A nurse documents: "Patient mute despite repeated efforts to elicit speech.No eye contact.Short attention span;less than 1 minute." Which nursing diagnosis should be considered?

Name: A nurse documents: "Patient mute despite repeated efforts to elicit speech.No eye contact.Short attention span;less than 1 minute." Which nursing diagnosis should be considered?
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The defining characteristics are more related to the nursing diagnosis of Impaired verbal communication than to the other nursing diagnoses.

A Nurse Documents: "Patient Mute Despite Repeated Efforts to Elicit