[nabs-l] neonatal nurse

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi,

Another tactic I've used with some success is to site people before
you that have successfully done the job.  The college I had the most
success with, and the one where I attend now, had professors in my
major who knew the woman I volunteered under for my four years of high
school.  It helped that since they knew she was excelent at her job as
a blind person that I could be too.

Try NAND as Lillie suggested, and see if you can find any blind or
visually impaired nurses out there.  Career Connect and even Google
could be other sources to turn to.  The MDs that Arielle mentioned
would also be good people to use if you can find nothing else, but see
if you can find someone who is in current practice.  If you can, try
to see if you can talk to them or get permission to refer any doubting
professors to them.  Having a mentor in your field is an invaluable
resource, both for you and your professors.

I hope you are able to find someone.  Good question!

On 11/1/13, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:
> Oops. Its organization, not association.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 1, 2013, at 12:04 AM, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> You should also check out nond, national association of nurses of
>> disabilities. Their website is at www.nnond.org. I hope this helps.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> 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
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Keira Davis
>>>> [keke.davis91 at gmail.com]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 12:57 AM
>>>> To: sandragayer7 at gmail.com; National Association of Blind Students
>>>> mailing
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Kaiti