This article proposes that qualified individuals with physical disabilities can and should be
included in nursing education. When nursing is viewed as a humanistic profession, involving …

Across the United States, discussions and decisions are occurring in schools of nursing as
nurse educators attempt to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. This article …

Learning Disability Nursing: Modern Day Practice provides a solid foundation that allows
health care practitioners to care for and/or support people with learning disabilities in a …

A recent qualitative study revealed that registered nurses with physical disabilities
experience discrimination in the workplace and frequently leave their jobs and the …

It is recognised that people with learning disabilities who also have a long-term condition or
life-limiting illness are at a disadvantage compared to the rest of the population because …

Gloria Ferris and Mabel Cooper lived in a long-stay hospital for many years. They write
about how they became involved in speaking up for others. Gloria worked with a young …

Thirty‐two professionals (ie nurses, teachers and managers) working in the field of learning
disabilities were interviewed regarding the current and future role of registered nurses for …

The purpose of this grounded theory study was to increase understanding of nursing
educators' perspectives of students with disabilities. Seventeen educators from four nursing …

Disability viewed as human difference under the broad umbrella of cultural diversity
provides new possibilities for nursing to unite and show what it believes and stands for as a …

Undergraduate nursing education has a duty to make certain that the focus of both nursing
practice with disabled people and nursing education are enabling, rather than disabling …