Learning and intellectual disability nursing practice

The nature of intellectual disabilities and its relationship to intellectual disability nursing -- History and modern-day practice of intellectual disability nursing -- Intellectual disability nursing throughout the lifespan -- Role of the intellectual disability nurse in promoting health and well-being -- Intellectual disability nursing and mental health -- Intellectual disability nursing for people with profound intellectual disabilities and complex needs -- Intellectual disability nursing in forensic settings -- Challenging and distressed behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities: The role of intellectual disability nursing -- Community intellectual disability nursing -- Intellectual disabilities liaison nursing -- Current and future roles of intellectual disability nurses.

This well-respected core text provides a comprehensive solid foundation for students of nursing and practitioners who care for and or support people with learning/intellectual disabilities in a range of health and social care settings and scenarios.

This book addresses learning/intellectual disability nursing from various perspectives, including historical and contemporary practice, health promotion, interventions for good mental health, people with profound disabilities and complex needs, care across the lifespan, and forensics. This new edition has been comprehensively updated throughout and now includes two entirely new chapters. One covers liaison nursing, and the other explores the future for learning/intellectual disability nursing. The book includes numerous case studies and learning activities to support the reader, as well as remaining clinically relevant. Uniquely this text is linked and benchmarked to the Nursing and Midwifery Councils, UK – Future Nurse Standards of Proficiency and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland’s Competencies for nursing students.

This text is essential reading for anyone studying learning/intellectual disabilities at undergraduate and post-graduate levels; it will also be a useful resource for the wider family of nursing, as well as health and social care professionals.