Comatose Communication In Nursing

Communication is one of the most important factors in giving care. A patient in comatose is in state of unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened; fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound; lacks a normal wake-sleep cycle; and does not initiate voluntary action (Weyhenmyeye, Gallman. 2007). Caring for comatose patients, without a doubt, is a challenge faced by many nurses because of the evident communication barrier during patient care. Studying the semiotics, symbolism and signification is an important factor in the health care system. Analyzing signs expressed by the body is what have held nurses significant. The unifying act derived from the significance has a great impact on the signifier, signified and referent. The subject of this study, silenced by the condition and incapable

Nurses who capture the non-verbal language, with regard to the signs and needs expressed by patients, often lead to providing positive results to the resolution of their problems. In Glasgow coma scale, a patient with a rating of four with severe brain injury, who may show a reaction such as tearing upon hearing that his or her family is waiting for him is an amazing note to appreciate. Moments like these indicate that our awareness and perception as nurses are significant. It is important to always keep in mind that a person’s sense in not only attributed by the brain function on its highest capability. The human body is also composed of caravans of receptors, hormones, and even enzymes that takes the responsibility for making sense of the wonders that our brain registers such as vision, hearing, smell, taste and touch. It ranges from a snap and lip twitching, to eye movement. As nurses, it is important to be sensitive and considerate that there’s more to observe on a patient’s overt body