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Finding Solutions To Language Barriers Between Nurses And Their Clients, Tammy Poisson Dec 2009

Finding Solutions To Language Barriers Between Nurses And Their Clients, Tammy Poisson

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Explores perceptions of current registered nurses' encounters with limited English proficiency (LEP) Spanish speaking clients, negative outcomes related to LEP perceived by these nurses, and suggestions offered by these RNs for innovative interventions that would lessen language barriers. Describes an exploratory study conducted via a survey of nurses working in urban health clinics within Rhode Island and discusses microscopic and macroscopic nursing implications related to language barriers between nurses and their clients.