Reasonable Adjustments

Add to favourites

Reasonable adjustments to allow those with a disability to achieve proficiency

Reasonable Adjustments

Reasonable adjustments may have to be made to allow those with a disability to achieve proficiency. The NMC Standards for Pre-registration Nursing Programmes state that Universities and practice learning partners ‘must take account of students’ individual needs and personal circumstances when allocating their practice learning including making reasonable adjustments for students with disabilities’. It is important to recognise that reasonable adjustments can be made to support you and to assess how you can demonstrate that you have met a standard or proficiency. Whilst every attempt will be made to make reasonable adjustments to support your learning in practice, the requirement remains that you must demonstrate achievement of the NMC standards and proficiencies.

Ultimately, it is your own responsibility to inform the practice supervisor/assessor of any reasonable adjustment in practice that you may require. It is therefore good practice to discuss this provision prior to or at the preliminary meeting and consider whether reasonable adjustments can be made to enable you to practise safely and effectively. Adjustments may be put in place for the duration of your placement or for shorter periods of time to address a temporary requirement.

You, your practice supervisor/assessor and other members of practice education staff can make feedback on how the reasonable adjustments are working on the interim feedback meeting pages. Further information on policies and reasonable adjustments can be accessed via Government sites, the NMC, your placement provider and within your Student Handbook.