Reference no: EM133423330

A 35-year-old Latino male presents to the emergency room of a rural hospital holding his stomach, doubled over, and in obvious pain and distress. He does not speak English. His supervisor is with him and speaks Spanish. The patient is a migrant worker recently hired to work at a regional producer of various vegetables. The supervisor states that the patient started fell ill the evening prior after working many hours outdoors in the heat. He has no other family with him.

1. In what ways will you have to modify your communication approach with this patient?

2. How will you approach this patient in a way that ensures you are respecting their "space"?

3. What specific nursing tasks will you need to take a different approach with? How will you modify your approach? What resources will you need?

4. Patient education is a large part of nursing care whether its education delivered while the patient is under your care or discharge education that prepares the patient for care after they leave your facility. How will your educational materials and/or educational approaches need to be modified from standard instruction templates?