Nurses Believe Language Problems Threaten Patient Safety

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15 percent of nurses who responded to a survey conducted by the professional magazine Sykepleien said language problems have led to patient harm.

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15 percent of nurses who responded to a survey conducted by the professional magazine Sykepleien said language problems have led to patient harm.

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15 percent of nurses who responded to a survey conducted by the professional journal Sykepleien say language problems have led to patient harm. Almost all nurses who participated in the survey conducted by Sykepleien believe that lack of Norwegian knowledge is a risk to patient safety. A full 98.2 percent of the 1,100–1,200 nurses who responded to the survey answered in the affirmative. Three out of […]

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In a new survey conducted by the Norwegian Nursing Association, almost one in three nurses say that they experience critical situations every week due to language problems. Here are the nurses' own stories – both funny, tragic and thought-provoking.