School of Nursing, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.
J Prof Nurs. 2010 May-Jun;26(3):182-7. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2009.12.001.
Nearly 50 million people in the United States live with a disability. People with disabilities are increasingly represented in professional nursing. It is important to understand attitudes and concerns of nurse leaders who hire and work with nurses with disabilities. Using an exploratory descriptive design, this study surveyed nurse managers from 600 hospitals, with responses from 219 participants. Using a modified version of two subscales of the Employer Attitude Questionnaire, nurse managers expressed attitudes toward work performance, reported concerns or perceived abilities of staff nurses with disabilities to work in administrative positions, rated job performance, and described accommodations extended to staff nurses with a broad range of disabilities. Results indicated that most nurse managers rated work performance as exceptional or above average. Concerns included abilities to perform necessary job tasks, patient safety, and acceptance by the public and by coworkers of the nurses with disabilities. There was a significant positive relationship between nurse managers' previous exposure to nurses with disabilities and their willingness to hire nurses with disabilities. Conclusions indicate a need for the discipline to move beyond advocacy and personal case sharing to research on promotion of effective means of recruitment and retention of professional nurses with disabilities.
美国有近 5000 万人患有残疾。残疾人在专业护理领域的代表性越来越强。了解招聘和与残疾护士合作的护士领导者的态度和关注点很重要。本研究采用探索性描述性设计，对 600 家医院的护士管理人员进行了调查，共有 219 名参与者做出了回应。研究使用雇主态度问卷的两个分量表的修改版本，评估了护士管理人员对工作表现的态度、报告了对残疾职工护士在行政职位上工作的能力的关注或看法、对工作表现进行了评分，并描述了对残疾护士的广泛残疾情况所提供的便利措施。结果表明，大多数护士管理人员对工作表现的评价为优秀或高于平均水平。关注的问题包括执行必要工作任务的能力、患者安全，以及残疾护士是否能被公众和同事接受。护士管理人员以前接触过残疾护士与他们愿意雇用残疾护士之间存在显著的正相关关系。结论表明，该学科需要超越宣传和个人案例分享，进行研究，以寻找有效招聘和留住残疾专业护士的方法。
