Nursing care for persons with developmental disabilities: Review of literature on barriers and facilitators faced by nurses to provide care.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To identify barriers and facilitators to nursing care of individuals with developmental disabilities (DDs).

Background

Individuals with DDs experience health disparities. Nurses, although well positioned to provide optimal care to this population, face challenges.

Design

Narrative review of extant published peer-reviewed literature.

Data sources

Electronic databases, ProQuest and EBSCO, were searched for studies published in English between 2000 and 2019.

Review methods

Three reviewers reviewed abstracts and completed data extraction. Knowledge synthesis was completed by evaluating the 17 selected studies.

Results

Emerging themes were: (1) barriers and challenges to nursing interventions; (2) facilitators to nursing care; and (3) recommendati

SUBMITTER: Khanlou N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9834519 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature