Learning Disability Nursing Practice

This text encapsulates not only the origins of nursing in the learning disability field but also contemporary perspectives and areas for specialist nursing practice. The book is divided into four sections: origins, perspectives, practice, and further perspectives. Section one (origins) describes Great Barr Colony and explores the conceptions of practice of actual attendants and nurses who worked there. It gives readers an in-depth focus on aspects of work and practice not accounted for in the literature to date. Section two (perspectives) explores social policy perspectives from the past eras of the workhouse, the colony and the hospital, through to the present age of citizenship. Research in learning disability nursing practice is identifi ed through scoping exercises to identify its current status. The section questions the research and practice developments that have come of age and that constitute a challenge within an evidence-based health and social care world. Section three (practice) identifi es a wide range of specialist areas of nursing practice, including community learning disability nursing, epilepsy, forensics, health facilitation, autism, mental health, challenging behaviour, children s services and working with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. Section four (further perspectives) addresses areas of contemporary and future concern, namely, educational curricula for nurses and the importance of inter-professional education and practice development.

Avainsanat: Learning Disability Nursing, Learning Disability Nursing Practice, Specialist Learning Disability Nursing Practice, Contemporary Learning Disability Nursing Practice, Learning Disability Nursing Perspectives, History and Origins of Learning Disability Nursing, Intellectual Disability Nursing, Public Health Role of Learning Disability Nursing, Learning Disabilities, Learning Difficulties, Community Learning Disability Nursing, Severe Learning Disabilities, Profound Learning Disabilities, Multiple Learning Disabilities, Challenging Behaviour and Learning Disabilities