Language Barriers

When choosing where I wanted to be a nurse I thought a big city would be perfect. Think of all the people and the diversity…It will be great! The reality of it is I took care of 5 patients last night 3 of which did not speak English. Arabic, Creole, and Spanish to be exact. In my little ethnocentric world people speak English if they live in the U.S. Even a little English would work. Words like bathroom and pain are really all I ask. It’s hard to tell if someone is confused if you don’t understand the language they are speaking.