Enhancing Disability Inclusion within Nursing through Nurse Leader Education
Background: Disability inclusion remains a key focus of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) efforts within healthcare. The aim of this project is to implement a local site specific disability inclusion training for nurse leaders to improve disability inclusion practices and organizational culture nurse leaders at the local project site. A current lack of DE&I education for nurse leaders exists at the local project site.
Methods: In this quality improvement project an educational module was developed based on results of the CADE survey to increase nurse leader commitment for DE&I disability best practices. BenchmarkABILITY assessments were also deployed to the cohort to assess organizational understanding of disability DE&I best practices.
Results: 11 nurse leaders participated in the project and education. Pre and post-implementation CADE surveys indicated improvement in positive attitudes of employees with disabilities among the nurse leaders as compared to baseline pre-implementation.
Conclusions: The CADE survey and BenchmarkABILITY assessments successfully gauged the nurse leaders’ understanding of disability inclusion best practices. The educational training provided integral knowledge for the nurse leader group. 11 nurse leaders committed to strategic DE&I planning efforts and committed to enhancing their nurse leader skillset for DE&I best practices. Pre- and post-CADE survey responses were analyzed using a paired t-test for “yes” (t(4) = 4.18, p = 0.0139), “no” (t(4) = 9.06, p = 0.0008), and “unsure” survey responses (t(4) = 10.4, p = 0.0005). Pre and post-implementation CADE surveys indicated improvement in positive attitudes of employees with disabilities among the nurse leaders as compared to baseline.
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| Work Title | Enhancing Disability Inclusion within Nursing through Nurse Leader Education |
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| License | No Copyright - U.S. |
| Work Type | Professional Doctoral Culminating Experience |
| Sub Work Type | Doctor of Nursing Practice Project |
| Program | Nursing |
| Degree | Doctor of Nursing Practice |
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| Publication Date | 2025 |
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| Deposited | May 02, 2025 |
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