Learning disability nursing : modern day practice / by Bob Gates and Kay Mafuba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gates, Bob, 1955- author.

Mafuba, Kay, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning disabilities--Nursing.

Learning disabilities.

Nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages) : 60 illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

chapter 1 The nature of learning disabilities and their relationship to learning disability nursing

chapter 2 History and modern-day practice of learning disability nursing

chapter 3 Learning disability nursing throughout the lifespan

chapter 4 Role of the learning disability nurse in promoting health and well-being

chapter 5 Learning disability nursing and mental health

chapter 6 Learning disability nursing and people with profound learning disabilities and complex needs

chapter 7 Learning disability nursing in forensic settings

chapter 8 Community learning disability nursing

chapter 9 Challenging and distressed behaviour in people with learning disabilities: The role of learning disability nursing

chapter 10 The future of learning disability nursing.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781482215595

OCLC:

881592219

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.