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Caring teams
- Author:
- BARR Owen
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 1.9.93, 1993, pp.58-60.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Assessing parents' coping abilities and the delivery of appropriate support is crucial in the field of learning disabilities nursing. Outlines areas to be considered when assessing the coping abilities of parents.
Job stress, burnout and job satisfaction in staff working with people with intellectual disabilities: community and criminal justice care
- Authors:
- SONDENAA Erik, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 6(1), 2015, pp.42-52.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine and compare levels of burnout, traumatic stress and resilience amongst Norwegian nursing care staff in two intellectual disability (ID) services. Design/methodology/approach: This was a cross-sectional survey in which 137 staff completed questionnaires measuring work-related stress, burnout, compassion and resilience. Two groups were compared; staff in the national forensic ID services and staff in the community ID caring services. Findings: Nursing staff in the community ID caring services had significantly more signs of stress and burnout compared to the other group. At the same time they were more compassionate. Originality/value: The different caring cultures examined in this study indicated that the forensic ID staff tended to focus on the physical aspects of the caring role whilst the community ID staff tended to focus on the relational issues. The impact of serious events resulted in a higher level of stress and burnout symptoms, however the community carers showed more compassion to their work. (Publisher abstract)
How nurses cope with ongoing grief in clinical work: an exploratory study
- Author:
- McINTOSH P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 2(3), September 1998, pp.124-130.
To date little exploration has been undertaken as to how nurses involved in clinical family work cope with the experience of chronic grief, expressed by families of people with learning disabilities. This paper reports on a purposive sample of three subjects who viewed a video vignette portraying the experience of chronic grief; these subjects were learning disability nurses working in a community setting. Discusses the findings.
Understanding factors that influence staff responses to challenging behaviours: an exploratory interview study
- Author:
- HASTINGS Richard P.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(4), 1995, pp.296-320.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Staff beliefs about challenging behaviours, and their perception of their working environment, are important for two main reasons. Firstly, the manner in which staff define challenging behaviour affects who is labelled as a challenge, and who is referred to specialist services. Secondly, staff views of their working environment may help us to understand why staff interact with people with learning disabilities in apparently counter-habilitative ways outlined in previous research. These issues were investigated in a systematic semi-structured interview of care staff. These findings, and their implications for research and practice, are discussed.