The staff nurse is identifying ways to communicate care needs for a patient from a non-English-speaking culture. How will the nurse use the tool within the Joint Commission monograph roadmap for hospitals to help with this need? Select all that apply:

Question

1. Access a checklist to use during the admission process.
2. Follow the steps in the assessment checklist.
3. Review the points during the phases of treatment.
4. Identify all of the steps needed for discharge.
5. Recognize ways to adapt to the patient's culture.

Answer 1

1, 2, 3, 4
Explanation: 1. The Joint Commission monograph is a roadmap for hospitals that provides checklists to improve effective communication during the admission process.
2. The Joint Commission monograph is a roadmap for hospitals that provides checklists to improve effective communication during the assessment process.
3. The Joint Commission monograph is a roadmap for hospitals that provides checklists to improve effective communication during the treatment process.
4. The Joint Commission monograph is a roadmap for hospitals that provides checklists to improve effective communication during the discharge process.
5. The Joint Commission identifies adapting to diversity as a way to demonstrate cultural competency, but not as a specific checklist to improve communication with individuals from different cultures.