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MEDICAL SPANISH FOR NURSES

Soledad Traverso, PhD, is a professor of Spanish at Penn State Behrend, located in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she has taught since 1996. She is also the program chair for foreign languages. Dr. Traverso instructs students at all levels, from introductory to advanced courses. A native of Chile, she has written extensively about South American literature and has published books and articles about authors from her home country. In 2013, Dr. Traverso and Laurie Urraro cotaught a medical Spanish continuing-education course for health care providers at St. Vincent Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, which became the foundation for this work. As a result of her commitment to providing health care professionals in the Erie community with the ability to speak medical Spanish and the tremendous success of this course, Dr. Traverso received the Distinguished Award for Excellence in Outreach by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Penn State Behrend. Dr. Traverso and Dr. Patty Pasky McMahon teach Conversational Spanish for Future Health Care Providers at Penn State Behrends nursing program, which has become a highly sought-after course among students.

Laurie Urraro, PhD, is a full-time lecturer of Spanish at Penn State Behrend, Erie, Pennsylvania. Her areas of interest include contemporary female-authored Spanish drama, specifically through the lens of sex and sexuality, as well as feminist and LGBTQ issues in contemporary Spanish drama. Current projects include a coauthored bilingual childrens book about a trans individual, and a bilingual collection and analysis of contemporary female-authored Spanish plays.

Patty Pasky McMahon, PhD, CRNP, has been in active practice as a family nurse practitioner for over 30 years and has experience in rural health, occupational medicine, womens health, primary care, and college health. She is the director and certified family nurse practitioner at the Health and Wellness Center at Penn State Behrend. She also instructs the doctor of nursing progam at Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania. She teaches Conversational Spanish for Future Health Care Providers at Penn State Behrend Colleges nursing program with Dr. Traverso. She holds multiple professional licenses and certifications. Dr. McMahon has been awarded several government grants and has received multiple honors and awards. She has been a primary reviewer of a forensic textbook and has authored several articles. Dr. McMahon has been an invited presenter at many national and regional professional conferences.

MEDICAL SPANISH FOR NURSES

A Self-Teaching Guide

Soledad Traverso, PhD

Laurie Urraro, PhD

Patty Pasky McMahon, PhD, CRNP

Illustrations: Sergio Traverso and Soledad Traverso

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Traverso-Rueda, Soledad, author. | Urraro, Laurie, author. | McMahon, Patty Pasky, author.

Title: Medical Spanish for nurses : a self-teaching guide / Soledad Traverso, Laurie Urraro, Patty Pasky McMahon.

Description: New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | English and Spanish.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016028645| ISBN 9780826132949 | ISBN 9780826132956 (ebook)

Subjects: | MESH: Nursing | Dictionary | Terminology

Classification: LCC RT21 | NLM WY 13 | DDC 610.7303--dc23 LC record available at

https://lccn.loc.gov/2016028645

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