To help a patient with expressive aphasia communicate, the nurse's most effective intervention would be to:
a. provide flash cards with text and pictures.
b. be patient and ask the patient to repeat himself.
c. encourage the patient to practice slow speech.
d. arrange with the patient to blink the eyes once for "yes" and twice for "no."
ANS: A
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