Education literature for Hispanic patients.
A patient tells his home health nurse through an interpreter that he does not understand the treatment consent form. The form is printed in English. The patient understands only Spanish. A young woman learned her child's home antibiotic therapy through a demonstration given in Spanish. She now wants to review the procedure to program the pump that controls the intravenous dose. The manual is printed in English. The young mother understands only Spanish. These examples reflect the growing communication problems facing home care workers who work in Hispanic communities.
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D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014175:Translating; D014481:United States