| communication board |
Any device with letters, pictures, or words that lets patients with impaired physical and verbal ability express themselves.
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| communication, augmentative |
Any method or device that improves a person's ability to share information with, or receive information from others. The term is used esp. with respect to techniques that promote the exchange of language and symbols w
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| communication, impaired verbal |
The state in which an individual experiences a decreased, delayed, or absent ability to receive, process, transmit, and use a system of symbols or anything that has meaning, i.e., transmits meaning. SEE:
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| communication, nonverbal |
In interpersonal relationships, the use of communication techniques that do not involve words. A grimace, shrug, silence, smile, wink, raised eyebrows, avoidance, turning away, or even fighting are examples of nonverbal
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| communication, readiness for enhanced |
A pattern of exchanging information and ideas with others that is sufficient for meeting one¡¯s needs and life¡¯s goals and can be strengthened. SEE: Nursing Diagnoses Append
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