Podcasts Health & Fitness Medicine The AJN Podcast Interview with Suzanne Smeltzer, author of the April research article, Interactions of People with Disabilities and Nursing Staff and with Lisa Iezzoni and Michael Ogg, authors of Patients Perspective: Hard Lessons from a Long Hospital Stay

Interview with Suzanne Smeltzer, author of the April research article, Interactions of People with Disabilities and Nursing Staff and with Lisa Iezzoni and Michael Ogg, authors of Patients Perspective: Hard Lessons from a Long Hospital Stay

Published: March 29, 2012, 4:49 p.m.

b'An estimated 62 million adult Americans lived with some type of disability in 2001-2005\\u2026\\u201d, explains researcher Suzanne Smeltzer in her introduction. And many of these people end up in hospitals and often feel unsafe. AJN\\u2019s editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy talks with author Smeltzer about her research and is joined by the authors (both of whom have disabilities from multiple sclerosis) of a companion piece who discuss their experiences.'