Accommodating Students with Disabilities

Nursing School Admission
University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Healthcare Careers for Nurses with Disability

Careers in Healthcare - Employer Roundtable, April 6, 2023
Presented by the CA Transition Alliance, CA Department of Rehabilitation, and National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND) and hosted by the Great Lakes ADA Center. 

 

Eileen “Leenie” Quinn, Nursing Skills with One Hand - Demonstration by Leenie Quinn, BSN, RN, NOND Director
How to Insert an IV
Administration of IM Injection
Administration of S/Q Injection

Nurse Andrea Never Gives Up On Her Dream Despite Her Disability - Andrea Dalzell, one of the first registered nurses in NYC who uses a wheelchair. She advocates for others with disabilities to get into the healthcare field and most recently was awarded the inaugural Craig H. Neilson Visionary Prize for her work.

Open the Door, Get ‘Em a Locker: Educating Nursing Students with Disabilities. Evans, B.C. & Marks, B. (2009).
Chronicles the experience of a nursing student, Victoria Christensen, who entered a baccalaureate program using a wheelchair. Explores roles and responsibilities in nursing education, experiential learning, shifting perspectives, and being a part of old ways turning into new ways in the world of nursing

Journal Articles and Books

Bagenstos, S.R. (2016, October). Technical standards and lawsuits involving accommodations for health professions students. AMA Journal of Ethics, 18(10), 1010-1016.

Bauman, H-D. L., & Murray, J. J. (Eds.). (2014). Deaf gain: Raising the stakes for human diversity. Univ of Minnesota Press. https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/deaf-gain.

Curry, R.H., Meeks, L.M., & Iezzoni, L.I. (2020, December). Beyond technical standards: A competency-based framework for access and inclusion in medical education. Academic Medicine, 95(12S), S109-12.

Dupler, A.E., Allen, C.B., Mahaedy, D., Fleming, S., & Allen, M.J. (2012, March). Leveling the playing field for nursing students with disabilities: Implications of the amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Journal of Nursing Education,  51(3), 140-144.

Jones, Robin. (2013, March). ADA Amendments Act and Accommodations, Great Lakes ADA Center. www.adagreatlakes.org/.

 

Mack, T., Stephens, L., & Epstein, I. (2021). Removing Ableist Barriers in Nursing Education: Clinical Essential Requirements. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 10(3), 147–176. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v10i3.820

 

Marks, B. (2007). Cultural Competence Revisited: Nursing Students with Disabilities. Journal of Nursing Education, 46(2), 70-74.

 

Marks, B., Sisirak, J., (September 30, 2022). Nurses with Disability: Transforming Healthcare for All, OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing Vol. 27, No. 3, Manuscript 4. https://ojin.nursingworld.org/table-of-contents/volume-27-2022/number-3-september-2022/nurses-with-disability/.

 

Marks, B & Ailey, S. A. (2014) White Paper on Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Nursing Educational Programs. Sacramento, CA: California Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (CCEPD). 

 

Marks, B., & Mcculloh, K. (2016). Success for Students and Nurses With Disabilities. Nurse Educator, 41(1), 9-12.

Meeks, L.M., Jain, N.R., Laird, E.P. (2020). Equal Access for Students with Disabilities: The Guide for Health Science and Professional Education. Springer Publishing Company.

Meeks, L.M. & Neal-Boylan, L. (2020). Disability as Diversity. Springer International Publishing.

Melnyk, B. M., Holod, A. F., Hsieh, A. P., & Feist, J. C. (2023). An audit of mental health questions on U.S. nursing licensure applications: Evidence to guide urgent action for change. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 20, 422–430. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12680

Neal-Boylan, L., Miller, M., & Bell, J. (2018). Building Academic Communities to Support Nursing Students with Disabilities: An Integrative Review. Building Healthy Academic Communities, 2(1), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18061/bhac.v2i1.6342.

 

Neal-Boylan L. (2020). Commentary: Nursing Students with Disabilities: Technical Standards Revisited. Rehabilitation nursing: The official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, 45(6), 321–322. https://doi.org/10.1097/RNJ.0000000000000296

 
Neal-Boylan, L. & Miller, M. (2017). Treat me like everyone else: The experience of nurses who had disabilities while in school. Nurse Educator. DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000348

 

Neal-Boylan, L. J., & Guillett, S. E. (2008). Nurses with disabilities: Can changing our educational system keep them in nursing? Nurse Educator, 33(4), 1-4.