The Nurse Is Unable to Locate an Interpreter to Support

question 11

Multiple Choice

The nurse is unable to locate an interpreter to support a patient from a non-English-speaking background.The patient asks a family member to interpret for the staff.What would the nurse do to ensure culturally and linguistically appropriate services for this patient?

• A)Use the family member as an interpreter until a non-family member can be located.
• B)Write the questions down for the patient to answer.
• C)Do nothing until an interpreter can be located.
• D)Use sign language.

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Definitions:

Facial Bones

The bones that structure the human face, including the mandible, maxilla, nasal, zygomatic, and others.

Mesoderm

The middle layer of an embryo from which muscles, bones, and circulatory systems develop.

Apical Ectodermal Ridges

Raised areas of ectodermal cells at the tips of developing limbs in embryos, crucial for the regulation of limb formation.

Somitomeres

The early divisions of mesodermal tissue in the developing embryo that eventually form somites, contributing to the vertebral column, rib cage, and skeletal muscles.