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Connecting for change: for the future of learning disability nursing
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Nursing
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 46
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication explores contemporary issues concerning the field of learning disability nursing and sets out a series of recommendations and priorities that the UK government and devolved administrations need to address. It also identifies priorities for the RCN to take forward. Report examines learning disability nursing in the UK; key health challenges for people with learning disabilities; supporting people who present challenging behaviours; supporting people who have committed or are at risk of committing offences; people with profound and multiple learning disabilities; children and young people; neglecting the human rights of people with learning disabilities; the impact of COVID-19 on people with learning disabilities; the UK policy context; and country-specific challenges and opportunities. Learning disability nursing in the UK is at a critical phase in terms of workforce development, leadership and education. Learning disability nurses at times feel that their contribution, to both the population they serve and nursing more broadly, is overlooked. In addition, learning disability nursing represents a significantly at-risk section of the nursing workforce, and the variations in approaches to funding for learning disability nurse education across the UK can highlight what is working and what increases risks to recruitment. All services must make reasonable adjustments for people with learning disabilities. Learning disability nursing is clearly a reasonable adjustment that can ensure people with learning disabilities have equity in access to health and social care and their human rights are upheld. (Edited publisher abstract)
Pregnancy and disability: RCN guide for midwives and nurses
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Nursing
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Midwives and nurses have welcomed the publication which will help them to provide high quality, client-led care for disabled women during pregnancy, birth and beyond. The author, herself a disabled mother, writes with the authority of long experience gained in pioneering and running the first specialist midwifery service for disabled women at a large women’s hospital. With her collaborators she gives a thorough description of how others can deliver the kind of service that meets the needs of disabled women by seeing the woman first and her impairment second. The complex issues of what it means to be disabled, with relevant statistics, are discussed in full. The legal background to disability discrimination is well covered, highlighting the new Disability Equality Duty - all public sector pregnancy supplement organisations including the NHS are now positively required to promote equality for disabled people. Case studies of the four broad categories of disability – physical, sensory, learning and long-term mental illness – illustrate vividly the issues for health care workers. These will assist midwives and nurses to consider and plan in advance with disabled clients how their particular needs can be accommodated, working with other agencies and professionals where appropriate.
Mental health nursing of adults with learning disabilities: RCN guidance
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Nursing
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication provides guidance for nurses and nursing students in mental health services in delivering high quality health care to people with learning disabilities. It is recognised that people with learning disabilities demonstrate the complete spectrum of mental health problems, with higher prevalence than found in those without learning disabilities. This publication aims to describe how to work in partnership with people with learning disabilities in their mental health care and to personalise their services. An overview of government policy and the law about learning disabilities in each of the 4 UK countries is provided. The publication then describes how mental health problems may present in people with learning disabilities, how to adapt mental health assessments to meet the needs of adults with learning disabilities, and the interventions that can be used. The vulnerability of people with learning disabilities to mental health problems is highlighted. In addition, specialist services which can provide additional support for adults with learning disabilities and how these can be accessed are described. Examples of good practice and partnership working are provided.