Nursing students with disabilities : change the course / Donna Carol Maheady.

"The road to a professional life in nursing for people with disabilities can be a long, and often times, arduous one. It is paved with obstacles on a personal, professional, and social level that mainstream society is never forced to encounter. Dr. Donna Maheady, the mother of a sixteen year ol...

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Main Author: Maheady, Donna Carol
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: River Edge, NJ : Exceptional Parent Press, [2003]
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Table of Contents:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Planning for success: the individualized nursing education program
  • Making the right career choice: nursing school with a hearing loss
  • Finding a good program fit: nursing school with multiple disabilities
  • Disclosing is imperative: nursing school with Crohn's disease
  • Conquering fear: nursing school with deafness
  • Sharing with patients: nursing school with diabetes
  • Questioning your abilities: nursing school with a wheelchair
  • Feeling and seeing what nurses hear: nursing school with a hearing loss
  • Nurturing your body and mind: nursing school with a body cast.