‘Going cognitive’: CBT for people with learning disabilities
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is fast becoming the therapy of choice for many...
06 Oct 2008
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.
Staying alive
Seventy six per cent in favour is a big majority. There are caveats, but it seems...
01 Oct 2008
Creating a culture
In a period when we are digesting the results of the independent inquiry into the...
13 Sep 2008
How was it for you? Students’ experiences of student-led reflection sessions
Ideas, knowledge and awareness of self can all be developed and transformed from...
13 Sep 2008
‘Too young to die!’ A cognitive behavioural approach to dealing with ‘death anxiety’
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is seen as a therapy of choice, with a...
13 Sep 2008
RNLDplus: enhancing student knowledge and experience
This article describes the innovative way in which Oxford Brookes University has...
23 Jul 2008
Reversing the trend: learning disability outcomes in cancer care
In the UK, it is estimated that 2.5 per cent of the population have a learning...
23 Jul 2008
Using online technology to facilitate staff training
It has long been recognised that the quality of learning disability services relies...
23 Jul 2008
The experiences of parents of children with an intellectual disability who use respite...
Recent evidence nationally and internationally indicates that the provision of care...
01 Jun 2008
The development of a child learning disability screening questionnaire: a pilot study
The identification of learning disability in children can be problematic,...
01 Jun 2008
‘Just another day dealing with wounds’: self-injury and staff-client relationships
This article reports on aspects of a research project which asked clients in a...
01 May 2008
Health needs in people with learning disabilities: using the ‘OK’ Health Check
A growing body of evidence suggests that people with intellectual disabilities are...
01 May 2008
Sexuality for people with learning disabilities and Alzheimer’s disease: the Ex-PLISSIT...
People with learning disabilities have been marginalised as a result of majority...
01 May 2008
Abdominal massage for constipation in children
Physical contact between people is a powerful form of communication, and also a...
01 May 2008
steps to fitness: a health and well-being pilot project
Reducing excess weight and obesity is a national and global priority: the health...
01 Apr 2008
The Mental Capacity Act and benevolent deception under the guise of ‘best interests’
The Mental Capacity Act (2005) provides a statutory framework underpinned by a...
01 Apr 2008
Blogging for beginners
You would have to have been in outer space for the last few years to have missed...
01 Apr 2008
Fatal flaws in care
A senior legal figure in Scotland has called for a reappraisal of the care of the...
01 Apr 2008