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Learning Disability Placements - Sam Humphrey

Learning Disability Placements

A Pocket Guide

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Buch | Spiralbindung
92 Seiten
2021
Lantern Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-908625-89-2 (ISBN)
CHF 17,40 inkl. MwSt
A handy pocket guide to help learning disability nursing students prepare for their practice placements.


Placements can be daunting to the unprepared. This pocket guide is designed to make learning disability placements more enjoyable and less stressful and to help student nurses get the most out of their practice learning experience.
A handy pocket guide to help learning disability student nurses prepare for their practice placements.


Learning disability nursing placements can be daunting – you’ll be working in a range of settings and supporting vulnerable individuals with a variety of learning disabilities. There are new colleagues to work with, and newly learned nursing theory to put into practice. This pocket guide is designed to make your placements much more enjoyable and less stressful.

From augmentative and alternative communication to safeguarding, via positive behaviour support, it’s full of practical detail, hints and tips.


Written by a team of students, lecturers and practising learning disability nurses – this guidance is really produced with you in mind.
Pocket-sized format – carry it with you at all times.
Space to make your own notes – be it uniform policy, new terminology, or just the names of your new colleagues!


Reduce your stress and make the most of your placements by having this book to hand from the start.

Sam Humphrey is a Lecturer in Learning Disability Nursing at De Montfort University. His initial background upon qualifying as a learning disability nurse was working in residential nursing services for adults with profound and multiple physical and learning disabilities. Sam then moved into a primary care liaison nursing role supporting general practice and primary care colleagues in their work with people with learning disabilities and became a trained reviewer as part of the national Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) programme.

Before we start

1. Top tips from current LD student nurses


Getting there

2. Preparing for placement

3. Absence from placement

4. The NMC Code

5. Person-centred care

6. Capacity, consent and safeguarding

6.1 Mental capacity

6.2 Consent

6.3 Safeguarding

7. Guidance on social media


Settling there

8. Induction and first day

9. Working with those supervising your practice

10. Common documentation

11. Communicating with people with LD


Being there

12. Personal safety

12.1 Hand hygiene

12.2 Moving and handling

12.3 Challenging behaviour

13. Fundamental skills

13.1 Assessment

13.2 Care planning

13.3 Constipation management

13.4 Managing challenging behaviour

13.5 Medication management

13.6 Mental health

13.7 Observations

13.8 Palliative care

13.9 People with autism

13.10 Reasonable adjustments

13.11 Risk assessments

13.12 Working with children

14. Basic Life Support

15. Common emergencies

15.1 Epilepsy

15.2 Sepsis

15.3 Choking

15.4 Sending a person with LD to A&E

16. Pain and pain assessment

17. Common groups of medications


Moving on from there

18. Reflection

19. Quick references

20. FAQs

21. Useful websites for LD nurses

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Cheltenham
Sprache englisch
Maße 105 x 148 mm
Gewicht 84 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Pflege Ausbildung / Prüfung
ISBN-10 1-908625-89-9 / 1908625899
ISBN-13 978-1-908625-89-2 / 9781908625892
Zustand Neuware
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