Ethics of empowerment
Underpinning good health education practice is the need for specialist community...
01 Sep 2000
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.
Cardinal signs
People with learning disabilities experience the same range of mental health...
01 Sep 2000
The ghost in the machine
HOLISM IS A key term when describing the care of people with learning disabilities...
01 Jul 2000
On reflection
Reflection is a process that has achieved greater importance for nurses in recent...
01 Jul 2000
Pathways to success
There is a growing body of literature indicating that a link exists between Down...
01 Jun 2000
Supporting the person with learning disabilities to access primary health care
Aims and intended learning outcomes
The aim of this article is...
01 Nov 1999
What difference will you be making?
In 1995, the Department of Health’s report on learning disability nursing,...
01 Nov 1999
Providing equal access to primary care services
The Primary Ear Care Centre in Rotherham was set up in 1990. This centre was...
01 Apr 1999
Care of people with learning disabilities in hospital
This article discusses the increasing emphasis on the use of mainstream health...
01 Apr 1999
What is learning disability? Do people need to be reminded?
The 1960s Saw the beginning of a major change in both the philosophy and policy...
01 Apr 1999
Perceptions of health and social care need-an exploratory study
One of the most important objectives of the policy of community care is that...
01 Jan 1999
Training-needs analysis
This article aims to inform, or update, nurses in the knowledge necessary to gain...
01 Jan 1999
Choice-making for people with a learning disability
Facilitating choice is one of the identified key roles for learning disability...
01 Oct 1998
Promoting confidence: the child with special needs
The aim of this article is to raise nurses’ awareness of the range of managements...
01 Oct 1998
Respite care: in the spotlight
Respite care services are offered by both statutory and non-statutory organisations...
01 Oct 1998
Residential care homes: challenge for nursing practices
The united kingdom Central Council estimated in 1997 that there are 21,000...
01 Jul 1998
Challenging behaviour peplau’s model of nursing
Peplau was influenced by the psychoanalytical writings of Maslow and the focus for...
01 Jul 1998
Networking
This article discusses the value of networking for nurses and describes some...
01 Jul 1998