Assessment
Subjective:
(n/a)
Objective:
• Speaks with difficulty
• Slurring
• Difficulty in forming words or
sentences
• Difficulty in expressing
thoughts verbally
• Difficulty in comprehending
or maintaining usual
communication pattern
• Difficulty in use of facial and
body expressions
• Disorientation to person,
space and time
• Use of nonverbal cues
• Frustration
Nursing Diagnosis Planning Intervention Evaluation
Impaired verbal After 1 hr of nursing • Assess td of impairment After 1 hr of nursing
communication related to intervention the patient will • Evaluate degree of interventions, the patient was
cerebral impairment as relate findings of decreased impairment able to establish method of
evidenced by slurring frustration with communication • Note parental speech communication in which needs
patterns and manner of can be expressed
communicating with child,
including gestures
• Offer alternative forms of
communication such as:
gestures or actions
o pictures or
drawings
o magic slate
o word board
o flash cards
that translate
words/phrases
• Encourage s/o to
participate.
• Validate patient's message
by repeating aloud
• Use short repetitive
directions.
• Ask simple yes or no
questions
• Speak on an adult level,
speaking clearly and slower
than normal
• Assess frustration level.
Wait 30 seconds before
providing patient with word.
• Initiate health teaching