inservice presentation

Carolanne · Nov 12, 2003

I would continue in my quest to contact outside services - i.e. association for the blind in your area, handicapped organizations, workshops, etc. I'll bet they have a ton of handouts and could give you some clever ideas that you could use. for your presentation. Good luck!

christinemj · Nov 13, 2003

How about a "demonstration." At a certain point in the presentation, give the audience a "disability." For visual impairment, you could use goggles (perhaps borrowed from the chemistry or biology lab?) and smear petroleum jelly on the lens to imitate how a person with glaucoma might see. Perhaps earmuffs for hearing impairedness??? Etc, Etc.

Then continue with a short part of the presentation. After a bit, you could ask the audience to remove the glasses, etc, and ask for feedback or discussion about their experience.

Good luck!

Hellllllo Nurse, BSN, RN · Nov 13, 2003

I've had several pts with ALS in the past. They were almost totally paralized, could really only move their eyes.

We used a large letter board to communicate with them-

The nurse would point to a letter and the pt would blink twice or grunt for the letter he wanted and the nurse would right it down. Once during a very low census, I spent two hours helping an ALS pt write a letter this way.

You could have a fellow student be the ALS pt and use a letter board to help them communicate a message.

Good ideas here, Sounds like an "A" to me.

NURSEKECK · Nov 13, 2003

I WOULD MAKE SURE I ADDRESSED PAIN. THERE ARE SEVERAL SCALES: WONG-BAKER, ETC, FOR COMMUNICATING W/ SPECIAL CLIENTS.TRY USING AN INFANT SCALE (POSITION, GRIMACE, ETC.) FOR SOMEONE YOU HAVE TO DETERMINE THEIR LEVEL OF PAIN, IT WORKS