Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 28, 2025

Involving Individuals with Developmental Language Disorder and Their Parents/Carers in Research Priority Setting
Published on: June 6, 2020
Innovating Nursing Education Through Partnership With Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Background:
Health disparities of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have been a longstanding public health concern. Unlike the engagement of service sectors and governmental entities in advocating for human rights and health equity, the nursing profession remains absent from these discussions. Transformational changes are needed to promote systemic changes that will improve health outcomes of individuals with IDD.
Method:
Strategic planning is needed to effect transformational changes in nursing education. Innovation in nursing education involves an informed understanding of health care barriers that individuals with IDD experience and the necessary processes to effectively engage in partnerships with this population.
Results:
An approach for change in nursing education is proposed based on IDD concepts in federal legislation and initiatives, social policies, and the self-advocacy movement, and its application in nursing education is described.
Conclusion:
Integrating IDD concepts into nursing curricula can improve health care equity and health outcomes of individuals with IDD. [.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Learning Disabilities
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a...
Intellectual Disability
Nursing Process for Patient and Caregiver Teaching I: Assessment and Diagnosis
It is critical to determine the patient's learning needs during the assessment. Determination of learning needs compounds data...
Nursing Implementation
The five steps to implementing effective nursing care include reassessing the patient, reviewing and revising the existing nursing care plan, organizing the resources and care delivery, anticipating and preventing complications, and implementing nursing interventions.
Nursing Process for Patient and Caregiver Teaching II: Planning and Implementation
Interdisciplinary Care: The Health Care Team-I
Physicians
The physician's primary responsibility is to diagnose illness and direct the medical or surgical treatment of the condition. The authority to admit patients to a healthcare agency or institution and practice care within that setting is granted to physicians by the healthcare agency or institution...

