This free nursing care plan and diagnosis example is for the following condition: Impaired Verbal Communication related to aphasia, deaf, hard of hearing, intubation, and mute.
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Nursing Care Plan for: Impaired Verbal Communication related to aphasia, deaf, hard of hearing, intubation, and mute.
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Scenario: |
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A 45 year old female presents to the doctor’s office for an annual check-up. The patient’s husband is with her and explains his wife is completely deaf. He states she was “born like this”. The patient communicates with her husband by sign language. However, as the nurse you are unaware of how to do sign language. The husband works as your interpreter. On assessment, it is noted the patient does not respond to verbal noise. Pt VS: HR 85, BP 120/80, O2 Sat 98% on RA, RR 16, Temp. 98.6 ‘F. Pt takes the following medications: AsA 81 mg PO Daily, HCTZ 25mg PO Daily, Detrol LA 2mg PO Daily, and Tylenol 325mg Po every 6 hours as needed for pain.
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Nursing Diagnosis: |
| Impaired Verbal Communication related to auditory impairment as evidence by absent of speech to verbal responses and inattention to noise. |
Subjective Data: |
| The patient’s husband explains his wife is completely deaf. He states she was born like this. |
Objective Data: |
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Nurse is unaware of how to do sign language. On assessment, it is noted the patient does not respond to verbal noise. Pt VS: HR 85, BP 120/80, O2 Sat 98% on RA, RR 16, Temp. 98.6 ‘F. Pt takes the following medications: AsA 81 mg PO Daily, HCTZ 25mg PO Daily, Detrol LA 2mg PO Daily, and Tylenol 325mg Po every 6 hours as needed for pain.
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Nursing Outcomes: |
| -Pt will successfully communicate health history to the nurse.-Pt will relate 2 ways how she copes with not being able to communicate verbally. |
Nursing Interventions: |
| -The nurse will be patient and cooperative when asking the husband to sign to the patient the health history questions.–The patient will appear calm and cooperative while communicating her health history to the nurse.
– The patient will sign 2 ways on how she copes with not being able to communicate verbally to her husband, who will in turn communicate with the nurse. |