Supporting a person with autism through stressful personal care
The author describes how as a community nurse, she used her assessment skills and...
07 Nov 2011
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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.
Developing tools to enable easier access to mainstream services
The author describes how the Gloucestershire reasonable adjustment outcome tool was...
07 Nov 2011
Communication skills to improve clients’ experiences of hospital
Staff face many challenges when caring for patients with a learning disability in a...
07 Nov 2011
Supporting a client in intensive care
Being a patient in an intensive care unit can be extremely stressful. As well as...
05 Oct 2011
Effectiveness of a parent training programme adapted for children with a learning...
Aim There is increasing evidence to support the effectiveness of parent management...
05 Oct 2011
Being heard: aiding public participation in decision making
It is increasingly important that people have input into the services they receive...
05 Oct 2011
Enabling people to give feedback about their health care
This article describes a systematic review of approaches to measuring the...
05 Oct 2011
Increasing access to cancer screening programmes
Uptake of cancer screening by people with learning disabilities in England is poor...
08 Sep 2011
Cognitive behaviour therapy for children with social anxiety
Social deficits and anxiety are common among people with autism spectrum disorders...
08 Sep 2011
How corrupted cultures lead to abuse of restraint interventions
The challenges of caring can cause severe stress to all concerned in ways that must...
08 Sep 2011
Assessment of capacity: reflections from practice
Completing mental capacity assessments for individuals is a complicated process...
08 Sep 2011
Emotion management for young people with severe learning disabilities
Health and education staff collaborated to run a group named ‘Show Club’ which...
07 Jul 2011
Health issues for adults with Down’s syndrome
The Down’s Syndrome Association carried out a survey of its members to find out how...
07 Jul 2011
Basic life support for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
Those who care for people with learning disabilities must be able to manage a...
07 Jul 2011
Obtaining consent to help a young man with difficulties masturbating
The Mental Capacity Act and the code of practice (Department of Health (DH) (2005)...
07 Jul 2011
Managing sleep problems in children
Persistent sleep disturbance is common among children and young people with an...
07 Jul 2011
Finding a safe place to explore sexual identity
This article describes the role of Mingle, a support group for people with learning...
08 Jun 2011
Study of patients’ experiences of treatment by hospital staff
Analysis of interviews conducted by Mencap Liverpool suggest that hospital patients...
08 Jun 2011