Deaf people are not Dumb

We have a patient who has inability to hear and speak. That makes me feel bad that I can't communicate to him at all. Before I went for duty, I tried to open the you tube site on how to greet a patient using sign language. I taught myself how to say "how are you?" and how to ask "are you ok?"

Deaf people are not dumb. They are still normal human beings who have feelings. They have the right to receive information and the right to have attention. It is very frustrating for them to tell what they feel when you don't understand them. They cannot hear and signals are the only way to let them know.

 I have been learning sign language before (just by internet) and I know how to do sign language in letters. I finished my gradeschool in SPED -Special Education. Well, I am on the normal class. In our school they categorized us as on the advanced while children with deficiencies are the special children. So sign language is not new to me. However, I did not learn more about it.

Now that I am working, meeting people with such inabilities makes me want to learn more about these things. I am thinking of enrolling myself in a class learning sign language for my patients and my own benefit.

Here is a very touching video about a father and daughter scene and how the disability of the father affected their lives.

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Say It! Learn new Languages

Two of my roommates (who are also nurse) are currently and continuously learning a new language besides their mother tongue- Filipino. One of them, Ker,enrolled to a French class and the other, Mami Lis, is learning Chinese Mandarin through her iPod.Ker, is applying for immigration in Canada. As a requirement, she has to learn basic French and must take an exam to qualify her. She spent more than half of her salary and sacrificed going to class after her work. On the other hand, Mami Lis ( I call her Mami because she calls me back Mami Yvonne, since college) is preparing herself to speak Mandarin to future Chinese clients in Singapore. InshaAllah! (arabic word for in God's will).

Learning different languages makes you a competent nurse. Competent in the sense that you tend to communicate with your clients well during nursing health teachings and competent for writing at least four languages you can speak in your CV or resume.

For nurses (also to those who are interested in working abroad, communication has a big role in caring for the sick. Paano mo nga naman sasabihan si arabong misis na kailangan niyo pong maglakad lakad pagkatapos ng operasyon upang  maging maayos ang daloy ng dugo ninyo. Or how will you be explain the indications of your medications to your clients if you don't understand each other. 

It is a good thing that Filipinos learned English as their second language. That makes Filipinos competent compared to other nationalities. Some foreigners even go to the Philippines to learn English Language like Koreans and Japanese (it's just sad that some of them commented that Filipinos are not good english speakers).

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