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Practice
Effect of music on mealtime disruptions
People with learning disabilities may display anxiety-driven behaviours that disrupt mealtimes. A study suggests that calming music may reduce agitation
How to ensure patient safety in drug dose calculation
Medicines management is a core nursing skill. This review gives an introduction to and taster of our newly launched online Nursing Times Learning unit on drug calculations.
Dyscalculia: awareness and student support
Educators need to become conversant with dyscalculia and consider strategies for supporting student nurses through to registration.
Benefits of a peripatetic support mentor
The quality of mentoring can vary. A new role aimed to bridge gaps between theory and practice in practice-based learning, and improve consistency of placements.
Communication in cross-cultural cancer care
This article explores the issue of communication between health professionals and patients with cancer from different cultures, and the limitations in using professional or family interpreters.
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Health checks for people with learning disabilities
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Using reflective practice in frontline nursing
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Drug administration guides in dysphagia
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Using a big conversation to improve care quality
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Using OSCE for mandatory training
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Why do students fail to disclose health problems?
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Decisions about sex for people with learning disabilities
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Caring for inpatients with learning disabilities
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Decision-making support for inpatients with learning disabilities
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Clear information can cut inequalities in learning disabilities
News
Restraint techniques need national accreditation
Almost 100% of voting members at the Royal College of Nursing Congress have backed a resolution calling for national guidelines on restraint of patients.
CQC warns lack of understanding of Mental Capacity Act
People with mental illness or learning disabilities may be being deprived on their liberties, regulators warned after they found that there is a “widespread” lack of understanding about the Mental Capacity Act.
Former Winterbourne View operator put in administration
The care home company that ran Winterbourne View has been put into administration.
Manager wins unfair dismissal claim in Winterbourne View case
The Winterbourne View whistleblower was described as a potential “spanner in the works” by one of the care home’s regional managers, case notes from an employment tribunal have revealed.
New child continence guidance
Guidance has been developed on dealing with continence issues in children with ano-rectal malformations often associated with Down’s Syndrome.
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Scottish NHS will foot criminal checks fee for nurses
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Lamb: Learning disability hospitals should be 'throttled'
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'Rapid reduction' in hospital care planned post Winterbourne View
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Winterbourne nurse whistleblower given job by CQC
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Winterbourne View nurses jailed
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Legal challenge to Virgin children's services contract
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Nurse helps Bulgarian children's charity
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Trust wins treatment intervention ruling
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Winterbourne View report calls for ban on physical restraint
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Winterbourne cases spark call for closure of learning disability institutions
Netbuddy
Nursing Times works with Netbuddy to provide nurses with tips on caring for people with learning disabilities
Resources from Netbuddy
Tips on caring for people with learning disabilities - bedwetting
Nursingtimes.net is partnering with Netbuddy to help nurses care for people with learning disabilities. Here, we look at tips on bedwetting.
Social Care Institute for Excellence
Nursing Times works with the Social Care Institute for Excellence to provide nurses with resources on learning disabilities
Resources from SCIE
Challenging behaviour and learning disabilities: improving services
This Social Care Institute for Excellence film looks at how services can be improved for people with behaviours that challenge.
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Opinion
'I wanted to push ordinariness, not make people with learning disabilities feel different'
Shocked by what her learning disability nursing students told her, Helen Laverty set up an event to promote the specialty’s value
Behind the Headlines
Brain protein may play role in Down's syndrome
BBC News reports that low levels of a particular protein may contribute to some of the characteristics of Down’s syndrome.
