A nurse is planning care for a Spanish-speaking child and family. The nurse speaks limited Spanish. Which interventions should the nurse plan when caring for this child and family? (Select all that apply.)
a. Ask a visitor to interpret.
b. Use a language-line telephone interpreter if a hospital interpreter is not available.
c. Use written cards with common phrases in the Spanish language.
d. Ask the family to provide an interpreter.
e. When using a hospital interpreter, speak to the family not the interpreter.
ANS: B, C, E
If a live interpreter is not available, the nurse should use a language line telephone interpreter. The nurse should use cards with common greetings, phrases, and names of body parts in the family's language. When using a hospital interpreter, the nurse should speak directly to the family and allow the interpreter to translate. Visitors or other family members should not be used as interpreters because of the risk of misinterpretation of medical terms.
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