title: Nursing curricula relating to care for disabled children: literature review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide a literature review of nursing curricula relating to care for children with disabilities.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Children with disabilities do not receive adequate attention in nursing curricula for children.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The best approach to promoting the standard of care delivery to children with disabilities is to improve the quantity and quality of training among health professionals.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted the review using three databases, CINAHL, MEDLINE and ProQuest, between the years 1990 and 2015. The review commenced in 2012 and was updated in 2015. Seventy-eight studies were initially identified.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 78 retrieved articles, only six research articles contained all the keywords 'education', 'disability' and 'curriculum'; no articles contained all the keywords 'nursing education, 'children with disabilities' and 'curriculum'.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Five themes have been generated from the literature review relating to disability content within nursing curricula, namely: overloaded curriculum, gaps in the contemporary curricula, lack of faculty expertise, problems with teaching methods and focus on the medical model.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a paucity of evidence for the way that disability was presented in the nursing curricula for children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Improving the provision of care delivery to children with disabilities should be paid adequate attention in nursing curricula for children. Additionally, there is a need for policy-makers to identify the best coverage of nursing curricula, as well as the most effective nurse training methods that enhance knowledge and clinical skills relating to the care of children with disabilities.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing & Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahnaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ilkhani
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Glasper
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton.
authors.forename: Nikki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jarrett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Children; Curriculum; Disability; Education; Literature Review; Nursing; Nursing Curricula; Nursing Education; United Kingdom