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.
Dangers of ambivalence: lessons learned from the Nazi era
Scatolia: positive behaviour support for a client with Goltz syndrome
Ensuring service users can access crucial information
Grief in the transition from oral to enteral feeding among children
Loss of oral feeding may lead to grief that is unrecognised and unsupported,...
The information challenge: an aid to understanding
Making information accessible involves deciding which format to use and...
Positive behaviour support for a child with severe learning disability
This case study describes the implementation of positive behaviour support by a...
Complexity rating tool to assist care teams
People with complex learning disabilities can be cared for in their homes by their...
Role of liaison nurses in improving communication
This article describes a survey of the views of clients, carers and hospital staff...
Effective engagement through intensive interaction
This article reviews research on the effects of intensive interaction (II) on the...
Good vibrations: improving clients’ health and fitness
The authors conducted a preliminary investigation into the possible effects of...
Helping women lead healthy lifestyles
This article explains how a discussion group was set up by a community learning...
Improving outcomes for people with severe challenging behaviour
Since 2008, a group of professionals in the UK have collaborated to implement...
Development of clinical skills: The contribution of peer learning
The closure of residential homes for service users over recent decades has reduced...
Athletes with learning disabilities are back on track at the games
This year, athletes with learning disabilities were allowed to compete at the...
A new framework for learning disability nursing: implementation
In this, the final article in a series of three, Gwen Moulster, Sarah Ames and Tom...
Must do better: the lessons to be learned from Winterbourne View
The abuse revealed in last year’s Panorama documentary, Undercover Care: The Abuse...
Enabling self-management of long-term conditions
This case study describes a person-centred process in which a young man with...
Who makes crucial decisions on reproduction and contraception?
This article describes the findings of an online survey exploring contraception for...