Impact of Language Barrier on Acute Care Medical Professionals Is Dependent Upon Role

Nursing students’ perspectives regarding challenges of patient education in clinical settings

“…Inadequate knowledge and skills on the part of nurses is another major barrier to patient education. This finding is in agreement with the results of other similar studies 12,[19][20][21] . Similarly, Aghakhani et al cite the following as important barriers to patient education: nurses' inadequate knowledge about the importance of patient education, the belief that such education has little influence on the quality of treatment, and nurses' lack of interest in undertaking patient education 22 .…”

The lived experiences of acute‐care bedside registered nurses caring for patients and their families with limited English proficiency: A silent shift

“…Both physicians and nurses described language barriers as an impediment to the quality of care delivered (Bernard et al . ).…”

Preanesthesia Screening Phone Messages and Rate of Return Based on the Primary Language of Patient

“…10 Mutual understanding is an imperative function when one enters the health care system and is critical to both obtaining and conveying information in an objective, but also comforting nature. 11 Overcoming these barriers for nonEnglish-speaking patients will help to decrease or eliminate disadvantages at the initial contact. Benefits can be gained through the early identification of linguistic needs, prompt documentation of the specific language need of the patient, and health care provider's utilization of appropriate resources to maximize the communication process.…”