Barriers to Nursing School Admissions for Students With Physical or Sensory Disabilities: Do Essential Abilities Requirements Align With Licensure Standards and Legal Precedence?
Disparity of essential abilities requirements was observed. Restrictive essential abilities criteria may create barriers to admission of students with disabilities, thus limiting the diversity and capacity of the nursing workforce.
Authors
- Corinna Trujillo Tanner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8969-2853)
- Jenny Alderden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6491-1311)
- Sarah Llewellyn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-0591)
- Jadison Christenson
- Louise Sofia Madsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0919-2454)
- Sharece Mecham
Institutions
- Boise State University (US)
- Apple (Israel) (IL)
- Africa Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nursing Education Perspectives
- Published
- 2024-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.nep.0000000000001334
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.98