WASHINGTON — Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy Kathleen Martinez and National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities President Beth Marks signed an alliance agreement on May 7, 2012 during National Nurses Week to promote the employment of individuals with disabilities in the health care industry.
NOND is internationally unique!
Founded by nurses with disabilities and governed by a majority of nurses with disabilities.
Health Care Providers Settle with Justice Department Over Complaints of HIV Discrimination
The Justice Department announced that it has reached two settlements on May 11 resolving claims that health care providers refused to serve people with HIV in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
NOND is an open membership, cross-disability, professional organization that works to promote equity for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions in nursing.
Through education and advocacy, we aim to:
Through education and advocacy, we aim to:
- promote best practices in education and employment;
- provide resources to individuals, nursing and disability organizations, and educational and healthcare institutions;
- influence the provision of culturally responsive nursing practice; and
- create systemic improvements.
What's New with NOND
See our new FAQ Resources for students and nurses with disabilities.
Watch the Open the Door, Get 'Em a Locker: Educating Nursing Students with Disabilities
What's New in Employment
Working As a Nurse with a Disability
What are your options if you aspire to be a nurse and are disabled? What would you do if you were already working as a nurse and became disabled?
Building an Inclusive Workforce: A Four-Step Reference Guide to Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining Employees with Disabilities - The Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy has published this four-step reference guide to recruiting, hiring, and retaining employees with disabilities.
To Disclose or Not to Disclose?
Trying to decide whether or not to disclose your disability. Check out some of these resources.
See our new FAQ Resources for students and nurses with disabilities.
Watch the Open the Door, Get 'Em a Locker: Educating Nursing Students with Disabilities
What's New in Employment
Working As a Nurse with a Disability
What are your options if you aspire to be a nurse and are disabled? What would you do if you were already working as a nurse and became disabled?
Building an Inclusive Workforce: A Four-Step Reference Guide to Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining Employees with Disabilities - The Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy has published this four-step reference guide to recruiting, hiring, and retaining employees with disabilities.
To Disclose or Not to Disclose?
Trying to decide whether or not to disclose your disability. Check out some of these resources.
Why Is Disability Missing From the Discourse on Diversity? By Lennard J. Davis
Bring Down the Barriers—Seen and Unseen By Rachel Adams
Bring Down the Barriers—Seen and Unseen By Rachel Adams
Events
2012
2012
February 24, 2012
NOND Board Member, Beth Marks, RN, PhD, and Robin Jones, MPA, Director of the Great Lakes ADA Center will be presenting at the Northcentral Technical College Workshop on Health Occupations Programs and Students with Disabilities in Wausau, WI.
January 26, 2012
NOND Board Members, Bronwynne Evans, RN, PhD, FAAN, Beth Marks, RN, PhD, and Michelle Kephart, RN, MSN, and Robin Jones, MPA, Director of the Great Lakes ADA Center presented at the 2012 NCSBN Annual Institute of Regulatory Excellence (IRE) Conference in San Antonio, TX.
January 26, 2012
NOND Board Member, Karen McCulloh, RN, BSN, Bridgette Jenkins, RN, MSN, and Debra Naddeo, RN, BSN participated at the The Aging Workforce: Challenges for the Health Care Industry Workforce invitational conference at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ.