SCENARIOUse this scenario to answer the following question(s).Your patient is a 65-year-old woman from Ecuador. She speaks some English, but not much. She points to her abdomen and says something that you do not understand. Then she begins to cry. Her daughter arrives and asks you what is going on.What is the best thing you can do to overcome the communication barrier with this patient?
A. Ask her daughter to translate what the patient is saying.
B. Speak more slowly and loudly to the patient.
C. Explain to the daughter that there is a communication barrier and that the hospital will provide a translator when you get there.
D. Ask the daughter to step back and stay out of the way.
Answer: A
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