title: Just and Realistic Expectations for Persons with Disabilities Practicing Nursing.
abstract: The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and requires schools to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. The profession of nursing is striving for diversity and inclusion, but barriers still exist to realizing accommodations for people with disabilities. Promoting disclosure, a supportive and enabling environment, resilience, and realistic expectations are important considerations if we are to include among our ranks health professionals who can understand, based on similar life experiences of disability, a fuller range of perspectives of the patients we care for.
authors: Dean and a professor of nursing at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore.
authors: Patricia M
authors: PM
authors: Davidson
authors: Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics at the Berman Institute of Bioethics and the School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and a founding member of the Berman Institute, and co-chairs Johns Hopkins Hospital's Ethics Committee and Consultation Service.
authors: Cynda Hylton
authors: CH
authors: Rushton
authors: Associate dean for enrollment management and student affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore.
authors: Jennifer
authors: J
authors: Dotzenrod
authors: Chief of staff and dean of marketing and communications at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore.
authors: Christina A
authors: CA
authors: Godack
authors: Senior vice president for nursing at the Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore, where she also serves as the vice president of nursing and patient care services for the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and serves as associate dean for clinical affairs and is also a member of the School of Nursing Advisory Board.
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Baker
authors: Executive vice dean and a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore, where she also leads academic affairs and holds a joint faculty appointment in the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.
authors: Marie N
authors: MN
authors: Nolan
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D030881:Disclosure; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D011287:Prejudice; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D063508:Social Discrimination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012935:Social Justice; D012944:Social Support; D013338:Students, Nursing