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Dementia awareness and diagnosis: looking beyond the learning disability
How an Admiral nurse aims to empower individuals and help nurses identify early age dementia
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COVID-19 undiagnosed in many nurses, study suggests
Mild cases were missed before loss of taste or smell was added to coronavirus symptoms
Lack of support for staff during menopause affects work and career, survey reveals
Menopause affects 90% of women doctors’ working lives according to a BMA survey
COVID-19: reliance on early warning scores may have caused delays in care
A lack of specialist staff led to an over-reliance on the NEWS2 score, report says
COVID-19: Northern Ireland rewards final-year students for working during pandemic
Health minister extends band 4 pay until their nursing studies end in September
Nurse contributors wanted for project showing skin conditions in BAME children
Skin Deep aims to improve the range of images available of dermatological conditions
Nurses should look out for ‘COVID toe’ in patients
The COVID-19 symptom can look like chilblains, nurse consultant says
Evidence and Practice
Barriers to and complexities of supporting paid work for adults with learning...
Why you should read this article: • To recognise the importance of paid employment as part...
Safe sexual well-being in adults with learning disabilities
How special interest groups can support safe sexual well-being
Using the technique of mindfulness in people with learning disabilities
Nurses have a key role in ensuring service users can access mindfulness-based interventions
Challenges in providing palliative care to adults with intellectual disabilities
A literature review exploring challenges for paid carers providing palliative care
Syndromes: Aicardi syndrome
A rare neurodeveopmental disorder first identified in the mid-1960s
Supporting people with learning disabilities and mental health issues: service users’...
Why you should read this article: • To understand how a person with learning disabilities...
Features
All you need to know about NMC fitness to practise cases
Fitness to practise cases are central to the NMC’s regulation of nursing standards
COVID-19: remembering the nursing staff who have lost their lives
Colleagues and families pay tribute to nursing professionals who have died across the UK
What learning disability nurses need to know about Liberty Protection Safeguards
Be prepared for the new legislation covering people lacking mental capacity
COVID-19: how nurses can facilitate advance care planning
Conversations about end of life care are important for the patient and those close to them
Hollyoaks' staff have more training in autism awareness than some health...
TV star Carrie Grant says nurses can help through ‘collaboration, community and curiosity’
Dating agencies: a chance to find romance for people with learning disabilities
Learning disability nurses might be asked to help a service user looking for love and companionship to apply to a dating agency
Opinion
Post COVID-19: what will be the ‘new normal’ for learning disability nurses?
Virtual consultations need to be conducted with the same care and dignity as face to face
Planet Rachael: we must unite to protect the lives of people with learning disabilities
Black Lives Matter has shown how powerful a social movement for change can be
Injustice on the COVID-19 front line
The pandemic highlights unfair attitudes towards people with learning disabilities and autism
Students
When you don’t fit the nursing student ‘ideal’: overcoming academic barriers
We need to re-evaluate how we support and assess students with a specific learning difficulty
What to do when words fail
Communication problems are not uncommon when people with complex needs are admitted to hospital, and one nursing student is creating a toolkit that will include tips from specialists and signposting to additional support
Using positive reinforcement to manage violence and aggression
Reminding a service user with learning disabilities how much her behaviour had improved helped nursing student Bradley Squirrell successfully de-escalate a violent situation
Careers
Dementia awareness and diagnosis: looking beyond the learning disability
How an Admiral nurse aims to empower individuals and help nurses identify early age dementia
Fear and anxiety can infect teams, but you can harness this crisis to come out stronger
COVID-19 is putting nurses under extreme pressure, so here’s how to help colleagues cope
How I make the emergency department less daunting for people with learning disabilities
Lauren Johnston describes her work in a pioneering nursing role