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Instrumentierung

English translation: scrub nurse

09:47 Mar 1, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / Arbeitszeugnis
German term or phrase: Instrumentierung
Arbeitszeugnis einer Krankenschwester, die im OP-Bereich tätig ist.

... schätzte ich Frau XXX aufgrund ihrer sehr zuverlässigen und aufmerksamen Instrumentierung ...

Wie genau wird die Aufgabe "Instrumentierung" einer Krankenschwester genannt?
Vielen Dank für Eure Vorschläge"
seehand
Germany
Local time: 02:03
English translation:scrub nurse
Explanation:
Siehe http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_german/medical:_health_...

"... because of her highly reliable, meticulous work as a scrub nurse [highly reliable, meticulous scrub nurse activity]."
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Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 02:03
Grading comment
Merci vielmals und Gruß
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3scrub nurse
Steffen Walter
3 +2supervision of instruments
Susan Welsh
3equipment
Daniel Frisano
3 -1Instrumentation
Vitaly Ashkinazi


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
equipment


Explanation:
sounds like the more straightforward option...

Daniel Frisano
Italy
Local time: 02:03
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Instrumentation


Explanation:
Instrumentierung > instrumentation
instrumentation [Electronics / Elect Eng (Bus/Financial)].
www.proz.com/.../1246309-instrumentierung.html

Instrumentierung von Sprühnebelprüfverfahren = Instrumentation of ... -
Titre du document / Document title. Instrumentierung von Sprühnebelprüfverfahren = Instrumentation of salt-spray test procedures ...
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=16199279 -

Vitaly Ashkinazi
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:03
Native speaker of: Russian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Steffen Walter: Wrong field - the question is about nurses (i.e. medical).
21 mins
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
scrub nurse


Explanation:
Siehe http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_german/medical:_health_...

"... because of her highly reliable, meticulous work as a scrub nurse [highly reliable, meticulous scrub nurse activity]."

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 02:03
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 50
Grading comment
Merci vielmals und Gruß
Notes to answerer
Asker: Das deckt sich schon mit dem, was ich auch im Kopf hatte, wollte nur wissen, ob es noch einen anderen bzw. genaueren Begriff gibt, schon einmal vielen herzlichen Dank!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne-Marie Grant (X): 'her..work as a scrub nurse'
1 hr
  -> Yes, that's definitely better than my second suggestion.
agree  Susan Welsh
3 hrs
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
19 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
supervision of instruments


Explanation:
A "scrub nurse" does this, but that phrase does not fit in the sentence, so this seems about right to me.


    Reference: http://www.jobaps.com/SF/specs/classspecdisplay.asp?ClassNum...
Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: Your alternative works, too, but the source sentence might be rephrased as above to make "scrub nurse" fit.
58 mins
  -> Yes, I think you're right.
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
18 hrs
  -> Thanks, Harald
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