Research

Important research has been done regarding nursing students and nurses with disabilities. The following articles describe the experiences of some nursing students and address issues related to admission to nursing programs, accommodations, laws that protect the disabled, and employment.

CA Survey of California Nursing Programs: Admission and Accommodation Policies for Students With Disabilities
Cecily L. Betz, PhD, RN, FAAN; Kathryn A. Smith, DrPH, RN; and Kim Bui, BA

Attitudes of Nursing Faculty towards Nursing Students with Disabilities: An Integrative Review
Janet A. Levey

Behavioral traits of the nursing students with special educational needs in Japan
Yuko Ikematsu, Koji Egawa, Midori Endo, Mitsuko Yokouchi

Building Academic Communities to Support Nursing Students with Disabilities: An Integrative Review
Leslie Neal-Boylan, PhD, APRN, CRRN, FAAN; Michelle Miller, JD, MPH, RN; Jessica Bell, MS

Clinical education of nursing students with learning difficulties: An integrative review (part 1)
Kristine M. L'Ecuyer PhD, RN, CNL

Creating Disability Inclusive Work Environments for Our Aging Nursing Workforce
Susan B. Matt, PhD, JD, MN, RN, CNE; Susan E. Fleming, PhD, RN, Perinatal CNS; Donna C. Maheady, EdD, ARNP

Educating Nursing Students with Disabilities: Replacing Essential Functions with Technical Standards for Program Entry Criteria
Susan B. Matt, Donna Maheady, Susan E. Fleming

Effects of dyslexia on registered nurses in practice
Rachael Majora, Josie Tetley

Integration experiences of student and qualified nurses with disabilities who graduated from selected KwaZulu-Natal nursing education institutions: An exploratory case study
Selvarani Moodley, Gugu Mchunu

Nurses With Disabilities: A Phenomenological Study of Nurses Who are Blind
Sarah Maureen Buttrell

Nurses with Disabilities: Know Their Rights
American Nurse

Perceptions of the possible impact of dyslexia on nursing and midwifery students and of the coping strategies they develop and/or use to help them cope in clinical practice
Anna T. Crouch

An Exploration of the Clinical Accommodation Process for Nursing Students with Physical Disabilities Using Grounded Theory
Erin Horkey

Registered Nurses With Disabilities: Legal Rights and Responsibilities
Leslie Neal-Boylan, PhD, APRN, CRRN, FAAN & Michelle D. Miller, JD, MPH, RN

Educating Nursing Students with Disabilities: Replacing Essential Functions with Technical Standards for Program Entry Criteria
Susan B. Matt, Donna Maheady, Susan E. Fleming

The Nurse With a Profound Disability: A Case Study
Leslie J. Neal-Boylan, PhD

Jumping Through Hoops, Walking on Egg Shells: The Experiences of Nursing Students With Disabilities
Donna Carol Maheady, EdD, CPNP, RN

When the Injured Nurse Returns to Work: An Institutional Ethnography
Laurel Ann Clune

The Lived Experience in the Clinical Setting of Nursing Students With Disabilities
Amy Luckowski