Clinical
Our clinical nursing articles aim to inform and educate nurse practitioners and students. This is achieved through the publication of peer-reviewed, evidence-based, relevant and topical articles.
Emotion recognition and processing style in children with an intellectual disability
Processing style may affect emotion recognition differently in children and adults
Attitudes and perceptions of general nurses caring for people with learning disabilities
Literature review examining general nurses' caring for people with learning disabilities...
Positive behaviour support standards audit of people with an intellectual disability
This article describes how PBS standards were audited in an assessment and treatment unit
Service provision for people in Scotland with an intellectual disability and dementia
Adherence to good practice guidelines for people with an intellectual disability and dementia
Effective sleep hygiene maintenance for people with an intellectual disability
An evidence-based approach to determine and enable the sleeping needs of people with ID
Syndromes: Tuberous sclerosis
Our series about conditions that constitute a syndrome looks at tuberous sclerosis
Effects of mindfulness-based exercises on well-being of people with an ID
Practice of mindfulness exercises may be important component of increasing well-being
Syndromes: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
A series about conditions with common symptoms that constitute a syndrome
Consanguinity and the links to learning disabilities: the issues and pressures
Consanguinity is defined as the result of a sexual reproduction of two related individuals,...
Drug-induced dysphagia and the high-risk effect on people with intellectual disabilities
Research indicates that aspirate pneumonia as a result of dysphagia can be one of the...
Developing strategic health facilitators to increase the uptake of annual learning...
People who have a learning disability have increased health risks compared to the general...
Syndromes: Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)
A series about conditions with common symptoms that constitute syndromes