Prevention of Language Barriers in Nursing Practice

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  1. 1. Utilizing available interpreter resources can ________ the length of a patient’s hospital stay.
  2. 5. Providing patients with written materials in their primary language increased _____________ of medical information.
  3. 8. Should medical interpreter services be arranged early or late?
  4. 10. Hiring staff members who speak the ____ language as LEP patients leads to a reduced risk of poor translation.
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  1. 2. Training nurses on their hospital’s available interpreter resources has shown improvements in __________.
  2. 3. Gestures, charades, and visual aids are examples of ___-______ communication techniques.
  3. 4. Patients with limited English proficiency also known as ___ patients.
  4. 6. Is video interpretation or in-person interpretation most effective?
  5. 7. A patient’s ______ member is an example of an ad hoc interpreter.
  6. 9. Nurses should assess a patient’s body ________ throughout their interaction with a medical interpreter.