Learning disability nursing : modern day practice
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Learning disability nursing : modern day practice
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, c2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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 range of health and social care settings and scenarios.
The book addresses learning disability nursing from various perspectives, including history and modern-day practice, role in promoting health and well-being, interventions with mental health, addressing profound disability and people with complex needs, care across the lifespan, forensic settings, and the future of learning disability nursing. The book also includes patient perspectives and narratives as well as clinically relevant information linked to NMC and An Bord Altranais competencies.
This book is essential reading for anyone studying learning disabilities as part of a nursing, health, or social care course as well as a useful resource for the wider family of nurses and health and social care professionals at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Those in practice will also benefit from this valuable resource.
Table of Contents
The Nature of Learning Disabilities and Their Relationship to Learning Disability Nursing. History and Modern-Day Practice of Learning Disability Nursing. Learning Disability Nursing Throughout the Lifespan. Role of the Learning Disability Nurse in Promoting Health and Well-Being. Learning Disability Nursing and Mental Health. Learning Disability Nursing and People with Profound Learning Disabilities and Complex Needs. Learning Disability Nursing in Forensic Settings. Community Learning Disability Nursing. Challenging and Distressed Behaviour in People with Learning Disabilities: The Role of Learning Disability Nursing. The Future of Learning Disability Nursing. Appendix A: NMC Competencies for Entry to the Register: Learning Disabilities Nursing. Appendix B: An Bord Altranais' Competencies for Entry to the Register.
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