Nurses with disabilities : professional issues and job retention / [E-Book]

By:

Neal-Boylan, Leslie

Publication details: New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., 2013.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 208 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780826110107
9780826110121
0826110126

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

2013 A-359
WY 16.1

Contents:

Who are nurses with disabilities? -- Why are nurses with disabilities leaving nursing? -- Hiding the disability -- Disability, job longevity, and career choice -- Does having a disability compromise patient safety? -- Nurses with disabilities and the healthcare environment -- Nurse heroics -- Retaining nurses with disabilities.

Summary: ""This book will provide nurses with the information to make objective and fact based assessments ... Moreover, it will arm nursing professionals with an understanding of how the issue of disability is affecting workforce supply in nursing, how accommodations can provide assistance to individuals with disabilities, and how a balanced and thoughtful approach can allow nursing professionals to function to their fullest."". Geraldine Polly Bednash, PhD, RN, FAAN. Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director. American Association of Colleges of Nursing. ""[This book] has brought together information.

List(s) this item appears in: LGT Libraries - EDI - Disability

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	URL	Status
Electronic book	QEH Library (Lewisham and Greenwich) Online	WY 16.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available
Electronic book	Stenhouse Library (Kingston Hospital) Online		Link to resource	Available
Electronic book	UHL Library (Lewisham and Greenwich) Online		Link to resource	Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

""This book will provide nurses with the information to make objective and fact based assessments ... Moreover, it will arm nursing professionals with an understanding of how the issue of disability is affecting workforce supply in nursing, how accommodations can provide assistance to individuals with disabilities, and how a balanced and thoughtful approach can allow nursing professionals to function to their fullest."". Geraldine Polly Bednash, PhD, RN, FAAN. Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director. American Association of Colleges of Nursing. ""[This book] has brought together information.

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