Communication barriers with patients

A 69 year old Chinese male hod a history of a dry persistent cough and a five pound unintentional weight loss. He understands very little English. There is a lack of eye contact with the nurse and his wife speaks very little English. He smoked one pack of cigarettes daily for forty years. The wife wants to see an acupuncturist and herbalist because she is unfamiliar with practices in the United States.

1. Identify the communication barriers (verbal and nonverbal). How can the nursetry to overcome these barriers?

2. What tools would you use to better educate the patient considering ethnicity and age?]