AEC - Nursing Spanish
(Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 14767)

PROGRAM OVERVIEW
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.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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.

“I came to AEC barely able to speak Spanish and now after three weeks in Costa Rica I can communicate with my Spanish speaking patients. I had a amazing experience and I hope that I can do so again. I recommend this program to any nurse who is interested in learning Spanish.”
-From Lauren S. BSN RN from John Hopkins University

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.

COMPLETE PROGRAM SPECIFICS
The complete Nursing Spanish Program is offered at ourTurrialba Campus, with a private Nursing Spanish Program available at our Arenal Campus. Click here for our Nursing Spanish Program specifics.

Questions
about our nursing program can be directed to our special e-mail address set up for this purpose at:
jesse@aec4spanish.com
or by calling us toll free at 800-237-2730

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 14767, for 33 Contact Hours per week.