JAN E-News: First Quarter, 2014

JAN E-News: First Quarter, 2014

Did you listen when they said you couldn't be a nurse?

       Derrick Coleman is the first deaf offensive player to ever play in the NFL.

He wasn’t drafted in 2012 in spite of a stellar career at UCLA. But this season, he is a fullback for the Seattle Seahawks.

Throughout his life, Derrick was picked last or not at all— and often told to quit.

He has been deaf since he was three…..so

he didn’t listen when they said it

couldn’t be done!

Did you listen when they said you couldn’t be a nurse?

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/01/deaf-seahawks-derrick-coleman-commercial/

Is this good news for nurses with disabilities interested in federal employment?

Executive Order 13548 should help nurses with disabilities

interested in federal employment.

What do you think? Are you optimistic?


http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-increasing-federal-employment-individuals-with-disabilities

Employers who have accommodated nurses with disabilities

ExceptionalNurse.com salutes the following employers who have accommodated

nurses with  disabilities

 Beverly Hospital - Beverly, Massachusetts

Jewish Home & Hospital Lifecare System - Bronx, New York

Capital Region Mental Health Center - Hartford, Connecticut

Care Core National - Wappingers Falls, New York

Children's Specialized Hospital - Toms River, New Jersey

Craig Hospital - Denver, Colorado

Health Direct, Missouri

IT HealthTrack, Inc. - Williamsville, New York

Positive Reinforcement Nursing - Lawsonville, North Carolina

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois

Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of    Health

New York Presbyterian Hospital - New York, New York

St. Anthony's Hospital - Westminster, Colorado

St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Veterans Hospital - Long Beach, California

Shriners Hospital - Chicago, Illinois

Children's Hospital - Denver, Colorado

Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, Ohio

Bend Surgery Center - Bend, Oregon 

St. Francis Hospital, Bon Secours Health System, Greenville, SC




Can you add any others to this list? If so, please share.

Nurses with disabilities...write on!

            While doing research for my book about nurses with disabilities, I found a growing list of nurses with disabilities who have written books.

            Susan Fleming (2014) wrote a book about her grandmother called Alice Ada Wood Ellis: Seattle Pioneer Midwife, Nurse, & Mother to All. Susan was born missing her left hand. The book was released in March, 2014. Later, she wrote a prequel to the book called Midwife Apprentice:Alice Ada Wood: Milwaukee Pioneer Midwife~The Early Years. It was published in July, 2023.

            Christine Molloy (2013) wrote Tales from the Dry Side: The personal stories behind the autoimmune illness Sjögren's Syndrome.

            Karen Ingalls (2012) wrote a book about her journey with ovarian cancer. It is called Outshine: An ovarian cancer memoir.

            Patricia Holloran (2005) wrote Walking Like a Duck based on her personal journey from addiction to recovery.

            Cleo Graham (2005) wrote a book called From Mess to Message Understanding the hidden meanings of pain and suffering.

            After a back injury, Trenee’ Carlson Zweigle (2004), wrote Psych Ward, a book about her experiences working in mental health settings. Later she wrote Never Give Up: Hope and Encouragement for Women (2013).  

             Following a work-related spinal injury, Anne Hudson and William Charney (2003) wrote Back Injury Among Healthcare Workers.

            Beka Serdans (2001) wrote I’m moving on…are U, a book about her experiences as a nurse with dystonia. She also wrote I’m moving two, a poetic journey with dystonia (2000).

Congratulations to all of these nurse/authors!

Can you add any others to this list?

References

Charney, W. & Hudson, A. (2003). Back injury among healthcare workers. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Fleming, S. (2023). Midwife Apprentice: Alice

Ada Wood: Milwaukee Pioneer Midwife~The 

Early Years. Independently Published.

Fleming, S. (2014). Alice Ada Wood Ellis: Seattle Pioneer Midwife, Nurse, & Mother to All. Createspace.com.

Graham, C. (2005).  From Mess to Message Understanding the hidden meanings of pain and suffering. Amazon Digital Services.

Holloran, P. (2005). Walking like a duck: The true story of a nurse walking from addiction to

recovery. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse.

Ingalls, K. (2012). Outshine: An ovarian cancer memoir. Edina, Minnesota:

Beaver’s Pond Press.

Molloy, C. (2013). Tales from the Dry Side: The personal stories behind the autoimmune illness Sjögren's Syndrome. Outskirts Press.

Serdans, B. (2001). I’m moving on…are U? Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris Corporation.

Serdans, B. (2000). I’m moving two. Xlibris Corporation.

Zweigle, T.C. (2005). Psych ward. Frederick, MD: Publish America.

Zweigle, T. C. (2013). Never Give Up: Hope and Encouragement for Women. CreateSpace.com.

Affirmations for nurses and nursing students with disabilities

Connie Stallone Adleman, RN 
Educator, stroke survivor, author, and coach

As the New Year begins please accept the following affirmations—

 created by Connie Adleman, RN, author of a chapter in "The Exceptional Nurse: Tales from the trenches of truly resilient nurses working with disabilities".

I use my limitations as an opportunity to grow.

I give thanks that any limitation that I experience is a gift teaching me about myself.

I always focus on and count my possibilities for success.

I have unlimited potential.

I love myself exactly as I am.

Thankful to people who give and people who say thanks!

Every year www.ExceptionalNurse.com awards scholarships to nursing students with disabilities.

The funds for these awards are not always easy to come by. We use money from donations, small grants and sales of the book "Leave No Nurse Behind: Nurses working with disAbilities".

It is so heartwarming to receive a thank you letter from one of our recipients. This letter and a photo arrived yesterday.

Dear Exceptional Nurse Scholarship Committee:

As a 2013 scholarship winner, I wanted to take some time to once again share my appreciation of the help you have provided for me.

I just finished my freshman semester with a 3.3. GPA. Considering I had sciences along with other courses, I believe I did pretty well.

I continue to work as hard as I can to become the best possible nurse I can be. I am wishing you all very happy holidays and once again thank you for believing in me....

If you bought a book, made a donation or funded a grant request.....we thank you for believing in www.ExceptionalNurse.com so we in turn can believe in others.......

Happy Holidays!

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