The nurse is caring for a client who is admitted to the emergency department (ED) with abdominal pain. The client speaks very little English and requires an emergency appendectomy
The nurse has enlisted the hospital interpreter to explain the procedure and help with informed consent. Which action by the nurse is the most appropriate when the interpreter arrives?
1. Asking the interpreter to translate as closely as possible the same words used by the professional staff.
2. Including the family in the process and exchange of information to ensure complete understanding.
3. Addressing the questions to the interpreter, so nothing is missed.
4. Asking the interpreter to use a familiar dialect to enhance understanding.
Correct Answer: 1
An interpreter is an individual who mediates spoken or signed communication between people using different languages without adding, omitting, distorting meaning, or editorializing. The objective of the professional interpreter is for the complete transfer of the thought behind the utterance in one language into an utterance in a second language. . Asking the client's family, especially a child or spouse, to act as an interpreter should be avoided. The questions should be addressed to the client, not the interpreter. It is not the interpreter's responsibility to determine the dialect with which the client is most familiar.
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