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One step at a time Nurse describes her personal struggles of deciding whether a person with a disability can be an effective and safe nurse.
Incompetent, Unethical, or illegal practice--Teaching students to cope Article outlines the ethical standards of nursing and identifies how they guide reporting of incompetent, unethical, or illegal practices.
Helping Students Succeed Despite Learning Disabilities Article describing the University of Vermont's Learning Disabilities Program as it relates to nursing.
Attitudes Toward People With Disabilities Article describing study that compares attitudes of nursing faculty, students and people with disabilities
Careers for Diabetic Girls in Nursing Editorial article on admissions policies in nursing.
Nurse Educators' Attitudes Toward and Decision-making Related to Applicants with Physical Disabilities Research article describing results of decision-making by nurse educators regarding applicants with disabilities.
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Essential Functions in Nursing Programs Article investigating the percentage of nursing Programs with lists of essential functions that students must proove capable.
Supporting Nursing's Essential Values Editorial article on what are the essential values of nursing.
Nursing Students with Learning Disabilities: Appropriate Accomodationse Article reviewing prevalent strategies that help students with learning disabilities succeed
Nurse Practitioners' and Students' Attitudes Toward People with Disabilities Research article comparing attitudes twards people with disabilities among four groups: practitioners, students, education students and the general public
Attitudes of Nursing Home Administrators and Nurses Towards People with Disabilities Research article comparing attitudes of nurses and nursing administrators employed at nursing homes towards people with disabilities.
Doin' Politics: Linking Policy and Politics in Nursing Article reviewing policy environment in nursing and the application of policies in nursing environments.
Suing Programs of Nursing Education Research reviewing case law in nursing litigation.
Disability Discrimination in Nursing Education: An evaluation of legislation and litigation Article reviews and evaluates the impact of laws regarding disaability and programs of nursing education.
Should Handicapped People be Allowed to Attend Nursing School? Article reviews the Davis case findings and outlines the implications for schools of nursing.
Being an RN Nurse comments on her personal experience of being a nurse who acquired a hearing impairment.
Effects of an Educational Intervention on Students' Attitudes towards the Disabled Research article to determine how the attitudes of nursing students toward persons with disabilities would improve following participation in a one-day educational conference.
Education of Nursing Students with Special Needs Research report on rates of admission and graduation of students with special needs in BSN and AND programs
Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Nursing Education Programs in Florida Research report evaluates if more students with disabilities are applying and being admitted to Florida schools of nursing.
A Lesson in Mobility Author describes personal experience with a short-term mobility impairment
Jumping through Hoops and Walking on Eggshells or Discrimination, Hazing, and abuse of Students with Disabilities Article exploring issues of students with disabilities and discrimination in nursing programs
Nursing Students with Disabilities Editorial article describing Dalhousis University's attempt to build guidelines and basic practice standards for schools of nursing.
Disability and Oppression: some Implications for Nurses and Nursing Commentary responds to article which suggests that persons with disabilities have begun to veiw professionals as oppressors.
The Meaning of Disability in a Caring Environment Research report examines the perceptions of disabled nurses about their disabilities and and identify what nurses can do to create a caring environment.
Conceptualizing Disability in Nursing: Some evidence from Student and their Teachers Research investigates how disability is conceptualized and how curriculum influences this.
Helping the Dislexic Nursing Student Article describes different ways to identify students with dyslexia and suggests some simple accommodation strategies for students with dislexia
Nursing Students with Learning Disabilities: Guidelines for Fostering Success Article gives overview on history, perceptions, and strategies used by nursing faculty toteach students with learning disabilities
Schools of Nursing and the Handicalpped Applicant Article reviews legislation both prior and subsequent to the landmark Davis case.
Responses of Schools of Nursing to physicallly, mentally, and substance-impaired students Research article describes the responses of nursing to disabled applicants and matriculating students.
Disability, Fundamentals of Nursing Care: Able to care Commentary to consider whether people with disabilities can be nurses
Rough Justice Research article gathers information about how nurses view disabilities and how a disability might affect nursing practice.
Nursing Students with Disabilities: A Survey of Baccalaureate Nursing ProgramsLink Here Research article investigates nursing programs' responses and reactions to applicants and students with disabilities.
Admissions Criteria for Handicapped Students: Focus on the Ability to Provide Safe, Effective Nursing Care Rather than on Indivudual Deficits Review of current legislation on admission and program completion criteria for students with physical disabilities seeking nursing educaiton
Responsibilities of Nursing Education: The Lessons of Russell v. Salve Regina Review of case law regarding a nursing student dismissed based on obesity.
Substance abuse, mental illness, and medical students: The role of the Americans with Disabilities Act Article reviews the Americans with Disabilities Act and how it impacts medical education for persons with substance abuse and mental illness disabilities.
White paper suggest ratifications, point-by-point, to the Association of American Medical College's document on medical school admissions requirements.
A medical degree and nowhere to go Commentary from the author's personal experience as a physican with a disability who is collecting unemployment checks because of her inability to secure proper speciatly training with accommodations for her disability.
Emotional impact of medical school and residency: Does a problem-based learning curriculum affect depression in medical students? Research investigates and compares changes in self-reported depression among medical students enrolled in either a lecture-based learning or problem-based learning curriculum.
Vicissitudes of depressed mood during four years of medical school Research article describes the vicissitudes of depressed mood for one medical school class over time.
Living with disability: A proposal for medical education Commentary article describes the process and outcomes of a 48-hour pilot sensitivity training program for medical students about living with a disability.
Physicians with disabilities Commentary article documents 18 physicans with disabilities experiences with adaptations, discrimination, compensation, patient acceptance and about advice they would give to others.
Ready and able: With federal legislation ensuring a place for them in medical school, many aspiring physicians are eager to prove that their disabilities aren't inabilities Article reviews th implications of the ADA for medical schools by giving specific, actual student scenerios.
Experiences with D/deaf culture Commentary article describes the author's personal experience as a medical student with a hearing impairment learning about Deaf community and culture
Disabled students and medical school admissions. Editorial article discusses questions asked by medial school admissions committees regarding the acceptance of disabled persons who enter into medical schools.
MD speicalists bring unique insights into rehabilitation needs of disabled Commentary describing how the specialty of rehabilitation assists people with disabilities.
Physical Disabilities and the Study and Practice of Medicine Review article discusses the impact of a disability on the study and practice of medicine.
The disabled student as undifferentiated graduate: A medical school challenge. Article challenges the current Association of American Medical Colleges' essential functions for medical education in lieu of professional assistants and technological advances.
Counseling Services at the University of California, Davis: Helping Medical Students Cope Author's describe experiences counseling medical students attending the University of California, Davis.
A Neurologist's Notebook: A surgeon's life The author describes observations and interview with a surgeon who has Tourette's syndrome about his personal and professional life experiences.
Coping with a Learning Disability in Medical School The author describes experiences in medical school as a person with a learning disability
Disabilities: Looking Back and Looking Ahead Overview of articles in special issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).