摘要
aiming at producing a nursing glossary as a reference tool for students, nurses, teachers and specialists of this area, a nursing english and spanish glossary was made by compiling the most useful terms in nursing care. the glossary includes 12 065 terms of frequent usew in this specialty. this is a useful reference work not only for the consultation, but for the pregraduate and postgraduate education. it is also valuable for professors and specialists of this branch that need to know english with specific ends, to do research and to work in other countries as part of the international medical cooperation.