Registered nurses’ awareness and implementation of reasonable adjustments for people with intellectual disability and/or autism

Nathan J. Wilson; Amy Pracilio; Michelle Kersten; Julia Morphet; Thomas Buckley; Julian N. Trollor; Ken  Griffin; Julianne Bryce; Andrew Cashin

doi:10.1111/jan.15171

Registered nurses’ awareness and implementation of reasonable adjustments for people with intellectual disability and/or autism

Nathan J. Wilson
, Amy Pracilio
, Michelle Kersten
, Julia Morphet
, Thomas Buckley
, Julian N. Trollor
, Ken Griffin
, Julianne Bryce
, Andrew Cashin

Western Sydney University
Southern Cross University
Monash University
The University of Sydney
University of New South Wales
Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

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Aim: To describe Australian registered nurses' awareness, and implementation of reasonable adjustments within their practice when caring for people with intellectual disability and/or autism. Additionally, the association between key demographic, workforce, and respondent variables and familiarity of the term and regularity of use was explored.
Design: Cross-sectional survey. Methods: Survey data were collected between August and October 2020 using an online survey tool. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: Familiarity of the concept of reasonable adjustments was relatively low, compared to respondents who report applying adjustments when caring for people with intellectual disability and/or autism. Higher levels of confidence, comfort, and knowledge when caring for this cohort were associated with greater awareness and application of reasonable adjustments.
Conclusion: A higher volume, and diversity in type of, nursing education related to care for people with intellectual disability and/or autism is indicated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2426-2435
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Advanced Nursing
Volume	78
Issue number	8
Early online date	07 Feb 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15171
Publication status	Published - Aug 2022

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