title: Nurses and their patients must be talking the same language.
abstract: I agree with the Nursing Standard readers panel (August 19) that nursing staff who work directly with the public should be able to speak English fluently.
authors: Nadine
authors: N
authors: Brown
mesh_terms: D003144:Communication Barriers; D007802:Language; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000592:standards; D013060:Speech; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom