You are getting ready to participate in discharge teaching with a nonEnglish-speaking new mother.
The interpreter has arrived on the patient care unit to assist you in providing culturally competent care. In the correct order, from 1 through 6, number the steps that you would take to work with the interpreter.
a. Introduce yourself to the interpreter and converse informally.
b. Outline your statements and questions, listing the key pieces of information you need to know.
c. Make sure the interpreter is comfortable with technical terms.
d. Learn something about the culture of the patient.
e. Make notes on what you learned for future reference.
f. Stop every now and then and ask the interpreter How is it going?
21. Step One
22. Step Two
23. Step Three
24. Step Four
25. Step Five
26. Step Six
Question 2
Which statement about family systems theory is inaccurate?
a. A family system is part of a larger suprasystem.
b. A family as a whole is equal to the sum of the individual members.
c. A change in one family member affects all family members.
d. The family is able to create a balance between change and stability.
Young gorilla riding on mother
Teaching tools for instruction
Patient teaching: mouth and pharyngeal assessment
Patient teaching: vascular assessment
Patient teaching: male genetalia assessment
Georges Seurat, The Artist's Mother.