Kay Mafuba (UK Univ. of West London)

Learning Disability Nursing

Modern Day Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive introduction to learning disability nursing addresses care across the lifespan, promoting health and well-being, mental health, profound disability and complex patient needs, forensic settings, and the future of learning disability nursing. The book also includes the perspective of people with learning disabilities along with narratives as well as clinically relevant information linked to NMC and An Bord Altranais competencies. It is essential reading for anyone studying learning disabilities as part of a nursing or health care course. Those in practice will also benefit from this valuable resource.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apple Academic Press Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 191mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 654g
• ISBN-13: 9781482215588
• ISBN-10: 1482215586
• Artikelnr.: 41565011

Autorenporträt

Professor Bob Gates, Professor of Learning Disabilities, University of West London, UK. Emeritus Professor, The Centre for Learning Disability Studies , University of Hertfordshire, UK. Honorary Professor of Learning Disabilities, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Kay Mafuba, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Nursing Midwifery and Healthcare, University of West London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

The Nature of Learning Disabilities and Their Relationship to Learning
Disability Nursing. History and Modern-Day Practice of Learning Disability
Nursing. Learning Disability Nursing Throughout the Lifespan. Role of the
Learning Disability Nurse in Promoting Health and Well-Being. Learning
Disability Nursing and Mental Health. Learning Disability Nursing and
People with Profound Learning Disabilities and Complex Needs. Learning
Disability Nursing in Forensic Settings. Community Learning Disability
Nursing. Challenging and Distressed Behaviour in People with Learning
Disabilities: The Role of Learning Disability Nursing. The Future of
Learning Disability Nursing. Appendix A: NMC Competencies for Entry to the
Register: Learning Disabilities Nursing. Appendix B: An Bord Altranais'
Competencies for Entry to the Register.