title: Physically disabled people in acute care.
abstract: While nurses in acute-care settings have developed a wide range of skills, those necessary to care for people with physical disability may not be among them. Jan Dewing argues that nurses must gain awareness of not only the problems but also the abilities of such patients and seek to maintain their independence throughout the period of illness. Key counsel in this process is the patient, who in all probability has the keenest perception of his or her individual needs.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dewing
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*