title: Disability as difference and the nursing profession.
abstract: Disability viewed as human difference under the broad umbrella of cultural diversity provides new possibilities for nursing to unite and show what it believes and stands for as a profession. Core essentials of professional nurses are considered. As nurse educators challenge traditions that perpetuate barriers to valuing human differences, the profession, those accepted into it, and those served by it will benefit.
authors.affiliation: Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois 60123, USA. cmoore@elgin.edu
authors.forename: Candice A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D014481:United States