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German for Nursing

  • Niccolò C.
  • Christina F.
  • Christina M.
  • Melanie A.
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Learning module 1: Workplace and communication

Nursing 1 - Meine Rolle und mein Arbeitsplatz (My role and workplace)

  • Describe your education level
  • Describe your workplace and departments
  • Explain equipment and orientation in hospitals
  • Vocabulary: Departments, hospital furniture and rooms, equipment, work clothing, footwear

Nursing 2 - Tägliche Arbeit und Schichten (Daily work and shifts)

  • Describe daily tasks, responsibilities, and schedule
  • Explain shift work and teamwork
  • Describe organization and planning at the hospital
  • Vocabulary: Planning and scheduling shifts

Nursing 3 - Beobachten und Berichten (Observing and reporting)

  • Observe changes in condition and behavior
  • Measure and record vital signs correctly
  • Report unusual observations to your supervisor
  • Vocabulary: Observation language (color, consistency, temperature, amount), vital signs, documentation terms, respiration, pulse, level of awareness

Nursing 4 - Übergaben und Berichte (Handovers and Reports)

  • Read and write short care reports
  • Ask questions about a patient’s status
  • Use clear and factual reporting language
  • Vocabulary: Reporting structures, administrative vocabulary, report language, patient status terminology

Nursing 5 - Meetings und Rollen (Meetings and roles)

  • Participate in multidisciplinary meetings
  • Give your opinion
  • Understand the roles of other professionals
  • Vocabulary: job titles and hierarchy in healthcare, roles in multidisciplinary teams
Learning module 2: Patient care

Nursing 6 - Hygieneprotokolle (Hygiene protocols)

  • Follow hygiene and safety procedures
  • Describe infection prevention measures
  • Explain your tasks during an epidemic or pandemic
  • Vocabulary: hygiene, infection prevention, protective clothing, hand hygiene, cleaning routines, waste separation and recycling in healthcare

Nursing 7 - Hauterkrankung (Skin condition)

  • Describe skin condition, wounds, and hygiene
  • Identify signs of pressure ulcers (decubitus) and report them
  • Vocabulary: Skin condition, wounds, pressure ulcers, risk factors, pressure points, skin assessment terminology

Nursing 8 - Chronische Krankheiten (Chronic illnesses)

  • Recognize conditions like diabetes, COPD, dementia, Parkinson’s
  • Adjust care based on symptoms and treatment plans
  • Recognize symptoms of left/right heart failure (decompensation) and rheumatic diseases
  • Vocabulary: chronic diseases, exacerbation vs. stable condition, heart failure (left/right decompensation), rheumatic diseases

Nursing 9 - Unterstützung von Senioren (Supporting seniors)

  • Ask about daily routines (sleep, eating, mobility)
  • Encourage patients to do light exercises
  • Provide mobility support
  • Vocabulary: Body care, daily routines, body functions, fall prevention

Nursing 10 - Rehabilitation (Rehabilitation)

  • Recognize symptoms after a stroke or injury
  • Describe a rehabilitation plan
  • Participate in evaluation meetings
  • Support safe repositioning, transfers, and use of mobility aids
  • Vocabulary: Rehabilitation, physiotherapy, mobility, assistive devices, stroke symptoms, recovery goals, evaluation language, repositioning, bed mobility, transfer techniques

Nursing 11 - Vorfallmeldung (Incident reporting)

  • Recognize incidents and aggressive behavior
  • Report and document them correctly
  • Apply de-escalation strategies
  • Respond safely to basic emergencies such as hypoglycemia, seizures, allergic reactions, and shock
  • Vocabulary: aggression, incident reporting, de-escalation strategies, conflict management, safety terminology, hypo/hyperglycemia, seizure, allergic reaction, shock, AED awareness

Nursing 12 - Palliativversorgung (End-of-life care)

  • Discuss patient wishes about end-of-life care
  • Offer condolences and emotional support
  • Respect cultural and religious differences
  • Vocabulary: palliative care, hospice, death and religion, emotions, empathy, condolence language
Learning module 3: Nutrition, medication and wellbeing

Nursing 13 - Arzneimittelgebrauch (Medicine Use)

  • Explain prescribed and self-care medication
  • Give clear dosage instructions
  • Read and interpret medication overviews
  • Vocabulary: dosage, pharmacology basics, packaging symbols, waste management, administration instructions

Nursing 14 - Ernährungsassistent (Nutrition Assistant)

