The road to a professional life in nursing for people with disabilities can be a long, and often times, arduous one. It is paved with obstacles on a personal, professional, and social level that... More > mainstream society is never forced to encounter.
Dr. Donna Maheady, the mother of a daughter who has been diagnosed with Autism, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Seizure Disorder, finally brings to light the true stories of nurses who have traveled down these long hard roads and have achieved their goals of becoming respected medical professionals.< Less
International Journal of Nursing in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is an electronic peer reviewed journal that offers new, readily available learning opportunities for nurses and other... More > interested parties who meet people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. The journal, which is published intermittently, also provides an opportunity for international experts in the field of
intellectual/developmental disabilities to share their vast wealth of knowledge with others, regardless of geographic location.< Less
Learning disability is a classification that includes several disorders in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner. Depending on the type and severity of the disability,... More > interventions may be used to help the individual learn strategies that will foster future success. Some interventions can be quite simplistic, while others are intricate and complex. This book deserves a wide audience; it will be beneficial not only for teachers and parents struggling with attachment or behavior issues, but it will also benefit health care professionals and therapists working directly with special needs such as sensory integration dysfunction...< Less
Life sucks for Demetrius! Eleven years old, and stuck in a wheelchair with that damn muscular dystrophy. His brother comes to see him in the nursing home, and runs around, and Demetrius can just... More > watch. Gail is Demetrius's best friend, a white girl, also in a damn chair, and she's always being harassed by Keith, an orderly who's supposed to be a hippie but he's just a creep. But it can be fun at the Marvin Home, if you just find your entertainments carefully...just like out there in the real world.< Less
Clive Parisi's final road trip is the best journey of his life. A stroke has damaged his ability to remember. He lives moment-to-moment. And adapts to his new life by taking up art. He is helped and... More > hindered by a cast of weird, wonderful, disabled characters. He proves that, despite overwhelming outside pressure, he can decide what becomes of him.< Less
Clive Parisi's final road trip is the best journey of his life. A stroke has damaged his ability to remember. He lives moment-to-moment. And adapts to his new life by taking up art. He is helped and... More > hindered by a cast of weird, wonderful, disabled characters. He proves that, despite overwhelming outside pressure, he can decide what becomes of him.< Less
Registered Nurses
Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and
maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled... More > patients.
May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management.
Licensing or registration required. Includes advance practice nurses such as: nurse practitioners,
clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists.
Advanced practice nursing is practiced by RNs who have specialized formal, post-basic education
and who function in highly autonomous and specialized roles.
Sample of reported job titles: Registered Nurse (RN), Staff RN (Staff Registered Nurse), Staff Nurse,
Charge Nurse, Operating Room Registered Nurse (OR RN), Clinical Nurse, Oncology RN (Oncology
Registered Nurse), Relief Charge Nurse, Cardiac Care Unit Nurse (CCU Nurse), Certified Nurse
Operating Room (CNOR)< Less
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
Care for ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled persons in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private
homes, group homes, and similar institutions.... More > May work under the supervision of a registered nurse.
Licensing required.
Sample of reported job titles: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Charge Nurse, Licensed Vocational
Nurse (LVN), Clinic Licensed Practical Nurse (CLINIC Lpn), Pediatric Licensed Practical Nurse
(PEDIATRIC Lpn), Clinic Nurse, Office Nurse, Private Duty Nurse, Triage Licensed Practical Nurse
(TRIAGE Lpn)< Less
