Improving health with acute liaison nursing
People with learning disabilities have increased health problems compared with the...
10 Jun 2009
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.
Developing person-centred planning in dementia care
This article provides an overview of the current literature on person-centred...
10 Jun 2009
The therapeutic effects of hand massage
This article provides a framework for the inclusion of hand massage in the care...
10 Jun 2009
Training care staff about the concept of learning disability
This article reports on a study that examined the effect of a one-day training...
10 Jun 2009
The public health role of learning disability nurses: a review of the literature
Kay Mafuba examines the literature on learning disability nurses’ role in public...
01 May 2009
Safeguarding vulnerable adults’ liberty: the law
In response to a landmark legal case, the government has made changes to...
01 May 2009
A student’s reflection on a day service placement
The modernisation of day services is being promoted by the government through a...
01 May 2009
Evaluating a community-based project for supporting clients with challenging behaviour
The authors evaluate a small pilot project which used psychology graduates in a...
01 May 2009
Care planning for children in educational settings
Joanne Hammond describes how, on a student nurse placement in a special school, she...
03 Apr 2009
Helping an individual to overcome a fear of dental surgery
Tom had rotten and painful teeth, disliked dentists and hated hospitals, yet he...
03 Apr 2009
Nurses’ views about services for older people with learning disabilities
Aim To explore nurses’ views of the strengths and weaknesses of current patterns of...
03 Apr 2009
Improving access to sight testing for people with learning disabilities
People with learning disabilities may be missing out on appropriate eye care...
03 Apr 2009
Dementia-friendly care homes
Dementia is an issue of growing importance in services for people with learning...
01 Mar 2009
The complexities of planning care
This article explores the literature and issues surrounding planning care for...
01 Mar 2009
Friendship, romance and possibly more
We live in a society where markers of success are constantly paraded in every...
01 Mar 2009
Midazolam and epilepsy in people with learning disabilities
This article, based on an undergraduate dissertation, consists of a literature...
01 Mar 2009
Assessing contentment and distress
This article focuses on the Disability Distress Assessment Tool, also known as the...
10 Feb 2009
The good, the bad and the ugly: experiences of self-injury
Nurses’ attitudes towards people who self-injure can be negative and often...
10 Feb 2009