title: Increasing students' sensitivity to families of children with disabilities.
abstract: Families of children with disabilities pose a particular challenge to nurses as each child and family is a unique combination of intellectual, emotional, and medical concerns. The authors describe a project in which families of children with disabilities serve as teachers to baccalaureate nursing students. The goal of the project is to facilitate sensitivity and an understanding of the needs of a child with a developmental disability.
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida College of Nursing, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tittle
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: VanCott
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D002666:Psychology, Child; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*