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Summit urged on crisis in learning disability
Top academics are calling for a summit on the
Newsroom
Exclusive: university suspends recruitment to learning disability nursing courses
‘No desire to destabilise the workforce,’ says University of Hertfordshire’s head of...
Mental Health Act review
Prime minister said review will focus on ‘injustice and discrimination’ in system
Game of Thrones star auctions a day on set for RCN charity
RCN ambassador Emilia Clarke is offering one fan the chance to join her during filming in...
Healthcare assistants increasingly being used as ‘nurses on the cheap’
Calling on HCAs to fill nurse staffing gaps is bad for patients – Unison
Summit urged on crisis in learning disability nursing
Top academics are calling for a summit on the staffing crisis in learning disability nursing
Evidence and Practice
‘Just look at my face’: co-production of a positive behavioural support plan
Service-user involvement is important in learning disability services. Historically,...
Use of mealtime advice mats in special schools for children with learning disabilities
Aim Eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties can have serious outcomes for children and...
International and interprofessional experiences on welfare services for people with...
International student exchange is an opportunity to discover and learn from practice in...
Interprofessional working between intellectual disability nurses and speech and...
Communicating effectively, interprofessionally and with adults with intellectual...
Syndromes: Cornelia de Lange syndrome
First in a series about conditions with common symptoms that constitute syndromes
Martial arts, disruptive innovation and the future of physical interventions in...
Physical intervention techniques must continue to be refined and developed to ensure they...
Revalidation
‘Our nurse has been an amazing advocate for our non-verbal child’
Louise McCay explains how learning disability community nurse Lisa Harris helped her son...
Watch our animated guide to revalidation
Our short film explains the revalidation process
Revalidation process gives specialists a chance to shine
As the first tranche of staff renew registration this month, cancer nurses explain why a new...
How nurses are preparing for the revalidation process
Five nurses from across the UK discuss their plans for renewing their registration,...
How Bupa created an infrastructure to support revalidation
Paul Edwards and colleagues explain how Bupa created an infrastructure for nurse leaders to...
Features
Charities to launch initiative ahead of World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day
The Neuro Foundation and sister charities set to launch 'light up' campaigns to raise...
Observing nursing practice on placement in Romania
When nursing students Eve Buckley, Nicole Sparham and Shelby Small did their elective...
Preparing for a new model of care in the community
Calderstones Hospital turned things round after a damning report in 2013 but now it is...
Person-centred care for clients at the end of life
A team of learning disability nurses has created an end of life care package for clients...
EXCLUSIVE: Future strategies for behaviour that challenges
A one-day event, organised by the Prison Reform Trust, University of Leeds, NHS Improvement...
How 'seeing the person not the disability' can make a difference for all...
Melanie Davies has been busy – after changing the game in learning disability practice at...
Opinion
Exhibition review: You’d Hear Them Jingle in Clitheroe
David O’Driscoll reviews an exhibition on the history of two long-stay hospitals for people...
Shame and its role in the lives of people with learning disabilities
A reluctance to address feelings of shame may hinder our understanding of what is important...
Specialist training is essential to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities
Mencap’s Treat Me Well campaign aimed at healthcare professionals follows NHS failings more...
Students
What to do when words fail
Communication problems are not uncommon when people with complex needs are admitted to...
Using positive reinforcement to manage violence and aggression
Reminding a service user with learning disabilities how much her behaviour had improved...
A fresh take on medicines management for patients with a learning disability
Mental health nursing student Kirsty Killiard implemented a system for monitoring the use of...
Careers
Tapping into the wisdom of learning disabilities nurses
The RCN wants all acute hospitals to have 24-hour access to a learning disabilities liaison...
‘Be brave, be fearless and always listen’
Helen Laverty is the leading light behind the Positive Choices conference
No career teething problems for Tyler
Tyler Payne – winner of the nursing student award at the 2017 RCN Wales Nurse of the Year –...