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.
Psychosocial Nursing Care: A Guide to Nursing the Whole Person
AS A learning disability nurse, I immediately recognised the discussion presented...
28 May 2014
Non-aversive care of people on the autism spectrum
This article considers the challenges involved in supporting a man with autism to develop a...
28 May 2014
Autism: A Social and Medical History
THIS BOOK demonstrates how attitudes toward people with autism have changed through...
28 May 2014
Helping vulnerable people develop and maintain relationships
In the North Somerset Primary Care Trust catchment area, local healthcare guidelines on...
28 May 2014
Succeeding as a Student in the Stem Fields with an Invisible Disability
‘A STUDENT was placing a single pair of socks into a washing machine. His tutor...
28 Apr 2014
Constructing a model of professional practice
An article in Learning Disability Practice last year argued the need for a model for...
28 Apr 2014
Service users’ views of the Research Active Programme
Background The Research Active Programme (RAP) was an eight-week group-based research...
28 Apr 2014
Health beliefs and access to services in an ethnic minority population
According to the 2012 UK census, 6.6% of the population of London have a South Asian...
28 Apr 2014
Managing pulmonary aspiration in service users
People with learning disabilities who are fed enterally often have complications, including...
26 Mar 2014
Dental services for children with autism spectrum disorder
Aim To identify what parents perceive to be good practice in the care of children with...
26 Mar 2014
Research skills for people with intellectual disabilities
The Research Active Programme (RAP) was designed to enable adults with intellectual...
26 Mar 2014
Assessing the needs of offenders
The needs of offenders with learning disabilities or difficulties entering prison should be...
26 Feb 2014
Audiology services: access, assessment and aftercare
The prevalence of hearing loss among people with learning disabilities is considerably...
26 Feb 2014
Role of live simulations in learning disability nursing
This article discusses a collaborative project undertaken by learning disability nursing...
26 Feb 2014
Planning care for service users who have a deteriorating condition
This article describes the assessment, development and review of a care plan for a person...
26 Feb 2014
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