{"id":175,"date":"2015-04-26T21:31:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T21:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:00:58","slug":"1-19-nursing-intervention-with-patients-with-special-communication-needs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=175","title":{"rendered":"1.19 Nursing Intervention with Patients with Special Communication Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Blind Patients.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Always speak to the patient when you enter the room so he will know who is there.<\/li>\n<li>Speak directly to the patient; do not turn your back.<\/li>\n<li>Speak to the patient in a normal tone of voice; he is blind, not deaf.<\/li>\n<li>Speak to the patient before touching him\/her.<\/li>\n<li>Offer to help with arrangements for patients who may enjoy hearing tapes or reading Braille literature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Deaf Patients.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Look directly at the patient when speaking with him\/her.<\/li>\n<li>Do not cover your mouth when speaking because the patient may read lips.<\/li>\n<li>If the patient does not lip-read, charts with pictures may be used, or simply writing your questions or comments on a piece of paper may be helpful.<\/li>\n<li>Charts with hand signs are available at the local society for deafness and\/or hearing preservation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Patients Speaking a Foreign Language<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Obtain a translator if possible. The Red Cross or the Patient Administration Division (PAD) may be of assistance.<\/li>\n<li>Have a chart with basic phrases in English and the foreign language.<\/li>\n<li>Consider using charts with pictures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blind Patients. Always speak to the patient when you enter the room so he will know who is there. Speak directly to the patient; do not turn your back. Speak to the patient in a normal tone of voice; he is blind, not deaf. Speak to the patient before touching him\/her. Offer to help with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/?page_id=175\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1.19 Nursing Intervention with Patients with Special Communication Needs<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":203,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-175","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":954,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions\/954"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/nursing_fundamentals_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}