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Health education summit bids to stem decline in college enrolment numbers
A summit on the recruitment crisis in learning disability nurse education to be held
Newsroom
Student’s RCN award for his work supporting people with learning disabilities
Andrew Turner saw service users’ anxiety about clinical procedures – and took action to...
Improving diagnosis, care and support for ADHD
NICE guidance aims to improve recognition, diagnosis, quality of care and support for ADHD
Concerns for the future of learning disability nursing as mortality report reveals...
With the number of people with learning disabilities rising, cases of poor care and figures...
Congress votes unanimously to preserve field of learning disability nursing
In a congress debate, members heard that universities were closing programmes and nurses...
MP voices concern for CPD cuts in bid to improve staff retention
Department of health and social care to look at recommendations addressing CPD cuts
Call for nurses to ‘do 10,000 of anything’ to help colleagues in need
#10kForNurses campaign supports staff experiencing hardship
Evidence and Practice
An update on informed consent and the effect on the clinical practice of those working...
In people with learning disability who have capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005...
Syndromes: Fragile X syndrome
Series about conditions with common symptoms that constitute syndromes
Keratoconus in young people with learning disabilities: an ‘invisible’ problem
Keratoconus is a potentially sight-threatening condition in which the cornea distorts and...
Urinary continence promotion and people with an intellectual disability
Continence is regarded as a basic need and many continence problems can be addressed and...
Evaluating a group for young people who have a sibling with a disability
Siblings of children who have a disability frequently take on care, responsibility and...
Prevalence and management of coeliac disease in people with Down’s syndrome
People with Down’s syndrome are more likely to have additional health complications than the...
Features
Biometrics and autism: wristband technology could transform service-users’ lives
Leading charity Autism Together has set up the UK’s first trial of wristbands measuring...
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...
Opinion
Looking to the future for learning disability nurses
New standards on how people with learning disabilities are cared for in hospitals in England...
Book review: Medical Aspects of Autism and Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and...
Senior occupational therapist Jo Ball reviews Medical Aspects of Autism and Asperger...
Book review: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Chartered clinical psychologist/professor of psychology Karen McKenzie reviews Cognitive...
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
It’s a real privilege to support a family at the end of their child’s life
Sabine Schwaebisch on her role as as a band 6 care team nurse in palliative care at Helen...
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