Learning Disability Nursing (eBook)

John Turnbull is the editor of Learning Disability Nursing, published by Wiley.

Preface.

Contributors.

Chapter 1. Discovering Learning Disability Nursing.

Chapter 2. Getting the Balance Right: The Issue of Rights and
Responsibilities in Learning Disability.

Chapter 3. A Partnership for Health: Respecting Choice as Part
of a Healthy Lifestyle.

Chapter 4. Getting the Message Across: Exploring the Functions
of Challenging Behaviour.

Chapter 5. The Purpose and Practice of Learning Disability
Nursing.

Chapter 6. Lending an Ear: Helping Someone to Speak Out.

Chapter 7. A New Start: Earning the Trust of a Family.

Chapter 8. A Home of Their Own: Supporting a Tenant's
Group.

Chapter 9. The Relevance of Learning Disability Nursing.

Chapter 10. Taking a Step Back: Tackling Women's Health
Issues in Learning Disability.

Chapter 11. A Shock to the System: Improving Encounters with
Acute Health Care.

Chapter 12. Getting Life Under Control: Managing Risks from
Epilepsy.

Chapter 13. Learning Disability Nursing: A Model for
Practice.

Chapter 14. Sustaining Learning Disability Nursing Practice.

Index

'an important and distinctive contribution to the art and
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'the contributors to this book have been successful in
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practising as a contemporary earning disability nurse'

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'This book should be in every library and undergraduate
programme reading list as essential reading for learning disability
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