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