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.
The nurse’s role as specialist practitioner and social activist
This article explores the rights-based agenda for social action by intellectual...
The challenges of caring for an exceptional child
The authors review the literature on the impact of autism in a child on parents,...
Supporting a person with autism through stressful personal care
The author describes how as a community nurse, she used her assessment skills and...
Developing tools to enable easier access to mainstream services
The author describes how the Gloucestershire reasonable adjustment outcome tool was...
Communication skills to improve clients’ experiences of hospital
Staff face many challenges when caring for patients with a learning disability in a...
Supporting a client in intensive care
Being a patient in an intensive care unit can be extremely stressful. As well as...
Effectiveness of a parent training programme adapted for children with a learning...
Aim There is increasing evidence to support the effectiveness of parent management...
Being heard: aiding public participation in decision making
It is increasingly important that people have input into the services they receive...
Enabling people to give feedback about their health care
This article describes a systematic review of approaches to measuring the...
Increasing access to cancer screening programmes
Uptake of cancer screening by people with learning disabilities in England is poor...
Cognitive behaviour therapy for children with social anxiety
Social deficits and anxiety are common among people with autism spectrum disorders...
How corrupted cultures lead to abuse of restraint interventions
The challenges of caring can cause severe stress to all concerned in ways that must...
Assessment of capacity: reflections from practice
Completing mental capacity assessments for individuals is a complicated process...
Emotion management for young people with severe learning disabilities
Health and education staff collaborated to run a group named ‘Show Club’ which...
Health issues for adults with Down’s syndrome
The Down’s Syndrome Association carried out a survey of its members to find out how...
Basic life support for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
Those who care for people with learning disabilities must be able to manage a...
Obtaining consent to help a young man with difficulties masturbating
The Mental Capacity Act and the code of practice (Department of Health (DH) (2005)...
Managing sleep problems in children
Persistent sleep disturbance is common among children and young people with an...