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.
Better access to cancer screening
This article reports on a Queen’s Nursing Institute funded project that ran in 2015. The...
25 May 2016
Factors that influence nurses’ decisions about secluding people with learning...
Seclusion has been found to be used disproportionately in the learning disability population...
25 May 2016
People with intellectual disabilities moving into adulthood
People with an intellectual disability who aspire to further education, and who seek...
25 May 2016
How nurses grieve for children who die in their care
Background The personal grief of nurses who care for the palliative needs of children with...
29 Mar 2016
Supporting students to care for people with learning disabilities
NHS Education for Scotland is working with higher education institutions and other partners...
29 Mar 2016
Evaluation of an ‘understanding and managing feelings group’
This article describes the evaluation of a group intervention designed to promote the...
29 Feb 2016
Successful transfers to out-of-area placements
The Winterbourne View inquiry highlighted issues about people with learning disabilities who...
26 Jan 2016
Applying ethical principles to restraint practice
There are about 1.14 million people in the UK who have a learning disability, of whom more...
26 Jan 2016
Attitudes of nursing students towards people with disabilities
Aim To examine whether there is a relationship between the temperament and character of...
26 Jan 2016
Assessments for dementia in people with learning disabilities
Objectives A learning disabilities’ dementia battery was developed to assess cognitive...
26 Jan 2016
Managing hearing loss in primary care
Aim To improve access to, and aftercare from, audiology services for people with learning...
30 Nov 2015
How service users are supported to understand their epilepsy
Epilepsy is a serious medical condition that can have profound psychosocial effects. These...
30 Nov 2015
Improving annual health checks for service users
This article describes a one-year Commission for Quality and Innovation project in two...
02 Nov 2015
Implementing high-quality care for people with complex needs
The demand for quality in health care has never been higher. With growing numbers of people...
02 Nov 2015
Training for staff who care for clients with dementia
Introduction People with learning disabilities are more likely to develop dementia of the...
02 Nov 2015
Experiences of acute hospital services among people with mild to moderate learning...
There is a wealth of literature on access to health care for the general population, but...
02 Nov 2015
A collaborative approach to managing sleep problems
The authors present an overview of a collaborative approach to managing sleep problems in...
28 Sep 2015
Importance of role clarity: a critique of the literature
Community learning disability nurses need a clear understanding of the concept of ‘role’....
28 Sep 2015