NBCMI Standards of Practice Application 2

Question 1

Which represents a valid reason for requesting removal from an assignment?

Accepted Answer

Patient speaks a dialect the interpreter cannot adequately understand

Answer

Unfamiliar medical specialty

Answer

During preferred lunch hour

Answer

Facility is far from home

Question 2

How should interpreters handle 'side conversations' between provider and staff?

Accepted Answer

Inform the patient a conversation is occurring and interpret if relevant to care

Answer

Ignore all side conversations

Answer

Always interpret every word

Answer

Leave the room

Question 3

A patient asks you to keep a secret from the provider. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Explain you must interpret everything and encourage sharing the information

Answer

Agree to maintain trust

Answer

Decide independently about relevance

Answer

Report to provider without telling patient

Question 4

What do Standards say about adding information not stated by either party?

Accepted Answer

Must not add, except brief transparent cultural clarifications identified as coming from the interpreter

Answer

Add helpful information whenever possible

Answer

Adding is acceptable if it helps

Answer

All additions strictly prohibited, no exceptions

Question 5

How do Standards address use of technology during sessions?

Accepted Answer

Technology may be a reference tool but should not replace professional interpreting and must comply with HIPAA

Answer

Technology should replace human interpreters

Answer

All technology prohibited

Answer

Use translation apps for unfamiliar terms

Question 6

What is the interpreter's responsibility regarding potential patient safety concerns?

Accepted Answer

Use appropriate intervention to flag the concern transparently

Answer

Safety is the provider's responsibility only

Answer

Tell the patient to leave

Answer

Only report after the session