MediEnglish B2 - Inglés para enfermeros
Learn how to introduce yourself, identify roles, and use essential hospital phrases.
Módulo 1: Advanced Medical Vocabulary
In this module, students will expand their knowledge of advanced medical vocabulary and practice using cleft sentences to emphasize key information. They will learn how to highlight essential details in professional communication, case reports, and discussions with colleagues. The grammar focus on cleft sentences (It is… that / who…) allows students to structure sentences for clarity, emphasis, and precision in medical contexts.
En este módulo, los estudiantes ampliarán su conocimiento de vocabulario médico avanzado y practicarán el uso de oraciones hendidas para enfatizar información clave. Aprenderán a resaltar detalles esenciales en la comunicación profesional, reportes de casos y discusiones con colegas. El enfoque gramatical en las oraciones hendidas (It is… that / who…) permite a los estudiantes estructurar frases con claridad, énfasis y precisión en contextos médicos.
Learning Materials
Learn vocabulary, phrases, and grammar
Medical Vocabulary
Learn essential medical terms and their usage.
Clinical Phrases
Common expressions used in healthcare settings
It is hypertension that increases the risk of stroke in many patients.
Es la hipertensión la que aumenta el riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular en muchos pacientes.
It is the surgeon who will make the incision during the procedure.
Es el cirujano quien hará la incisión durante el procedimiento.
It is not a benign tumor that we are dealing with, but a malignant one.
No es un tumor benigno con el que estamos tratando, sino uno maligno.
Is it dehydration that caused the patient’s fainting episode?
¿Es la deshidratación la que causó el desmayo del paciente?
It is the nursing staff who monitor vital signs every hour.
Es el personal de enfermería quien controla los signos vitales cada hora.
It is immunization that prevents most contagious diseases.
Es la inmunización la que previene la mayoría de las enfermedades contagiosas.
It is not trauma that explains the lesion, but an infection.
No es el trauma lo que explica la lesión, sino una infección.
It is the cardiologist who will review the diagnosis tomorrow.
Es el cardiólogo quien revisará el diagnóstico mañana.
Isn’t it resuscitation that saved the patient after the cardiac arrest?
¿No fue la reanimación la que salvó al paciente después del paro cardíaco?
It is anemia that explains the patient’s fatigue and weakness.
Es la anemia la que explica la fatiga y debilidad del paciente.
It is the biopsy that confirmed the presence of a malignant tumor.
Es la biopsia la que confirmó la presencia de un tumor maligno.
It is not isolation that the patient needs, but close monitoring.
No es el aislamiento lo que el paciente necesita, sino una vigilancia cercana.
It is the intravenous treatment that is reducing the inflammation.
Es el tratamiento intravenoso el que está reduciendo la inflamación.
Isn’t it sedation that helps the patient stay calm during the procedure?
¿No es la sedación la que ayuda al paciente a mantenerse tranquilo durante el procedimiento?
It is the relapse that worries us most in chronic conditions.
Es la recaída la que más nos preocupa en las enfermedades crónicas.
Cleft Sentences
Pronombres personales
What is and what is the use:
Que es y como se usa
A cleft sentence is a way of restructuring a sentence to put emphasis on a specific part of the information. Instead of presenting the sentence in a normal way, cleft sentences divide it into two clauses, highlighting the most important detail.
In English for nurses and medical professionals, this structure is very useful because it helps to stress key information when giving a diagnosis, reporting symptoms, or communicating with colleagues.
For example:
- Standard sentence: Hypertension increases the risk of stroke.
- Cleft sentence: It is hypertension that increases the risk of stroke.
With the cleft sentence, we highlight “hypertension” as the key idea.
Uses in medical communication:
- To make diagnoses and causes clear.
- To emphasize who is responsible for an action (doctor, nurse, team).
- To stress important medical details (symptoms, treatments, results).
- To clarify contrasts (It is not… but…).
