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Communicating With Cognitively Impaired Patients. Communicating with the Cognitively Impaired Patient Objectives 1. We consider these issues later in the chapter. Discuss the diagnosis and treatment plans. Now you know what these patients are going through.
You must use the special skills described in this self study when your patient has a cognitive impairment so that messages can be sent and received. Gain the persons attention. Identify signs of the cognitively impairment patient. Discuss effective communication techniques for the cognitive impaired patient 5. Treating pain in patients with cognitive impairment is a difficult task for a very simple reason. Described ways to care for the aggressive patient.
Identify signs of the cognitively impairment patient.
People with cognitive impairment struggle with poor intellectual functioning and have difficulty communicating and understanding what others are saying to them. People with cognitive impairment have difficulty in communicating. Recommendations for Communicating with Patients with Intellectual Cognitive or Developmental Disabilities Treat adults with intellectual cognitive or developmental disabilities as adults. Cognitively-impaired patients have difficulty with one or more of the basic functions of their brain such as perception memory concentration and reasoning skills. As their ability to process verbal information is impaired the way in which we use language is extremely important when working with cognitively impaired adults. Monitor patients for signs of increasing pain and agitation.