State Nursing Licensure Questions About Mental Illness and Compliance With the Americans With Disabilities Act
State Nursing Licensure Questions About Mental Illness and Compliance With the Americans With Disabilities Act
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DOI：
10.3928/02793695-20190405-02
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发表时间：
2019-08-01
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Hutchens, Bridget Frese
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作者：
Halter, Margaret J.;Rolin, Donna G.;Hutchens, Bridget Frese
目前的文章介绍了美国各州和哥伦比亚特区委员会的护理预许可申请，收集，总结和评估，以评估符合美国残疾人法案（ADA）的审查。不到一半（n = 21）的注册护士执照委员会不问有关精神疾病的问题，预许可申请。在30个询问有关精神疾病问题的委员会中，有8个委员会关注目前的残疾，根据ADA，这是法律的。其余22个委员会通过针对具体诊断，关注当前没有损害的历史数据和/或要求预测未来损害来询问非ADA合规问题。敦促护理委员会与法律、心理学和医学领域的同事一起，通过消除心理健康问题或将其限制在当前的损伤查询中，使用ADA可接受的应用程序。
The current article describes a review of U.S. states and the District of Columbia boards of nursing pre-licensure applications, which were collected, summarized, and evaluated to assess compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Less than one half (n = 21) of RN licensing boards do not ask questions about mental illness on pre-licensure applications. Of the 30 boards that ask questions about mental illness, eight focus on current disability, which is legal under the ADA. The remaining 22 boards ask non-ADA-compliant questions by targeting specific diagnoses, focusing on historical data in the absence of current impairment, and/or requiring a prediction of future impairment. Nursing boards are urged to join colleagues in law, psychology, and medicine in using ADA-acceptable applications by eliminating mental health questions or limiting them to current impairment queries.