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    The document provides guidance for nurses to improve their medical terminology and communication skills. It includes the B.U.R.P.S. method for learning roots, prefixes, and suffixes to help understand medical terms. It also includes a list of common medical acronyms and encourages nurses to familiarize themselves with specialist vocabulary. Finally, it discusses the importance of clear communication with patients and offers two strategies for talking with clients.

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    Understanding Medical

    Terminology & Talk as a Nurse

    Ns. M.Deri Ramadhan, M.Kep

    School of Nursing_John Hopkins University


    B.U.R.P.S
    list Talk as a Two main topics
    Nurse
    THE B.U.R.P.S LIST

    Purpose: To become proficient in Building and


    Understanding Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes.

    Rationale: Building and understanding medical


    terminology is simpler when the words are broken
    down into roots, prefixes and suffixes.
    THE B.U.R.P.S LIST

    Steps:
     Review the B.U.R.P.S. tables and try to determine the
    definitions of the examples
     Notice the overlap among the three groups of roots, prefixes
    and suffixes
     Make new words by changing one part of the word. For
    example, if an appendectomy is the removal of the appendix,
    then a nephrectomy is the removal of a kidney. Tachycardia is a
    fast heart rate and tachypnea is a fast respiration rate.

    Helpful Note: R/T means “related to”


    THE B.U.R.P.S LIST
    THE B.U.R.P.S LIST
    THE B.U.R.P.S LIST
    THE B.U.R.P.S LIST
    THE B.U.R.P.S LIST
    THE B.U.R.P.S LIST
    THE B.U.R.P.S LIST
    Purpose: To become familiar with
    acronyms commonly used by health
    care providers

    Rationale: Different professions have TALK LIKE A


    unique languages; medicine and NURSE
    nursing are no exceptions.
    Theacronyms below are used in
    verbal and written communication in
    health care settings.
    TALK LIKE A NURSE

    Steps:
     Review the attached list of acronyms (then you can start to critique shows
    like “House” and “Gray’s Anatomy” for accuracy!)
     Notice that some acronyms have two different meanings; e.g., ROM stands
    for “range of motion” and “rupture of membranes” - be careful when using
    abbreviations
     Take the Self Assessment after reading the approved terms

    NOTE: All institutions have a list of accepted and “do not use” abbreviations.
    Always check with the institution before using an abbreviation.
    TALK LIKE A NURSE
    Vocabulary
    (Medical
    Specialist)

    if you work at
    a hospital or
    clinic, you will
    interact with
    a variety of
    specialists.
    Communication between
    nurses and clients happens
    all day, every day. At times
    the communication is
    formal, such as when a
    nurse instructs client how
    to use a piece of Talking with
    equipment. At other times
    the topic of communication
    clients...
    is informal; for example,
    the nurse greets the client,
    they exchange some small
    talk and then the nurse
    moves to the next room.
    Communication
    strategy 1.
    Dialogue..
    Communication
    strategy 2.
    THANK YOU...

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