Its many programs are the results of years of research and development. Command Spanish Inc. courses can be offered upon request on or off-campus. This program is designed to provide functional Spanish language skills for school personnel who have occasional contact with Spanish-speaking students and visitors. The 75-page manual and its accompanying audiocassette tapes include language menus for school nurses, librarians, secretaries, cafeteria and custodial staff. In addition to workplace Spanish, this program provides transcultural training for nurses and future nurses.
Emphasis is placed on enhancing the quality of patient care.
19.2 CNE contact hours awarded. El Centro College is approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the Texas Nurses Association, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This approval meets type I criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements towards relicensure as established by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Utilizing phonetic encoding, participants learn functional Spanish skills to survive a Latin American setting. In addition, they are taught to identify and overcome the fifty most common cultural barriers encountered by U.S. business personnel when dealing with Latin Americans.