As far as I am aware the DDA applies. Anyone else think differently?
Many schools of nursing facilitate people with disability well. I saw an
article not so long ago about a student nurse who had only one arm and who
was doing very well.
I think the difficulty comes when students who are well supported in
university go into an employment situation where there are greater time
pressures and fewer resources, e.g. access to computers and specialist who
support people with disabilities.
I suspect it is quite legal to discriminate against people with a disability
if there are public safety issues e.g. LGV driver with insulin dependent
diabetes... perhaps the problem of a nurses who cannot reliably read
numbers for drug dosage or gets mg and mcg confused from a drug chart
might be considered a public safety issue-(I'm being deliberately
provocative here!)
Perhaps what needs to happen is good Occupational Health advice as to which
specialities in nursing would be the most suitable eg away from acute
bedside nursing and in to ? Occupational Health? , working for NHS
Direct-etc you get the idea.Essentially giving the same type of specifc
advice as a nurse with,say ,hand dermatitis. I am not sure in general we in
OH are particularly good at advising them before they embark on a course
either and then again they might not listen..( I am not speckin about or on
behalf orf any particular university here..)
Bst wishes,
Diane
---- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Packham" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 3:13 PM
Subject: Dyslexia
> I have two daughters, both of whom are dyslexic. As our local education
> authority at that time would not provide any suitable assistance we put
them
> both through private education. (I am not going to debate the ethical
> arguments of this!) Both achieved university degrees. The one who is
> severely dyslexic obtained a degree in Tourism and Business Management,
the
> other an honours degree in Applied Biology with European Studies. The
> younger one is now a partner in our consultancy business and has
specialised
> in the new science of skin bioengineering. She is currently doing a part
> time PhD with the Photophysics Research Department at South Bank
University
> in London, doing very complex and advanced work with lasers (OTTER =
> Optothermal Transmission of Emitted Radiation).
>
> Both girls have developed special techniques of their own to ensure that
> they can cope with their work. If they can do this why can a nurse not
> dispense medicines? She might need some specialist help to develop the
> techniques she will need, but why deny someone who has the intelligence
and
> motivation just because they have a physical disability. Incidentally,
what
> would be the position re the DDA on this?
>
> Regards
> Chris Packham
>
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