Deaf People Can Be Nurses
Thursday October 19, 2006
Did you know a deaf person can be a nurse? There is a severe shortgage of nurses in this country, and deaf people can help fill that gap. I have posted on the forum an excerpt from a book on disabled nurses - it was too long to post in this blog.
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I know of a few deaf/Deaf nurses who still can not get employment.
The problem centers on the understanding by the employers, be it a major hospital range down to nursing home or Home Nursing programs that there have been technological advances putting the nurses with disabilities on same level as the ones without the disabilities.
The Bailey Deaf Unit at Greil Memorial Psychiatric Hospital, Montgomery AL would love to hire qualified RNs who use sign language.
Competitive pay and benefits. These are state positions.
I am actually currently a Patient Care Techician and studying to become an LPN, I have long fought to be able to get into the Program but I did and have been the past two years, Being Deaf into Nursing shouldnt be an issue.. There is so many folks like us who needs us as a nurse.. So I am letting you know it shouldnt be an problem, as long as Proving that One can communicate by using very good and skilled Body Languages as it is being used 80 percent of times daily in Medical Enviornment.
I have nerve deafness and started going deaf at 22. I am now 51 and I qualify for a cochlear implant,have excellent speach, and would like to get into an occupational field that doesn’t require strong communication. Do you have any suggestions on what type of jobs would be good. I would like to go back to college to become more employable……. Thanks Gwen
Of course deaf people can be nurses, I am one of them. I currently work in the OR and I do wear 2 BTE aids. I speak well, and recently became a candidate for a cochlear. Many of us out there in the world. See allnurses forum and Amphl, and National organization of nurses with disabilites(NOND).
hey everyone! I’m Anne n full deaf. i’m 17 years old…so anyone who are deaf nurse please tell me that deaf can be nurse! because of my votech school thinks deaf cant be nurse but finally they will let me tryout in nurse class for 2 or 3 days..so i knew that deaf can be anything same hearing people do! So please email to me to let me that you agree me that deaf can be nurse or anything! So, i can prove my school about! Please help! I really wanna PROVE THEM that DEAF CAN DO ANYTHING! Here’s my email address is xmissaiina@tmail.com….THANK for taking your time to help!
How on earth could you ever hear lung sounds, heart sounds, bowel sounds or take a manual blood pressure?
These are some of the reasons I would assume that deaf people couldn’t be a nurse.
I think the OR job would be possible but nothing with bedside assessment skills.
JMO.
YES Deaf people can be nurses. I am in my senior year in the nursing program. My teachers have never given me any problems. There are equipment the deaf and purchase to amplify the sounds of the heart rate and breathing sounds. Recently I brought a amplified stethoscope so I can hear the heart rate and breathing sounds. Also, those sounds are like vibrations. So you really feel them in your ear. So yes, Deaf people can be nurses.
Hi, y’all! I’m looking to interview deaf nurses about the field before I send in my nursing program application. Is there anyone who’s willing to answer my questions? Thank you!
I never new that deaf people can become nurses until I read an article about it in my english class. I think they have an advantage because they can use sign language. I think this is great!
where did you go to school? i have a deaf son (19) who wants to be an np. we’ve been met with resitance by one community college already saying he’d never qualify because he’s deaf. any one with info plz e mail me….i would appreciate it. e mail is afreel@chartermi.net thank you so much.