Nursing educators' perspectives of students with disabilities: A grounded theory study

Building Academic Communities to Support Nursing Students with Disabilities: An Integrative Review

“…The literature reflects a steady increase in the admission of disabled students into nursing programs (L'Ecuyer, 2014;Symes, 2014;Luckowski, 2016) and building healthy academic communities to support these students provides the foundation for full academic and societal engagement. Moreover, a growing number of nurse educators express the belief that disabled students can become good nurses and the willingness to work with disabled students (Ashcroft, 2012;L'Ecuyer, 2014).…”

“…An oft-repeated theme in the literature is the fear of nurse educators that patient safety may be compromised because of the accommodations given to disabled students (Ashcroft, 2012;Sanderson-Mann et al, 2012;Symes, 2014). Many papers note in this context that nursing faculty and preceptors must be given clearer guidelines as to what is required by the law and how reasonable accommodations can be fashioned without endangering patient safety (Ashcroft, 2012).…”

“…Perceptions regarding the environment, the student and the nursing program influenced the perceptions of nurse educators about students with disabilities. The question of balancing the rights of students against concerns about patient safety continued to surface in the literature (Ashcroft, 2012).…”

“…In Canada, a study involving nurse educators revealed that faculty perceived that nursing students with disabilities can become effective nurses and should be admitted to nursing schools but that reluctance to disclose the disability and other factors pertaining to educating students with disabilities were challenging. Individual nurse educator and student attributes, as well as the environment were significant factors in the views of the study participants (Ashcroft & Lutfiyya, 2013).…”

“…Nurses with disabilities worry that they will jeopardize patient safety (Neal-Boylan, 2012;Neal-Boylan, Hopkins, Skeete, et al, 2012). Nurse educators have this same concern about students with disabilities (Aaberg, 2012;Ashcroft & Lutfiyya, 2013). Nurse educators are more likely than the general population to be negatively biased toward students with visible disabilities (Aaberg, 2012).…”