title: Caring for a limited-English proficient patient.
abstract: Each day in the United States, health care workers try to communicate with patients who are deaf, hard of hearing, or limited-English proficient (LEP). According to government regulations, these patients are guaranteed access to language accommodations. The legal implications of these regulations will be discussed along with ways to facilitate communication with patients who are deaf, hard of hearing, or LEP and the requirements for those who act as interpreters for such patients.
authors.forename: Betsy Anne
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003144:Communication Barriers; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D014175:Translating; D014481:United States