Cerebrovascular accident

You are a nursing student who is assigned to a busy medical-surgical unit that specializes in the care of patients with various neurologic disorders. One of your patients for the day is Mr. Choudhary, a 56 year old South Asian male with a primary diagnosis of cerebrovascular accident of hemorrhagic origin. You enter the room to conduct your morning assessment and you find that Mr. Choudhary is non-verbal but does seem to understand you.

• How do you think Mr. Chowdhary feels being unable to verbalize with you?
• How do you think you may best conduct your assessment while still being therapeutic to your non-verbal patient?
• How could you modify your assessment to be more certain that your non-verbal patient understands you.

Explain in not less than 250 words citing references.