Description:
Nurses can earn up to 33 CE contact hours per week. Courses run every week of the year. Effective communication is the key to providing patients with quality healthcare. With Spanish being the second most common language spoken in the United States behind English, it is increasingly important for healthcare providers to offer their services in Spanish. With this fact in mind AEC of Costa Rica has designed a special, nurse-specific Spanish program. This California BRN approved program has been carefully tailored to meet the needs of nurses who work with Spanish-speaking patients and their families.
(Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 14767)
Highlights:
This program will give nurses the ability to converse with Spanish speaking patients in a hospital or clinic environment. The program's goal is to develop or improve a nurse's Spanish language abilities in the workplace. Students enrolled in the Nursing Spanish Program will learn standard Spanish in 4 hour morning classes each day. They will be placed in one of nine different levels based on their individual Spanish proficiency. The students will then join in on the 6 hour afternoon classes and site visitations (spread out throughout the week) that have been designed to accommodate all levels of Spanish ability, and focus on nursing Spanish terminology and Spanish speaking communication skills.
The class time is supplemented with the addition of medical site visitations to local Costa Rican clinics and hospitals. During these visitations, students will accompany staff to local hospitals and clinics. Evening talks are also scheduled once a week where specific areas of interest to individual students can be discussed.
The AEC Spanish Institute nursing program consists of:
* 4 hours per day of morning Standard Spanish classes. Each student will be separated into one of nine levels of Spanish classes aimed at their current individual level of Spanish fluency.
* 3 hours per week of afternoon class of weekly blocks of related subject matter (This time is spread throughout the week) , geared toward learning medical terminology and culturally appropriate communication skills designed to be specifically applicable for nurses in dealing with Spanish speaking patients and their families.
* Weekending charlas (medical seminars) with combined classes of medical and nursing Spanish students and our staff to discuss that week's block of subject material, allowing individual questions from students who wish to clarify or expand on that week's classroom content.
* Visitations, accompanied by staff preceptor, for 3 hrs/week to one or two of the following sites:
Arenal:
- Either of the general practice clinics at La Fortuna or Monterey
- Either of the general hospitals at Ciudad Quesada or San Carlos (open only to nursing students at the intermediate Spanish fluency level or above).
- Accompany nurses of the country's social service system (CCSS) in their community outreach programs to individual families.
Turrialba:
- Lactation clinic at the local general hospital
- Senior citizen home
- Local orphanage
- Maternity ward
Language:
Spanish
Language Used As A Medium of Teaching:
Spanish
Cost in US$: 1- 2 weeks: USD 540 - USD 1,070
Cost Includes: Classes, all study materials, lodging with local host family, breakfast & dinners with host family, evening cultural activities including Latin dance and Costa Rican cooking classes.
Experience Required: no
This Program is open to
Worldwide
Participants.
.
Participants Travel to Costa Rica
Independently
Typically Participants Work
in Groups
Application Process Involves:
- Other
- Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time Is one week
AEC Spanish Institute - Costa Rica's Mission Statement: AEC Spanish Institute seeks to offer quality Spanish programs to students of all ages, while providing a chance to see the beautiful country of Costa Rica. A combination of immersion Spanish classes, local host family placement, cultural experiences and adventure tours provides students the chance to learn a language and culture first hand. With programs including standard, medical, nursing, teen and family Spanish, AEC provides its students with the tools necessary to connect with people on a different level with deeper understanding and respect. AEC aims to break down the walls created by language barriers and allow people to learn from each other.
Year Founded: 1998