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.
Effects of learning disability and autism training on healthcare professionals
Knowledge, confidence and screening behaviours are all potential benefits
Supporting autistic refugees in the UK using the HOPE(S) model
Focusing on the harmful effects of solitary confinement on autistic refugees
Including ‘experts by experience’ in nurse education can improve care quality
The importance of nurses learning from people with lived experience
Exploring the online version of the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire
The online version may offer a quick, easy way to help reduce people ‘hidden’ from healthcare services
Spiritual care and learning disability nursing: an exploratory review of the literature
More research on spiritual care could add to the evidence base that nurses draw on to provide holistic care
Finding Ivy: lessons from life stories of victims of the Nazis’ Aktion T4 programme
The project will give nurses greater sensitivity to practices that might threaten those in their care
Reasonable adjustments for people with learning disabilities in mental health tribunals
A project involving people with learning disabilities and psychiatrists led to practical changes
Learning disability nursing in a remote and rural location: benefits and challenges
To meet the needs of a remote community, the nursing role frequently requires autonomous working
Using the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire for homeless people
Homeless services may not recognise service users’ intellectual disabilities
Forensic risk assessment in people with learning disabilities: principles and process
The process aims to provide a nuanced understanding of factors that may lead to offending behaviour
Promoting oral health for people with learning disabilities
How interventions such as desensitisation and reasonable adjustments can address challenges