Background: Nurses provide technical and relational skills that are integral to the care of
people with intellectual disability (ID) in Australia. However, little is known about the …

Aims and objectives To identify the specialist role/s that nurses perform and the specialist
skills that nurses use when caring for people with intellectual disability. Methods Adhering to …

Objective: To describe the roles that Australian nurses play, the breadth of skills that they
deploy, and the range of contexts in which they practice. Study design and methods: This …

Background: Persons with intellectual disability (ID) face significant health challenges.
Nurses provide health care to this population in many settings, including general practice …

The role of nursing in intellectual disability services has not been constructively debated in
the Republic of Ireland. The single report on such nursing in recent years retained a …

Aims To explore the perceptions of Australian nurses working in disability‐specific settings
and/or roles, about:(a) nursing people with intellectual and developmental disability living in …

The specialist field of intellectual disability nursing has been subjected to a number of
changes since the move towards deinstitutionalisation from the 1970s. Government policies …

As a profession, intellectual disability nursing has often come under scrutiny and been
called into question. Since its inception as an individual nursing profession in 1959 in …

Background People with intellectual disability have poorer health than the general
population and experience difficulties accessing healthcare. In addition, attitude and …

Since the commencement of intellectual disability nurse training in 1959, both education and
service provision philosophies have changed over time in Ireland. These changes have …