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.
Networking opportunities for learning disability nurses
Developments in service provision and delivery have changed how and where learning...
01 Jun 2013
Promoting mutuality in a family-centred service
Fostering mutual relationships, where the expertise of all parties is valued and promoted,...
01 May 2013
Breast screening: participation of women with intellectual disabilities
The NHS breast cancer screening programme has resulted in overdiagnosis of breast cancer in...
01 May 2013
Involving service users in an inclusive research project
This article describes how people with learning disabilities and community learning...
01 May 2013
Neurodiversity: accepting autistic difference
‘Insider’ descriptions of living with autism in a world where most people are not autistic...
01 May 2013
Assessing distress in people with intellectual disabilities
Background There are few available tools for screening and assessing mental distress in...
01 Apr 2013
How families perceive the care-giving experience
This article discusses the experiences of families who care for relatives with learning...
01 Apr 2013
Helping young people with asperger syndrome
In Ireland, services for people with intellectual disabilities are increasingly being...
01 Apr 2013
Risk of refeeding syndrome in clients with malnutrition
The number of people with learning disabilities being treated in acute hospitals appears to...
01 Apr 2013
Nursing education: the disseminated model
In Scotland, learning disability nursing education is provided by institutions in the...
01 Mar 2013
Sensory processing in people with Asperger syndrome
Some people with Asperger syndrome process their sensory impressions in different or...
01 Mar 2013
Improving services through co-operative learning
This article describes a project in which people with intellectual disabilities, their...
01 Mar 2013
Ensuring clients have the capacity to consent to treatment
Aim This article discusses the evaluation of a consent form for adults with learning...
01 Mar 2013
Dental services for people with learning disabilities
Evidence shows that people with learning disabilities have poorer health outcomes and less...
01 Feb 2013
Dangers of ambivalence: lessons learned from the Nazi era
This article seeks to raise awareness among learning disability practitioners of actions...
01 Feb 2013
Scatolia: positive behaviour support for a client with Goltz syndrome
This article presents a case study of how positive behaviour support improved the quality of...
01 Feb 2013
Ensuring service users can access crucial information
When people with learning disabilities use mainstream healthcare services, they are more...
01 Feb 2013
Grief in the transition from oral to enteral feeding among children
Loss of oral feeding may lead to grief that is unrecognised and unsupported,...
01 Dec 2012