Norway needs more Pinoy nurses, other skilled workers

[dave787]

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=124069

another door open for filipino nurses. even with the communication barrier Filipino can adapt to it. goodluck to nurses who wnat to pursue in norway.

[spongebob6286, BSN, RN]

this is a little bit related to this topic. i have pts who only speaks spanish and i must admit im having a hard time commnunicating with them. i only know few spanish words. but im wlling to learn the language. so i read spanish dictionaries and sometimes watch their programs.

[Corey Narry, MSN, RN, NP]

this is a little bit related to this topic. i have pts who only speaks spanish and i must admit im having a hard time commnunicating with them. i only know few spanish words. but im wlling to learn the language. so i read spanish dictionaries and sometimes watch their programs.

That's the reality here in the US. We have such a multicultural mix of people and new immigrants (legal or not) keep pouring in from all directions. I worked in Michigan where we constantly saw patients who only spoke Arabic due to the large Middle Eastern immigrant population mostly from Lebanon and Iraq. Typically they have at least one family member who spoke English but most of the time we make sure we have an independent translator when caring for them. Here in California, you get to see patients who only spoke their native language be it Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Vietnamese, and of course, Spanish. I have never found my Tagalog to be of value until I moved here because I am now being asked to translate when we have elderly Filipino patients who have very little ability to speak English.