title: How religion, language and ethnicity impact perioperative nursing care.
abstract: Religion, language, and ethnicity play important roles in the perioperative arena. This article highlights some of the challenges that religion, language, and ethnicity can present and offers strategies for making the experience as positive as possible for all patients.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Surgery Center, 264 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301, USA. dquinn@crhc.org
authors.forename: Donna M DeFazio
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Quinn
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D012067:Religion; D029181:Spirituality