Question

How do you establish trust and rapport with a patient with a language or cultural barrier?

Answer 1

ANSWER.

*Methods to establish trust and rapport with a patient with a language or cultural barrier.

* Allow an interpreter to participate in communication between nurse and a patient

with a language barrier for better understanding patient issues and plan patient

centered care.

* Use visual methods like charts,videos,flash cards etc to provide proper explanation

about health problem or procedures as a part of patient care to the patient with language

barrier.

* Healthcare provider should be knowledgable about health related cultural practices

of a patient from different culture and plan care according to that information for providing

cuturally competent care which will helps to overcome cultural barrier and establish a

trustful relationship.

* When communicating a patient with language barrier nurse should maintain good eye

contact,active listening skills and a calm approach to build rapport.

* Nurse can seek help of a co-worker from the same cultural background of the patient to

to build a trustful relationship witht the patient from different culture.