■ Discuss reasons for enhancing the quality of life for people with learning disabilities■
Explain the concept of quality of life■ Identify some core domains of quality of life■ Discuss …

The age profile of Irish people with a learning disability has changed significantly prompting
a call for the development of the role of the gerontological clinical nurse specialist. The …

Ever since the professionalisation and regularisation of nursing in the 18th century, there
have been attempts to describe what exactly nursing is. Thus, Florence Nightingale …

The adoption of clinical governance in the health service is a vital strand in attempts to
promote excellence in clinical care (DoH 1998). Support for clinical governance has …

This is an investigation of the experience of religious stigma and discrimination among eight
non ethno-religious minority groups in Ireland. The study focuses on the connections …

Abstract The Mental Capacity Act 2005 emphasises the importance of assessing people's
capacity to make decisions about their lives. This is especially important when assessing …

This study explores the complexities of the social construction of learning disability. The
focus is upon the ways in which learning disability nurse teachers represent their …

practice & research Page 1 practice & research Ian Mansell and Victoria Jones urge learning
disability nurses to keep themselves abreast of the latest raft of policy initiatives "*'" t feels as if …

UDK 616.253. 83: 616-083 KLJUCNE BESEDE: zdravstvena nega, varnost, timsko delo
POVZETEK-Varna in kakovostna zdravstvena nega je pri celoviti zdravstveni oskrbi zelo …

In Chapter 2evidencebased practice and research were explored from the perspectiveof
their relevanceto learning aswell asto practice. It is clearthat evidencebased practice and …