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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
book Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher cover

Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
Exercise 9
To communicate with a patient who does not speak the dominant language, the nurse should (select all that apply)
A) speak slowly and enunciate clearly in a slightly louder voice.
B) use gestures and pantomime words while verbalizing specific words.
C) use family members rather than strangers as interpreters to increase the patient's feeling of comfort.
D) use a dictionary or phrase books that translate from both the nurse's language and the patient's language.
E) avoid the use of any words known in the patient's language because the grammar and pronunciation may be incorrect.
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