Learning Disability Practice
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Understanding trauma in people with severe and profound learning disabilities
Strategies you can use to support service users who may have experienced trauma
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What all nurses have to gain from learning disabilities training
Our podcast looks at what's behind mandatory training, plus strategies from specialist nurses
Call for night shift nurses to be part of type 2 diabetes study
Researchers aim to develop intervention to improve health of workers living with the disease
NHS pay award: will nurses in England vote for industrial action?
RCN ballot opens next month and the results will inform next steps in pay dispute
NHS pay: industrial action one step closer as union enters dispute process
Nurses angry at ministers’ imposition of ‘insulting’ 3% pay rise in Wales, claims RCN
Nurses’ determination praised, but senior leaders urge staff to look after well-being
Letter of support acknowledges ongoing pressures as difficult winter approaches
Essay mills to be banned: crackdown announced on ‘completely unethical’ online services
Impact of market for ready-written nursing essays has been worrying universities
Evidence and Practice
Understanding trauma in people with severe and profound learning disabilities
Strategies you can use to support service users who may have experienced trauma
Adapting the Solihull Approach for staff caring for adults with learning disabilities
Enhancing practitioners’ understanding of service users’ behaviours that challenge
Using cultural safety to enhance nursing care for people with a learning disability
Cultural safety and how it can help nurses care for people with a learning disability
Positive behaviour support training: developing skills in community services
A refresher on the main elements of PBS used to support people with learning disabilities
How to give an intramuscular injection to an adult with an intellectual disability
This article aims to enhance intellectual disability nurses’ knowledge of this procedure
Exploring the effects of having an autistic sibling on typically developing young people
Autistic siblings can have positive and negative effects on typically developing young people
Features
Sexual exploitation of children: how to raise concerns
NSPCC warns of a rise in cases of child exploitation during the pandemic
Talking about death: how to help people with learning disabilities make sense of loss
Nurses can offer valuable support through the grieving process
A day in the life: nursing at a special school for pupils with learning disabilities
Anxious children, COVID-19 scares and hospital admissions all in a day’s challenges
How nurses can support and improve the mouth care of people with learning disabilities
Service users often struggle to access suitable dental care
Nurses and stress: how performing arts skills can improve self-care and communication
Training given by actors is helping NHS staff to look after themselves better
How to encourage and act on feedback from people with learning disabilities
Learning disability nurses and campaigners offer advice to improve care
Opinion
Join us for Learning Disability Nursing: the Next Chapter
Register to hear leading figures on the future of the profession at our webinar on 3 November
Non-verbal communication: why it’s important to show service users that you’re listening
Being held, heard and shown you matter is key for treating vulnerable patients
Agenda for Change: what nurses need to know as they consider the latest pay offer
The system aims to offer transparent pay and conditions – but is it still fit for purpose?
Students
Safeguarding demystified: a beginner’s guide
It’s an issue fundamental to nursing care, but do you know what’s expected of you?
Pop-up hospital helps students make up for placements lost to COVID-19
University offers practical experience with clinical scenarios role-played by student peers
Prison nursing: why its complexity makes it a rich learning environment for students
Clinical placements in criminal justice settings offer a wide spectrum of nursing experience
Careers
Becoming a nurse prescriber: how it could take your career in unexpected directions
Find out what you need to do to be qualified to practise as a non-medical prescriber
What are transferable skills and how can I use them to get my next nursing role?
Learn to identify and develop the skills you use day-to-day that can open up career options
Fancy a new job? Come to our careers fair and you might even go home with an offer
Explore your options and meet a variety of nurse employers keen to recruit