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Mandating Nursing Faculty Disability Training: Learn To See The Ability In All Your Students, Rebekkah Stanko

Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship

Nursing students with disabilities are an under recognized, and under supported, minority student population. Though the exact statistics for nursing students with disabilities is unknown, the presence of these students within nursing programs across the United States has been increasing significantly over the past decade. As the profession of nursing continues to strive to educate and grow a diverse professional workforce, nursing faculty will need to develop a working knowledge and understanding of disability and disability law to maintain compliance with federal law and best meet the educational needs and requirements of nursing students with disabilities. However, nursing programs have …