A patient is admitted to a medical unit with a cerebrovascular accident (stroke). The patient is flaccid on the left side and is unable to speak but seems to understand everything the nurse says
Which of the following terms would the nurse use to document the patient's communication impairment?
a. Sensory aphasia
b. Expressive aphasia
c. Motor dysphagia
d. Receptive dysphagia
ANS: B
Aphasia may be expressive, in which the patient knows what he or she wants to say but cannot speak or make sense, or may be receptive, with an inability to understand spoken or written words. The patient experiencing receptive aphasia is unable to understand language. Dysphagia refers to difficulty swallowing.
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