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.

Sexuality matter

Research by Thompson (1990) has shown that attitudes towards sexuality among...

Planning for life

Lifestyle Planning (LP), in the broadest sense, concerns the organisation and...

Pathways to better health

The aim this article is to explore some of the issues in health promotion for...

Speaking for themselves

While the number of people with learning disability living into old age is...

Square pegs in round holes

Learning disability nurses, arguably, often feel like square pegs in round holes as...

An eye to the future

With a general shift from hospital-based to community-based care for people with...

A little knowledge

In recent years there has been a growing body of literature on the need for sex...

Ethics of empowerment

Underpinning good health education practice is the need for specialist community...

Cardinal signs

People with learning disabilities experience the same range of mental health...

The ghost in the machine

HOLISM IS A key term when describing the care of people with learning disabilities...

On reflection

Reflection is a process that has achieved greater importance for nurses in recent...

Pathways to success

There is a growing body of literature indicating that a link exists between Down...

Supporting the person with learning disabilities to access primary health care

Aims and intended learning outcomes

The aim of this article is...

What difference will you be making?

In 1995, the Department of Health’s report on learning disability nursing,...

Providing equal access to primary care services

The Primary Ear Care Centre in Rotherham was set up in 1990. This centre was...

Care of people with learning disabilities in hospital

This article discusses the increasing emphasis on the use of mainstream health...

What is learning disability? Do people need to be reminded?

The 1960s Saw the beginning of a major change in both the philosophy and policy...

Perceptions of health and social care need-an exploratory study

One of the most important objectives of the policy of community care is that...

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