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Improving Care for Patients with a Non-English Language Preference (NELP)

EMDocs

Well-meaning providers who are not highly fluent may contribute to miscommunication and diagnostic errors. Providers should respect and utilize this mode of communication, as well as document the patient’s request for a non-certified interpreter. References Language access during the COVID-19 pandemic & other health emergencies.

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We stand open and ready … (Whoever you are … )

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

If mere criminality was the only matter, there’s some cash, personal electronics, appliances, and business machines; if not merely criminal, and well-studied beforehand, there are to be had radioactive materials, drugs, toxins, chemicals, and many who would pay a ransom for the loved ones within. Federal Emergency Management Agency.