Learning Disability Nursing: Modern Day Practice provides a solid foundation that allows
health care practitioners to care for and/or support people with learning disabilities in a …

In the opening chapter of this book, John Turnbull describes how the background of learning
disability nursing has led nurses to seek to differentiate their practice from that of other …

This text encapsulates not only the origins of nursing in the learning disability field but also
contemporary perspectives and areas for specialist nursing practice. The book is divided …

Learning disability nurses play a leading role in the care and support of people with learning
disabilities. Learning Disability Nursing explores the theory and practice of learning …

It is safe to assume that the most frequently asked question in relation to learning disability
nursing iswhat do learning disability nurses do?'The question is honest and straightforward …

It has been found in recent years that the healthcare needs of people with learning
disabilities have not always been fully met. The authors suggest that this situation can be …

This article, the first in a series of three on developing a framework for learning disability
nursing practice, discusses how a bespoke nursing model was devised from elements of …

It is recognised that people with learning disabilities who also have a long-term condition or
life-limiting illness are at a disadvantage compared to the rest of the population because …

Over the past 10 years, people with learning disabilities have moved out of institutions and
into the community. Their care is now seen as a social, rather than a health, issue. But there …

Learning disability nursing has had an interesting history over recent decades. Despite
many predictions of it being replaced it has survived to engage in a variety of roles in …