An initiative has been launched in a large hospital to promote the use of people-first language in formal and informal communication. What is the significance to the patient when the nurse uses people-first language?

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This simple use of language conveys the message that the person, rather than the illness or disability, is of greater importance to the nurse. The other answers are incorrect because no matter what language the nurse uses, the nurse knows who the patient is, that the patients disability is not most important in the patients life, and that the patients disability most likely will never be cured.

An Initiative Has Been Launched in a Large Hospital to Promote