  • Recognize eating/swallowing problems
  • Fill in fluid or feeding lists
  • Monitor hydration status and understand basic fluid balance (input/output)
  • Vocabulary: healthy diet, aspiration prophylaxis, assistive tools for eating, restrictions, dysphagia vocabulary, fluid balance, intake/output (I/O), dehydration signs, hydration monitoring

Nursing 15 - Die Tageskarte (The daily Menu)

  • Explain meals and diet options
  • Discuss preferences and adapt menus to special needs
  • Vocabulary: meals and drinks in care, diabetes-related diet vocabulary, chronic illness nutrition, menu adaptations

Nursing 16 - Toilettenhilfe (Toilet assistance)

  • Support urination and defecation (using bedpans, urinals)
  • Practice hygienic incontinence care
  • Report color, consistency, and amount of urine/stool
  • Vocabulary: excretions, urination/defecation, incontinence care, bedpans and urinals, hygiene care, describing color/consistency/amount

Nursing 17 - Freizeit (Leisure time)

  • Organize activities with residents
  • Holidays and social events
  • Participate in small talk and family meetings
  • Vocabulary: social events, holidays, small talk vocabulary, family meetings, celebrations

Nursing 18 - Informelle und ehrenamtliche Pflege (Informal and volunteer care)

  • Describe informal care and family roles
  • How to support volunteers
  • Fill in home-care documentation
  • Vocabulary: family roles, relationships, informal care, volunteer support, home-care documentation
Learning module 4: Clinical and mental healthcare

Nursing 19 - Psychische Gesundheit und Neuropsychologie (Mental health and neuropsychology)

  • Recognize symptoms of schizophrenia, psychotic disorders, and severe mental illnesses
  • Communicate effectively with clients experiencing hallucinations, delusions, or confusion
  • Support clients with intellectual disabilities and neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., Rett syndrome)
  • Vocabulary: schizophrenia, psychosis, hallucinations, delusions, intellectual disability, Rett syndrome, crisis signals

Nursing 20 - Bewertungssysteme (Assessment systems)

  • Apply the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and other pain assessment tools, including non-verbal pain indicators
  • Describe the WHO classification system and Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns
  • Explain Machteld Huber’s “Positive Health” model and the Content–Procedure–Interaction–Subsistence levels
  • Use the SBARR method for structured communication
  • Vocabulary: NRS, pain assessment tools, WHO system, Gordon’s patterns, Positive Health, SBARR, assessment vocabulary, non-verbal pain indicators

Nursing 21 - Medikamentenlehre und klinische Fertigkeiten (Medication and clinical skills)

  • Identify common medication groups such as beta blockers and explain their effects and risks
  • Choose the correct intramuscular (IM) injection site based on age, muscle mass, and safety
  • Recognize signs of malnutrition and support clients who struggle with dietary adherence
  • Vocabulary: beta blockers, IM injection sites (deltoid, ventrogluteal, vastus lateralis), malnutrition signs, dietary adherence

Nursing 22 - Prä- und postoperative Versorgung (Pre- and Postoperative Care)

  • Prepare clients for operations, including fasting guidelines, hygiene, and transport
  • Support clients emotionally and physically before, during, and after surgery
  • Explain the difference between sedation, anesthesia, and palliative sedation
  • Vocabulary: preoperative checklist, anesthesia, palliative sedation, sterile field, postoperative care terminology
Learning module 5: Ethics in healthcare

Nursing 23 - Gesundheitswesen und Versicherung (Healthcare and insurance)

  • Get to know care institutions and referrals
  • Distinguish intramural and extramural care
  • Explain outreach and community-based care services
  • Vocabulary: care institutions (huisarts, nursing homes), referrals, intra-/extramural care, outreach care, community care, insurance

Nursing 24 - Schulungen und neue Verfahren (Training and new procedures)

  • Learn to use new hygiene materials and technologies
  • Apply ergonomic techniques safely
  • Describe preventive nursing actions (falls, thrombosis)
  • Vocabulary: care equipment, ergonomic techniques, body care tools, prophylaxis, mobility belts, anti-slip materials

Nursing 25 - kultureller Hintergrund (Cultural background)

  • Communicate with clients from diverse cultures
  • Support residents with hearing or memory problems
  • Vocabulary: cultural differences, communication styles, hearing/memory problems, supportive communication strategies

Nursing 26 - Ethik und Qualitätsversorgung (Ethical and quality care)

  • Handle ethical dilemmas in everyday nursing practice
  • Apply principles of privacy, autonomy, and respect in patient interactions
  • Follow professional norms, values, and legal standards
  • Vocabulary: privacy, autonomy, respect, professional norms and values, legal standards, quality of care