Americans With Disabilities Act

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Americans with Disabilities Act

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Americans with Disabilities Act

Introduction

Americans with Disability Act is a civil right law prohibiting discriminations against

people with disabilities in all public institutions regarding employment, schools, transportation,

and all institutions either public or private opened for the general public use (Davis, 2016). The

primary purpose of the regulations is to have surety that people with disability enjoy same rights

as the other people. The law gave protection of civil rights to those disabled on based on race,

color, gender, origin, age, and religion. It assures equal chances for disabled people in

accommodation in public, employment, transportation, services at state and local government.

Nursing being sector that offers services to the public and people with disability, therefore, calls

for a full application of the law.

Impact of Americans with Disability Act

According to the Society of Nurses with Disability (2013), healthcare segment is the

leading industry in the economy of America mostly associated with work-related injury and

ailments. As an advanced practice nurse, one will receive patients from all corners some being

normal and others having disabilities. Full enforcement of the law and applying the nursing

ethical standards, therefore, is a must. The law cuts across all sectors and its proper

understanding; it will be beneficial in guiding on the manner of performing duties and how to

perform them. For instance, the law requires individuals with disability to be offered job

opportunities upon being considered qualified and qualified. As an advanced nurse, it is will be

my duty ensure there are set chances set up posts for those with special needs and ensure there is

no harassment of the recruited employees. It will also be essential to offer the patients with

special needs care and offer the best service as given to other public. The law will help me

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develop skills on ethical requirements for nurses and also learn how to handle people with

disability. At long last, it will be an opportunity to engage in the fight for people with disability

rights both in health centers.

Legal Implications

According to Westrick, (2013) nursing practices are guided by quite a number of laws

and regulations that are critical for managing health care system as well as other sectors among

them being 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation

Act. United States constitution has outlined set of values that act as a foundation for the society.

The set values include but not limited to autonomy, beneficence, veracity, nonmaleficence as

well as justice. Nurses work with individuals and groups from diverse sectors and therefore calls

to have a knowhow of all legal requirements and how they impact on his/her professional roles

and responsibilities. American with Disability Act (ADA) sates person with disability as the one

with physical or mental impairment substantively limiting his activities, or that has a record of

substantially limiting impairment or regarded to have impairment by the employer. The Act

requires the medical practitioners to provide a reasonable accommodation, equal opportunities

for qualified candidates, protection from direct threat to their safety and obtain, assess, use or

disclose medical information without patients consent (Westrick, 2013). The law also requires

for confidentiality of the information. Enforcement task for ADA is given to the United States

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Equal Opportunity Commission.

Previous articles have shown that people with disability face lot of challenges when

trying to approach healthcare systems (Lagu, Iezzoni, and Lindenauer, 2014). Understanding this

challenge will help come up with strategies to overcome these and ensure full compliance with

the law. The act will be a foundation for changing the health systems by provision of best

services to the physically and mentally challenged persons in the society. The Act will help me

develop moral standards and give an insight of relevant legal and ethical issues in the health

sector.

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References

Davis, L. J. (2016). Enabling acts: The hidden story of how the Americans with Disabilities Act

gave the largest US minority its rights. Beacon Press.

Lagu, T., Iezzoni, L. I., &Lindenauer, P. K. (2014).The axes of access—improving care for

patients with disabilities. N Engl J Med, 370(19), 1847-1851.

The Society of Nurses with Disability (2013).Nurses and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Retrieved from: http://www.nursingwithdisabilities.org/2013/01/nurses-and-americans-

with-disabilities.html

Westrick, S. J. (2013). Essentials of nursing law and ethics.Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

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