Breastfeeding of newborns with Down’s syndrome
Despite compelling evidence about the benefits of breastfeeding, little is known about the...
29 Jun 2015
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.
Advice on personal safety for women with learning disabilities
Women with learning disabilities have the same emotional needs, drives and desires and as...
29 Jun 2015
Caring for people with autism spectrum disorder
Autism is a relatively new diagnostic category that has prompted debate among people...
01 Jun 2015
Staff reluctance to report clients to the police
The reluctance of carers to report alleged offences by people with learning disabilities to...
01 Jun 2015
Time to change the culture of learning disability services
An analysis of organisational culture of health and social care services shows that policy...
01 Jun 2015
Talking About Down’s Syndrome: Conversations for New Parents
‘CONGRATULATIONS ON the birth of your new baby’ is the welcome message from the...
01 Jun 2015
Supporting service users to lose weight
Obesity commonly leads to long-term health problems and it is especially prevalent among...
05 May 2015
What students, carers and children can learn from family placements
The literature on learning disability nurse education stresses the importance of nursing...
05 May 2015
Intellectual Disability and Dementia: Research into Practice
THIS BOOK offers a fair and balanced appraisal of the evidence base on people with...
05 May 2015
Carers’ training in the administration of emergency rescue medication
There is a higher prevalence of epilepsy in people with learning disabilities than in the...
05 May 2015
Practising infection control: an evidence-based approach
Registered intellectual disability nurses in Ireland are required to use up-to-date...
05 May 2015
Safe internet access for service users
People with learning disabilities have historically been marginalised from mainstream...
30 Mar 2015
Transfer of skills and knowledge to rural Malawi
Five years ago, a Canadian-Irish project called Transformative Praxis was set up to transfer...
30 Mar 2015
Helping service users to take control of their health
People with learning disabilities have more health needs than the general population, but...
30 Mar 2015
Person-centred care in practice to improve a client’s quality of life
As a learning disability nursing student, this article’s principle author (RW) worked with a...
30 Mar 2015
Music and the Social Model
IN THE short preface to this book the author discusses her life as an occupational...
30 Mar 2015
Evaluating service users’ quality of life
The Maslow Assessment of Needs Scale for Learning Disabilities (MANS-LD) and the World...
02 Mar 2015
How nursing students can empower professionals
With the deregulation of services, people with learning disabilities are now looked after...
02 Mar 2015