The nursing staff is working with a postoperative patient from another culture who does not understand or speak the English language well. Which approach by the nurse would be best?
a. Act out what the patient needs to do.
b. Obtain a medical interpreter.
c. Assess how much the patient is able to communicate in his native language.
d. Talk slowly when instructions are given.
B
A medical interpreter would be most helpful for effective communication. A translator restates the words from one language to another, whereas an interpreter decodes a patient's words and provides meaning behind the message. Acting out what the patient needs to do is ineffective and may be embarrassing to both the patient and the nurse. Since the patient and nurse do not speak a common language, defining the patient's ability to speak in his native language does not solve the communication problem. Talking slowly will not improve the patient's ability to understand an unfamiliar language.
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