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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.

Investigating the impact of staff training in positive behavioural support on service...

Aim To investigate whether staff training in positive behavioural support (PBS) improves...

Experiences of using a health community team service for people with a learning...

Aim To investigate the views of people with a learning disability on their experiences of...

Low arousal approaches to manage behaviours of concern

Background Behaviours of concern restrict opportunities and choices for some people with...

Syndromes: Rett syndrome

A series about conditions with common symptoms that constitute syndromes

Improving the respiratory health of adults with learning disabilities

People with learning disabilities are more likely to die from respiratory tract disease and...

The experiences of people with learning disabilities in co-produced challenging...

This article is a co-authored account of the co-production process for the Who’s Challenging...

An event to promote mental health and well-being for people with a learning disability

It is known that people with a learning disability can experience higher rates of mental...

An update on informed consent and the effect on the clinical practice of those working...

In people with learning disability who have capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005...

Syndromes: Fragile X syndrome

Series about conditions with common symptoms that constitute syndromes

Urinary continence promotion and people with an intellectual disability

Continence is regarded as a basic need and many continence problems can be addressed and...

Evaluating a group for young people who have a sibling with a disability

Siblings of children who have a disability frequently take on care, responsibility and...

Prevalence and management of coeliac disease in people with Down’s syndrome

People with Down’s syndrome are more likely to have additional health complications than the...

Syndromes: Down’s syndrome

Second in a series about conditions with common symptoms that constitute syndromes

Use of mealtime advice mats in special schools for children with learning disabilities

Aim Eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties can have serious outcomes for children and...

International and interprofessional experiences on welfare services for people with...

International student exchange is an opportunity to discover and learn from practice in...

Interprofessional working between intellectual disability nurses and speech and...

Communicating effectively, interprofessionally and with adults with intellectual...

‘Just look at my face’: co-production of a positive behavioural support plan

Service-user involvement is important in learning disability services. Historically,...

Syndromes: Cornelia de Lange syndrome

First in a series about conditions with common symptoms that constitute syndromes

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