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Spanish for Emergency Room Nurses: A Task-Based Needs Analysis for a Languages for Specific Purposes Context
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Helms, Lindsay L. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Language barriers in medical settings can impede access to healthcare and increase the risk of medical error for limited English proficiency (LEP) patients, especially in emergency situations (Bender et al., 2004: Martinez, 2010). Nurses who are competent in their patient's first language can decrease the risk of these issues and care more…
Descriptors: Spanish, Nurses, Hospitals, Languages for Special Purposes