Nursing diagnosis

Jamesdotter · Aug 21, 2004

?alteration in parenting, actual or potential

??knowledge deficit

Born2BAnurse · Aug 22, 2004

thank you :)

nahjah · Aug 22, 2004

is there a nursing diagnosis that i can use for a patient that is a g1p1 and is death and mute. any suggestions

i think that you mean to say deaf and mute i have a deaf brother and one of the main things that fries me is when people refer to him as death. he's not dead, or dying....he just can't hear.:angryfire sorry if this comes off harsh but i hear it way too often and it isn't corrected enough.

Zhlake · Aug 22, 2004

he's not dead, or dying....he just can't hear.:angryfire sorry if this comes off harsh but i hear it way too often and it isn't corrected enough.

there are people who refer to deaf people as "death"? i assumed it was a typo. i have never heard of anyone using that on purpose before. odd.

chris_at_lucas_RN, RN · Aug 22, 2004

There is something to be said for learning fingerspelling and some basic sign language. (It's really pretty cool.)

Also, seriously hearing impaired usually function OK in the hearing world, and often do it by written communication and/or lipreading.

Realizing that this post was about nursing diagnosis.... pretty forward thinking to include the client's hearing issues in her nursing diagnosis, IMHO.

And yes, don't you just hate that "death mute" thing? Almost as unfortunate and insensitive as "deaf and dumb."

Again, no offense meant to the OP....

BBFRN, BSN, PhD · Aug 22, 2004

How about Impaired Verbal Communication?

PJMommy · Aug 22, 2004

I don't agree with the "alteration in parenting" diagnosis. I have many deaf friends - all of whom are excellent parents. Would you use "alteration in parenting" for a Spanish-speaking parent? Assuming this pt uses sign, then they just speak another language. I don't know that you can use a "special" diagnosis just because someone is deaf - unless, of course, there is some sort of knowledge deficit (and don't assume there is because they are deaf) or other issue going on.

Jamesdotter · Aug 23, 2004

I guess I was thinking of the "mute" part when I posted "alteration in parenting, potential" I, too, thought that the "death" part was a typo.