By sharing his journey, he wants to advocate for and offer hope to those living and aging with HIV that a cure could be possible one day. "That was the first time that I ever thought there could be a cure."Īfter two years of being anonymously known as the "City of Hope Patient," he decided to publicly come forward with his story. "I can remember the day and hearing about Timothy Ray Brown, that was huge," Edmonds told The Desert Sun, a member of the USA TODAY Network, in a recent interview. Edmonds is the eldest and had HIV the longest. Others include "London Patient" Adam Castillejo, "Düsseldorf Patient" Marc Franke, and the "New York Patient," the first woman to be considered cured who has not come forth publicly. Today, the 67-year-old who lives in Desert Hot Springs, California, is the fifth person in the world in remission of HIV.Įdmonds joins four others who have received similar news, including the late Palm Springs resident Timothy Ray Brown (who was known as the "Berlin Patient"), the first person cured of the virus, who died from a reoccurrence of cancer in 2020. In 2021, Edmonds stopped taking his HIV medication, which he had been dependent on for almost half his life. Further research is needed to explore patient perspective.īilingual nurses communication language barriers language concordant care limited English proficiency nursing translation translators.For the past two years, Paul Edmonds has been part of an extremely exclusive club with a membership that has reached five people.Īfter navigating HIV for more than 30 years, along with a leukemia diagnosis that came in 2018, a life-saving stem cell transplant became available thanks to a donor who had a rare genetic mutation that makes the body resistant to most strains of HIV. Factors affecting nurses' ability to provide language concordant care included individual factors (confidence years of experience as a nurse years of experience in the work setting and relationship with colleagues), patients' expectation, attitudes of other patients, colleagues and nurse managers, organizational culture and organizational policies.īilingual nurses can play a very important role in the provision of language concordant for patients with LEP. The data were analysed using thematic analysis.įour themes: 'when we speak the same language' 'when I speak my patient's language' 'what facilitates provision of language concordant care' and 'what hinders the provision of language concordant care' were identified.
Eliminating language barriers is a crucial step in providing culturally competent and patient-centred care.ĭuring January-August 2015, 59 nurses, working in acute hospitals in the UK, participated in 26 individual in-depth interviews and three focus group discussions. Language barriers, however, are hurdles that hamper development of effective communication between nurses and patients. Nurses are responsible for providing care to patients regardless of their culture, religion, ethnic background or language. With an increase in migration and mobility of people across the world, the likelihood of experiencing language barriers while providing and receiving care is high. Factors affecting the provision of language concordant care to patients LEP were also explored.
The aim of this study was to explore bilingual nurses' perspective about providing language concordant care to patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) and its impact on patients and nurses.
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