Accessible summary• Community Learning Disability Nurses were asked to talk about how
they felt they had helped people in their care feel better.• They talked about helping as a …

This article reports the results of assessments of nurse practitioners' and nursing students'
attitudes toward people with disabilities. Findings of three projects that used the Interaction …

Several decades of policy and service change in the field of learning disability have set in
place new service boundaries in health and social care, leading to different working …

In recent years, a number of research studies have explored the role of key professionals in
the field of learning disability. These have been predominately large studies, nationally …

Aim This study examines the views of health and social care staff in relation to their
perception of the role of community learning disability nurses. Method A total of 40 staff …

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 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 …

Recently, much has been written about the present and future of learning disability nursing
in the UK but its past has been relatively neglected. This paper attempts to address this by …

Disabled people report dissatisfaction with their contact with health professionals and their
educational systems. This paper reports on a study into disability within a curriculum leading …

Nearly 50 million people in the United States live with a disability. People with disabilities
are increasingly represented in professional nursing. It is important to understand attitudes …