Day 9 - en los médicos clases de español.

Well as you all know yesterday was the 4^th of July, the Celebration of American Independence. Larissa, Heather, Jorge and I decided to go down to El Centro and view El Catedral en la noche (the night). Then we went to a quaint outdoor patio dining restaurant, listened to live music and made a toast to our independence. El Catedral looked amazing in the evening sky. There were so many people sitting and walking around the plaza and fountain. I am truly astounded at how many people I see hanging out and relaxing in the plaza, it is not a common activity done by Americans, because we always seem to be on the go and we rarely take the time to just sit and unwind. In Mexican culture, they believe in taking a moment to rest, Siestas.

Mis Amigas y yo

 

Mi hermanito y yo

Me, Jorge and Heather

 

The Nuns that got Away

EL Catedral

Two Gentlemen playing checkers in the Plaza

The live band on the patio

Today we learned more about how to communicate with patients and wrote up sentences about what a patient or a nurse would do or say in various medical situations. I am really beginning to understand how to write in Spanish, now if I could only figure out how to speak it as well!! I will get there, but it will take some time. The girls and I joke that we just need one more month here and we would being doing good and in 6 more months we would be completely fluent. I don’t think my husband would go for that one!! LOL

                                                              Class activity in Medical Spanish

In la cultura clases, we learned about how Mexican culture favors homepatia medicina. The use herbal plants to prevent or cure illnesses is a common practice in the the Mexican culture. Maestra Alicia said that when she went to the doctor, he recommended that she take an herbal supplement to help in lowering her blood pressure. In American culture the doctors are quick to prescribe a chemically based substance. It is not common for a doctor to tell you to take, for example, Valerian Root or Chamamile for insomnia. It is more common for them to tell you to go and get Ambien.

                                                        Homepatia medicina - Hierbas te

 One thing that I always have to remember with nursing is – Homepathia medicina

Favorite Spanish sentence of the day – El paciente necesita un yeso para una fractura de la pierna. This is one of the sentences that I wrote up for medical Spanish practice. – The patient needs a cast for the fracture of the leg.