illness causing a escarlatina (n)

sore throat and red spots on the skin

skin (n) the natural outer layer of a person's piel (n)

body

sleeve (n) the part of a piece of clothing that manga (n)

covers all or part of your arm

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sore (adj) a part of your body that is sore is dolorido, llagado (adj)
painful because of infection or
because you have used a muscle too
much

specimen tube (n) a round pipe made of glass that tubo de muestras (n)
contains a small amount of bodily fluid
taken from a person to be sent for
testing

stomachache (n) pain in your stomach or near your dolor de estómago (n)
stomach

surname (n) the name that you share with your apellidos (n)
parents or often with your husband if
you are a married woman, and which
in English comes at the end of your
full name

sweaty (adj) covered or wet with sweat sudoroso (adj)

swollen (adj) a part of your body that is swollen is hinchado (adj)

bigger than usual, especially because
you are ill or injured

symptom something wrong with your body or síntoma (n)

mind which shows that you have a
particular illness

syringe (n) an instrument for taking blood from jeringa (n)

someone's body or putting liquid,
drugs, etc. into it; consists of a hollow
plastic tube and a needle

temperature (n) a measure of how hot or cold a place temperatura (n)

or thing is

throat (n) the passage from the back of your garganta (n)
mouth to the top of the tubes that go
down to your lungs and stomach

tightly (adv) very firmly or closely firmemente adv)

title (n) a name, e.g. 'Sir', 'Professor', or tratamiento (n)

abbreviation, e.g. 'Mrs', 'Dr' that are
used before someone's name to show
their rank or profession, whether they
are married, etc.

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tongue (n) the soft part inside your mouth that lengua (n)
you can move about and use for
eating and speaking

tourniquet (n) a band of cloth that is twisted tightly torniquete (n)

around an injured arm or leg to stop it
bleeding

vaccine (n) a substance which contains a weak vacuna (n)

form of the bacteria or virus that
causes a disease and is used to
protect people from that disease

vein (n) one of the tubes which carries blood vena (n)
to your heart from other parts of your
body

Wii (n) a popular interactive video game Wii (n)

console

wipe (n) a special piece of wet material that toallita (n)

you use to clean someone or
something and then throw away

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