Research team: Principal investigator: Allison Edwards DrPH, MS, RN, Cizik School of Nursing. Co-Investigators: Alina Engelman, DrPH, MPH, California State University - East Bay, Department of Public Health; Melissa L. Desroches, PhD, RN, CNE, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth; and Elda Ramirez, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, Cizik School of Nursing. Consultants: Claire Valderama-Wallace, PhD, MPH, RN, and Sahar Nouredini, PhD, RN, California State University - East Bay, Department of Nursing. Collaborating nonprofits: The National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND), the Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education (ADHCE), and The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR Memorial Hermann).
Funding sponsor: Macy’s Foundation
Overview: The team will explore barriers and facilitators to nursing schools’ adoption of inclusive technical standards, which focus on the essential functions nurses must be able to perform without prescribing specific methods or physical requirements. They will develop a toolkit to help nursing schools adopt and implement inclusive technical standards that can open doors for potential students living with disabilities.
