I had to deal with my cousin passing away from cancer at a very young age of 42. She did not speak English and there were never any translators used when she went to her county hospital appointments. A pap smear was done which indicated she had cancer but was not told this in Spanish but instead “assumed” she understood what was being told to her. No follow up appointment was scheduled, so she assumed everything was well. A year later she became very sick and went back to the county hospital and was told they had informed her of the cancer a year prior and she needed to make an appointment with a oncologist (all of which she did not understand) . She did see an oncologist right after this occurrence but by this time the cancer was spreading and very little could be done for her. She did receive chemo treatment for about 6 months then passed away shortly after. I was very upset because I am a nurse, and if there is ever a need for a translator we get one to make sure the patients fully understand their diagnoses and if any questions they may have they will be answered. I don’t know what happened in my cousins case, but instead of putting her through chemo for her cancer that was not curable I I would have liked her to go back to Mexico and spend whatever time she had left to be with her parents who she had not seen for 10+ years since arriving in the US. She was only able to spend less than a week after arriving to Mexico with her parents because she quickly passed aware. I would like my essay paper to reflect the importance of having Spanish interpreters provided to patients so other patients wont have the same outcomes like my cousin did.
Aurora University
School of Nursing
NUR 4780 Ethics, Culture, Policy in Health Care

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