A 57-year-old woman with breast cancer who does not speak English is admitted for a lumpectomy. Her daughter, who speaks English, accompanies her. In order to obtain admission information from the client, what should the nurse do?
1. Ask the client's daughter to serve as an interpreter.
2. Ask one of the nursing assistants to serve as an interpreter.
3. Use the limited knowledge of the client's language learned in high school along with nonverbal communication.
4. Obtain a trained medical interpreter.
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