- How to use (structure)
Form | Structure | Example (Medical Context) |
Affirmative | It is + [emphasized word/phrase] + that/who + [rest of the sentence] | It is the nurse who monitors the patient’s vital signs. |
Negative | It is not + [emphasized word/phrase] + that/who + [rest of the sentence] | It is not infection that caused the lesion, but trauma. |
Interrogative | Is it + [emphasized word/phrase] + that/who + [rest of the sentence]? | Is it anemia that explains the patient’s fatigue? |
- Do not use (Common Errors)
❌ Wrong word order: It is occurs that inflammation after surgery.
✔️ Correct: It is inflammation that occurs after surgery.
❌ Using “what” instead of that/who in formal cleft sentences: It is the nurse what gave the transfusion.
✔️ Correct: It is the nurse who gave the transfusion.
❌ Overusing cleft sentences: If every sentence is emphasized, the meaning is lost. Use them only to highlight key medical details.
❌ Confusing tense: Cleft sentences must match the time reference.
- Wrong: It is the nurse who explained yesterday.
- Correct: It was the nurse who explained yesterday.
- Examples in Context (EN)
- It is hypertension that increases the risk of a stroke.
- It is the doctor who confirmed the diagnosis after the biopsy.
- It is not an acute infection that we found, but a chronic condition.
- Is it dehydration that caused the patient’s seizure?
- It is resuscitation that saved the patient after the cardiac arrest.
- Traducción de Ejemplos en Contexto (ES)
- Es la hipertensión la que aumenta el riesgo de un accidente cerebrovascular.
- Es el médico quien confirmó el diagnóstico después de la biopsia.
- No es una infección aguda la que encontramos, sino una condición crónica.
- ¿Es la deshidratación la que causó la convulsión del paciente?
- Es la reanimación la que salvó al paciente tras el paro cardíaco.
Dialogue:
Nurse: The patient collapsed this morning.
Doctor: Was it dehydration that caused the seizure?
Nurse: No, it is anemia that explains the sudden weakness.
Doctor: Then it is the blood transfusion that will stabilize the patient.
Translate:
- Enfermera: El paciente se desplomó esta mañana.
Doctor: ¿Fue la deshidratación la que causó la convulsión?
Enfermera: No, es la anemia la que explica la debilidad repentina.
Doctor: Entonces, es la transfusión de sangre la que estabilizará al paciente.
Key Vocabulary: dehydration, seizure, anemia, transfusion
Dialogue:
Resident: Who is going to perform the incision?
Surgeon: It is the senior surgeon who will make the incision.
Resident: And is it the nurse who prepares the intravenous line?
Surgeon: Yes, it is the nurse who is responsible for that task.
Translate:
- Residente: ¿Quién va a realizar la incisión?
Cirujano: Es el cirujano principal quien hará la incisión.
Residente: ¿Y es la enfermera quien prepara la vía intravenosa?
Cirujano: Sí, es la enfermera quien es responsable de esa tarea.
Key Vocabulary: incision, intravenous, nurse, surgeon
Dialogue:
Nurse: The biopsy results are ready.
Doctor: Is it a benign tumor that was found?
Nurse: Unfortunately, it is a malignant tumor that appeared in the biopsy.
Doctor: Then it is urgent surgery that the patient needs.
Translate:
- Enfermera: Los resultados de la biopsia están listos.
Doctor: ¿Es un tumor benigno el que se encontró?
Enfermera: Desafortunadamente, es un tumor maligno el que apareció en la biopsia.
Doctor: Entonces, es una cirugía urgente la que el paciente necesita.
Key Vocabulary: biopsy, benign, malignant, surgery
Dialogue:
Nurse: Many patients are worried about the epidemic.
Doctor: It is immunization that protects people from contagious diseases.
Nurse: And it is isolation that helps control the spread inside the hospital.
Doctor: Exactly, it is prevention that saves more lives than treatment.
Translate:
Enfermera: Muchos pacientes están preocupados por la epidemia.
Doctor: Es la inmunización la que protege a las personas de las enfermedades contagiosas.
Enfermera: Y es el aislamiento lo que ayuda a controlar la propagación dentro del hospital.
Doctor: Exacto, es la prevención la que salva más vidas que el tratamiento.
Key Vocabulary: epidemic, immunization, contagious, isolation, prevention
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