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.
Role of an intensive health outreach team in improving care outcomes
This article examines the development and function of an intensive health outreach team for...
29 Oct 2014
How a continuing care team can prevent breakdown of placements
This article reviews a Welsh Government-funded project in which a team of professionals try...
29 Sep 2014
Empowering adults under the Mental Capacity Act
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 states: ‘A person is not to be treated as unable to make a...
29 Sep 2014
Importance of good relationships between carers and professionals
This article presents the findings of a literature review of research into the relationships...
29 Sep 2014
Time to put clients on the payroll
People with learning disabilities have traditionally been excluded from the job market but,...
27 Aug 2014
Using video technology to manage mental health
Individualised recovery values are becoming increasingly important in the care of people...
27 Aug 2014
Enhancing pre-registration education in epilepsy care
This article outlines an approach to enhancing the educational development and delivery of...
27 Aug 2014
Role of peer support workers in care services for young people
The employment of peer support workers by mental health organisations is becoming...
27 Jun 2014
How multisensory relaxation sessions can help service users
Children and adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities and complex needs can...
27 Jun 2014
Physiotherapy for service users: a personal account
This article describes the career of a learning disability physiotherapist between 1988 and...
27 Jun 2014
Understanding autism spectrum conditions
People with autism are especially vulnerable to mental health problems such as anxiety and...
27 Jun 2014
When School Says No... How to Get the Yes! Securing Special Education Services for Your...
THE INDIVIDUALISED education programme (IEP) is a system of education for children...
27 Jun 2014
Helping people cope with bereavement
This article reports on research by the family-support organisation Promoting a More...
27 Jun 2014
Warrior Mums
IN THIS collection of blogs, 12 mothers with children with learning disabilities...
27 Jun 2014
Is there a prejudice against practitioners?
Just as there is a stigma associated with people with learning disabilities, there is a ‘...
28 May 2014
Non-aversive care of people on the autism spectrum
This article considers the challenges involved in supporting a man with autism to develop a...
28 May 2014
Psychosocial Nursing Care: A Guide to Nursing the Whole Person
AS A learning disability nurse, I immediately recognised the discussion presented...
28 May 2014
Helping vulnerable people develop and maintain relationships
In the North Somerset Primary Care Trust catchment area, local healthcare guidelines on...
28 May 2014