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Lost In Interpretation: The Lived Experience Of Nurse Interpreters In The Clinical Setting, Byron Batz
Lost In Interpretation: The Lived Experience Of Nurse Interpreters In The Clinical Setting, Byron Batz
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The use of language interpreters in the health care setting constitutes a vital part of provider-patient communication but remains a relatively unexplored phenomenon. Registered nurses (RNs) are often called upon to serve as interpreters when linguistically diverse patients constitute a large segment of the patient population. That RNs serve simultaneously in an interpreter role – in addition to clinical and advocacy roles – is a complex facet of contemporary nursing practice in a diverse U.S. culture. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to examine the lived experience of RNs serving as interpreters in health care institutions in Southern …
Implementing A Standardized Nursing Communication Tool To Improve Inpatient Nursing Communication, Ashley D. Nator
Implementing A Standardized Nursing Communication Tool To Improve Inpatient Nursing Communication, Ashley D. Nator
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Implementing a Standardized Nursing Communication Tool to Improve Inpatient Nursing Communication
Ashley D. Nator
B.S. Nursing, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2018
A Dissertation Submitted to The Graduate School at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice with an emphasis in Family Nurse Practitioner
August 2022
Advisory Committee
Cathy Koetting, PhD, DNP, APRN, CPNP, PMHS, FNP-C
Chairperson
Sarah Jackson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Amy Terbrock, MSN, PCCN, SCRN, RN
Copyright, Ashley D. Nator, 2021
Original: 08/2021 Revised: 09/2021, 10/2021, 04/2022
Abstract
Problem: Patient handovers occur among nurses more than 4,000 times …