Question

A nurse is providing discharge to a client who does not speak the same language as the nurse. Which of the following actions should the take?.

Answer 1

• When providing discharge especially to a client who does not speak the same language as the nurse then the nurse should request assistive personnel to interpret the instructions for the client.
• While giving the discharge education to the client through the interpreter, then the nurse should talk directly to the client and not to the interpreter and when the interpreter translates the nurse should observe the response of the client.
• The nurse can ask the client to repeat what has been told to him/her.
• The nurse should request the client to clarify any doubts that the client might be having.
• The nurse can also use nonverbal forms of communication, through gestures and sign language
• If discharge related handouts are available in the clients' language then it can be given to that client for a better understanding