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.

Action for health?

The Valuing People White Paper (DoH 2001) provided a springboard for a wide range...

Planning for tomorrow

Learning disability services are facing a major demographic crisis. One of the...

The other side of life

Listening to parents is an important part of any children’s nurse’s day. Sometimes...

Researchers must collaborate with users

The way in which research is conducted in the learning disabilities field has...

Being ‘breast aware’

Breast cancer has been a major cause of death from cancer among women for some...

Childhood abuse a common factor among offenders

Contrasting definitions of what constitutes a ‘learning disability’ trigger...

Parenting skills

The Valuing People White Paper (Department of Health 2001) recognised that people...

Hitting the spot

The level of aggression confronting staff in learning disability services is a...

The American experience

As in other countries, the choice of intellectual and developmental disabilities (...

Planning for health at transition

There is a good deal of objective, as well as anecdotal, evidence that young people...

Access all areas

The Valuing People White Paper emphasised the importance of people with learning...

Assessing dementia in people with learning disabilities

The current demographic literature on ageing and intellectual disabilities...

An education for everybody

Iam currently enjoying the challenge of leading a new course at my college....

Training family members in behaviour management methods

Nurses in the UK working with people who have learning disabilities receive...

Let’s get political

It feels as if learning disability nursing has always been going through great...

Management of psoriasis

Aims and intended learning outcomes

The aim of this article is...

A secret love a hidden life

While the terms ‘gay’, ‘lesbian’ ‘and ‘bisexual’ might not be meaningful to some...

Meeting mental health needs count us in!

In October 2001 the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities convened a...

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