[nabs-l] neonatal nurse

[Lillie Pennington]

You should also check out nond, national association of nurses of disabilities. Their website is at www.nnond.org. I hope this helps.

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> On Oct 31, 2013, at 9:36 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Keira,
> 
> Welcome to the list!
> I would recommend starting one step at a time, by taking some basic
> nursing classes. You should not face much, if any, discouragement at
> this early stage, and the basic classes will help you learn more about
> the nursing field. If you do decide to continue and get your nursing
> degree, and run into naysayers later, you will have more detailed
> knowledge to share with them about how you will do the job as a blind
> person.
> 
> I'd imagine that being a PCA is completely accessible, and that being
> a nurse is mostly accessible. There may be a few things with regard to
> measuring medications that are not accessible without some tweaking,
> but you could do it in collaboration with a sighted nurse or medical
> assistant.
> 
> I know of blind people who have drawn blood and performed very basic
> surgical procedures as medical students. There is a book called White
> Coat, White Cane, written by a blind guy named David Hartman who
> obtained his M.D. and performed such procedures during his training.
> Tim Cordes is another blind psychiatrist who went through an M.D.
> program. Nursing and doctoring are different things, but it seems that
> if these folks were able to do blood draws nonvisually, you should be
> able to handle giving injections and other nursing duties.
> 
> Best,
> Arielle
> 
>> On 10/30/13, Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccua.edu> wrote:
>> Keira, I must ask this question.
>> Do you have any sight at all?
>> If so, you may be able to do some things.
>> PCA's may require little to no sight.
>> Blessings, Joshua
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>> From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Keira Davis
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>> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 12:57 AM
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