title: Challenges and rewards of educating a profoundly deaf student.
abstract: The faculty and administrators of a college of nursing in a public university learned that awareness of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 is very different from complying with its mandates in the education of a profoundly deaf nursing student. The process began with many challenges and ended with rewards beyond the expectations of all involved. Faculty, who initially resisted the concept of educating a "deaf nurse," developed creative teaching strategies and ultimately gained a new perspective regarding who has the potential to become a good nurse. In the final analysis, everyone agreed that this exceptional young woman was not only our student, but was also our teacher.
authors.affiliation: University of South Alabama, College of Nursing, Mobile, USA.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Odom
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D060345:Education of Persons with Hearing Disabilities; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013338:Students, Nursing