Having a say
people with learning disabilities have not, historically, been treated well by the...
01 Apr 2006
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.
epilepsy: fit for practice?
At some point in their lives, most practitioners will have witnessed someone having...
01 Mar 2006
difficulties faced by social care staff when managing challenging behaviour
Many people with a learning disability live in community settings supported by...
01 Mar 2006
Dimethylglycine and people with autism
After finding some interesting research findings on the web from 40 years ago,...
01 Mar 2006
making practice count
Northgate and Prudhoe NHS Trust is a specialist trust catering for people with...
01 Feb 2006
speaking out
A report commissioned by The Children’s Society has enabled children to say what...
01 Feb 2006
using the Care Programme Approach for people with learning disabilities
The Care Programme Approach (CPA) (DH 1990) was introduced when there was...
01 Feb 2006
evaluation of ‘mental health and learning disabilities’ training by community...
Although people with learning disabilities face an increased vulnerability to...
01 Dec 2005
influence of work climate for experiences of strain
A high frequency of exposure to violence has been described among caregivers...
01 Dec 2005
continence issues for people with learning disabilities
Incontinence tends to be viewed as integral to having severe learning disabilities...
01 Nov 2005
behaviours that challenge
Even though challenging behaviour is common among people with learning disabilities...
01 Nov 2005
young people’s perceptions of the accessibility of general NHS hospital services: a...
The Valuing People White Paper (Department of Health 2001a) states that: ‘Children...
01 Nov 2005
personal outcomes for people with learning disabilities incorporating the concept of...
In the first part of this article, I evaluated personal outcomes in light of recent...
01 Nov 2005
personal outcomes for people with learning disabilities incorporating the concept of...
Healthcare provision is constantly responding to changes in technology,...
01 Oct 2005
reflection as a cyclical activity
Reflection and reflective practice are said to be beneficial to nurses (NMC 2002)....
01 Oct 2005
early career experiences
Recent years have witnessed many changes in services for learning disability...
01 Oct 2005
Learning disability and dementia
Learning disability services throughout the country are having to meet the...
01 Sep 2005
tackling obesity in people with learning disability
Obesity is headline news and will probably remain so for some time. Obesity levels...
01 Sep 2005