title: When your patient speaks Spanish--and you don't.
abstract: In the next four years, Hispanics are expected to become the largest minority group in the United States, with more than 8 million who know little or no English. So how can non-Spanish-speaking nurses become more adept at communicating with these patients and thereby improve the quality of their care?
authors.affiliation: Greenville Memorial Hospital, Greenville, S.C., USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gravely
mesh_terms: D003144:Communication Barriers; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D009732:Nursing Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care