The Essential Guide to Learning Disability for all Nursing Students

Helen Jones is a registered nurse for people with a learning disability and currently Head of Learning Disability and Autism and Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust Andrea Page is a registered nurse for people with a learning disability and Associate Professor at Birmingham City University Samantha Salmon is a registered nurse for people with a learning disability and Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University

Section 1 - Why have we written this book?,1 The People who inspired this book, 2 The Power of Words, Why Terminology Is Important, 3 The Learning Disability Nursing Student and Apprentice Voice, 4 About me and how I became Chief Executive of All Wales People First , 5 Learning from Lives and Deaths of People with Learning Disability and Autistic People, Section 2: Lived Experiences and professional insights: understanding care and treatment for people with learning disabilities and autistic people, 6 Inclusive Communication: Creating Positive Outcomes - A Mother’s Lived Experience, 7 Autism and Learning Disabilities - Linda Woodcock, 8 Nursing Observations and people with a learning disability: considerations, 9 Protection of Body Shape, 10 Considerations for delivery of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and choking management to people with profound and multiple learning disability and wheelchair users, 11 Clinical holding, 12 The importance of equity and accessibility: radiotherapy treatment for people with cancer and learning disability, 13 Managing distressed behaviours in health care settings: applying low arousal approaches, 14 Conditions that all nurses and allied health professionals need to be aware of in people with learning disabilities, 15 Epilepsy and individuals with a learning disability, 16 Learning Disabilities and Stroke, 17 The Mental Capacity Act and Consent , 18 Transforming Care and mental health support for people with a learning disability, 19 An Exploration of the Equality Act and Making Reasonable Adjustments, 20 Undercover Documentaries: An Insider View, Section 3 Responding to Inequality and Inequity, 21 - Introduction - We are nursing in an imperfect world, 22 – We are nursing in an imperfect world – reflections on the importance of staffing and skill mix, 23 – Medication and diet in individuals with a learning disability, 24 – Mental Capacity, Communication and Advocacy for People living with learning disabilities, 25 - A reflection on communication and the use of hospital passports within an acute hospital setting, Section 4 – Conclusion, 26 – The Last Word for now…