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.
A rose by any other name
My first involvement with people with learning disabilities came during the 1970s,...
Checking violent behaviour
In a review of literature concerning the use of physical interventions in learning...
Tell it like it is
Life story books originated in social services settings for use with children who...
Making the right decisions
Health professionals and carers of people with learning disabilities are currently...
Testing the holy water
The need to facilitate the expression of spirituality among people with a learning...
NMC has ‘no plans’ to end learning disability nurse training
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is not planning to recommend an end to...
‘Don’t just make the font bigger’
The Scottish Executive has funded a three-year project to examine the effectiveness...
Care mapping will improve standards
Care mapping could high-light areas of staff weak-ness and help improve standards...
The challenge of achieving enduring change
The settings in which interventions for people with challenging behaviour take...
Insights into parenthood
A growing number of people with learning disabilities either have babies or want to...
‘Getting on’ with cancer
Most people worry when they are told they have cancer. They also become anxious if...
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...
Childhood abuse a common factor among offenders
Contrasting definitions of what constitutes a ‘learning disability’ trigger...
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...
Parenting skills
The Valuing People White Paper (Department of Health 2001) recognised that people...