title: Nonverbal students and school nurses: using a health-related communication board.
abstract: This research study, conducted within a self-contained school for mentally disabled students, presents an innovative and creative approach to communication between the nonverbal student and the school nurse. A communication board was designed displaying 40 health-related symbols, thus providing a means for the nonverbal students, ranging in chronological age from 5 to 13 and intelligence ranges (I.Q.) from 5 to 55, to express their health needs during the nursing assessment.
authors: M K
authors: MK
authors: Villalba
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000451:nursing*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D012573:School Nursing / Q000379:methods*