The nurse is explaining discharge instructions to a Hispanic client who speaks little English. The best strategy to ensure understanding is to:
1. Provide written material only
2. Ask a relative to interpret
3. Use the available hospital translator
4. Use the available hospital interpreter
ANS: 4
Option 1 is incorrect because it is better to share patient education verbally so that the client can be asked whether there are questions. Option 2 is incorrect because relatives may distort infor-mation. Option 3: Translators simply restate words from one language to another verbatim, whereas an interpreter provides meaning. It is better to use an interpreter than a translator, so op-tion 4 is correct.
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