Learning Disability Practice
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Why learning disability nurses have a vital role in helping to rebuild lives
As we move out of the pandemic, support and care networks and services need strengthening
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What changes at work would boost nurses’ morale? We asked them
Nursing Standard readers responded on Twitter – and here's what they told us
Is the delay on nurses’ pay part of a government game plan?
RCN brands government failure to submit its evidence on next year’s pay ‘disgusting’
Lucy Letby: ‘nurse injected air into baby’s stomach in third attempt to kill her’
Prosecution alleges neonatal nurse would go on finally to kill infant in a matter of days
Nurses deliver petition to Downing Street demanding better pay
Petition with more than 100,000 signatures urges Rishi Sunak to address NHS workforce crisis
‘Sacking nurses bill’ moves a step closer to becoming law
MPs approve anti-strike bill that could see nurses and other key workers facing the sack
You’re needed in the office: trust gives nurses notice default home-working will end
Nurse fears work-life balance will suffer, although right to request flexibility remains
Evidence and Practice
Recognising visual perception issues in people with learning disabilities
Explore the causes and consequences of cortical visual impairment
Taking blood from a person with a learning disability
Learn about reasonable adjustments for people undergoing a blood test or injection
Improving access to breast cancer screening by women with learning disabilities
A literature review of the barriers women with learning disabilities can experience
Screening for learning disability in primary care
An examination of feasibility against the Wilson-Jungner criteria
Listening to people with severe or profound intellectual disabilities
How active listening is a fundamental skill that underpins effective communication
Additional procedures for people with learning disabilities receiving dental treatment
Supporting people undergoing multiple procedures under one general anaesthetic
Features
Living with autism: why my late-diagnosis was such a relief
Nurse Gerard Wainwright now wants to improve opportunities for neurodivergent people
Hostile patients: how to deal with aggression, verbal attacks and other forms of abuse
Advice on steps to take, de-escalation tips and why incidents should never be normalised
Integrated care systems: why they’re going to matter to you (if they don’t already)
A seamless health and care system sounds like the perfect plan – but will ICSs work?
Specialist nurse team’s sleep project helps children with severe learning disabilities
Nurses trained as sleep counsellors and ran online workshops to support families and carers
Working nights and trying for a baby: is your shift pattern reducing your fertility?
Women’s reproductive health and the harms potentially linked to night shifts
When a patient won’t take their tablets: how to promote medication adherence
Why sensitively tailored conversations with patients can boost their concordance
Opinion
Why learning disability nurses have a vital role in helping to rebuild lives
As we move out of the pandemic, support and care networks and services need strengthening
Learning disability nursing: why can’t we do more to recruit more?
NHS figures show numbers of nurses in England have fallen by more than 30% in the past decade
Nothing will change until service users’ health needs are met
Despite the LeDeR continually highlighting health inequalities demonstrable change is slow
Students
Meet UK’s first honorary university lecturer with a learning disability
Read how one man is transforming nursing students’ understanding of service users’ needs
Dual registration degrees: what are the benefits?
How gaining knowledge and practical experience in two areas will boost your career choices
Social prescribing: what is it and how can nursing students get involved?
Using activities such as art, gardening and sport to boost mental and physical well-being
Careers
Finding your voice as a newly registered nurse: tips and advice
Learn how to speak up to advocate for patients and establish yourself as a professional
Redeployed to an unfamiliar area: what is a floating shift and do I have to work it?
How to cope if your shift setting changes and ensure you work within your competency
Virtual wards: what are they and what do they mean for different nursing roles?
Services combine remote, hands-on and holistic nursing care – with new roles to match