Caring for the Deaf: Nursing Students' Knowledge and Awareness. Issue 4 (26th July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Diaz, Sandra; Goyal, Deepika
• Is Part Of: Nursing education perspectives. Volume 42:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 241
• Page End: 242
• Publication Date: 2021-07-26
• Subjects: Deaf Persons -- Hard of Hearing -- Health Literacy -- Nursing Education; Nursing -- United States -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Periodicals; Education, Nursing; Nursing; Nursing; United States; Periodicals; Periodicals; 610.73071073
• DOI: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000685
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1536-5026

Abstract

Abstract : Supplemental digital content is available in the text. Abstract: Navigating an increasingly complex health care system is challenging for marginalized populations, including the Deaf and hard of hearing who rely heavily on nurses' and hospital-provided interpreters' knowledge of the American Sign Language. This study examined Deaf culture knowledge and awareness among undergraduate and graduate nursing students in the United States. Study findings indicated low knowledge regarding cochlear implants, use of interpreters, and parental newborn hearing test rights. Integrating care of the deaf into all levels of nursing education will serve to promote patient health literacy and health outcomes while advancing the science of nursing education.