Caring for People with Learning Disabilities
A guide for non-specialist nurses
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TITLES
AVAILABLE FROM LANTERN PUBLISHING LTD
| ISBN | Title | |||
| 9781908625144 | A Handbook for Student Nurses | |||
| 9781906052041 | Clinical Skills for Student Nurses | |||
| 9781906052065 | Communication and Interpersonal Skills | |||
| 9781906052027 | Effective Management in Long-term Care Organisations | |||
| 9781906052140 | Essential Study Skills for Health and Social Care | |||
| 9781906052171 | First Health and Social Care | |||
| 9781906052102 | Fundamentals of Diagnostic Imaging | |||
| 9781906052133 | Fundamentals of Nursing Care | |||
| 9781906052119 | Improving Students’ Motivation to Study | |||
| 9781906052188 | Interpersonal Skills for the People Professions | |||
| 9781908625021 | Leadership in Health and Social Care | |||
| 9781906052096 | Neonatal Care | |||
| 9781906052164 | Palliative Care | |||
| 9781906052201 | Professional Practice in Public Health | |||
| 9781906052089 | Safe & Clean Care | |||
| 9781906052157 | The Care and Wellbeing of Older People | |||
| 9781906052225 | The Care Process | |||
| 9781906052218 | Understanding and Helping People in Crisis | |||
| 9781906052010 | Understanding Research and Evidence-Based Practice | |||
| 9781908625007 | Understanding Wellbeing | |||
| 9781906052058 | Values for Care Practice | |||
| 9781908625229 | Wellbeing: Policy and Practice |
Caring for People with Learning Disabilities
A guide for non-specialist nurses
Chris Barber
ISBN: 978 1 908625 28 1
Published in 2015 by Lantern Publishing Limited
Lantern Publishing Limited, The Old Hayloft, Vantage Business Park, Bloxham Rd, Banbury, OX16 9UX, UK
© 2015, Chris Barber
The right of Chris Barber to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
The authors and publisher have made every attempt to ensure the content of this book is up to date and accurate. However, healthcare knowledge and information is changing all the time so the reader is advised to double-check any information in this text on drug usage, treatment procedures, the use of equipment, etc. to confirm that it complies with the latest safety recommendations, standards of practice and legislation, as well as local Trust policies and procedures. Students are advised to check with their tutor and/or mentor before carrying out any of the procedures in this textbook.
Typeset by Medlar Publishing Solutions Pvt Ltd, India
Cover design by Andrew Magee Design Ltd
Printed in the UK
Distributed by NBN International, 10 Thornbury Rd, Plymouth, PL6 7PP, UK
Contents
| About the author | ||||
| Foreword | ||||
| Acknowledgements |