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.
How confident are nurses that they can provide good care?
Aim The study assessed the confidence levels of registered nurses who care for patients with...
26 Feb 2014
Who chooses to be a nurse, and why?
Over the past 30 years, as the type and number of healthcare services have changed, the role...
01 Feb 2014
Exposure to health inequalities as a measure of outcomes
Earlier this year, the authors, all members of the UK Learning Disability Consultant Nurse...
01 Feb 2014
Clinical nurse specialists: a reflection on practice
This article reports on a self-assessment audit of a clinical nurse specialist in health...
01 Feb 2014
Developing a service for clients with dysphagia
People with learning disabilities and dysphagia need specialist support and advice to ensure...
01 Feb 2014
Training care staff in intensive interactions
Intensive interaction is a way of improving communication with children and adults who have...
28 Nov 2013
Person-centred care planning for clients with complex needs
This case study describes one aspect of successful person-centred planning by intellectual...
28 Nov 2013
How people with learning disabilities can help train professionals
In Bradford, the Healthier Lives group, part of Bradford People First, and a local strategic...
28 Nov 2013
Consent to contraceptive treatment among clients with epilepsy
Aim To improve the treatment, care and monitoring of women with learning disabilities who...
28 Nov 2013
Role of mindfulness in reducing challenging behaviour
This article describes part of the evaluation of the mindfulness programme, which has been...
28 Nov 2013
Dysphagia in people with learning disabilities
Dysphagia has a detrimental effect on quality of life, particularly among people with...
01 Nov 2013
Parental perspectives on the care of children with autism
The author of this article, a nursing student, proposes a model of support for families in...
01 Nov 2013
Establishing and evaluating an assertive outreach team
The evidence base for assertive outreach services in the UK is limited. Five established...
01 Nov 2013
Reducing harmful sexual behaviour in adolescents
Children and young people with learning disabilities are over-represented among perpetrators...
01 Oct 2013
Role of carers’ assessments in behaviour analysis
Research has shown positive behaviour support to be effective in minimising challenging...
01 Oct 2013
Enhancing service users’ capacity and capability
This article describes the implementation of an eight-week programme to teach research...
01 Oct 2013
Care of adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities
The aim of the research described here was to determine precisely the role of registered...
01 Oct 2013
Credit where it is due: clients’ contribution to academic research
When the contributions of a group of people with autism and Asperger syndrome to a study of...
01 Sep 2013