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    Learning Disability Placements: A Pocket Guide
    Learning Disability Placements: A Pocket Guide
    Learning Disability Placements: A Pocket Guide
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    Learning Disability Placements: A Pocket Guide

    By Sam Humphrey

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLantern Publishing
    Release dateJan 25, 2021
    ISBN9781908625908
    Learning Disability Placements: A Pocket Guide
    Author

    Sam Humphrey

    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.

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      Learning Disability Placements - Sam Humphrey

      Edited by Sam Humphrey

      De Montfort University, Leicester

      ISBN: 9781908625892

      First published in 2021 by Lantern Publishing Ltd

      Lantern Publishing Limited, The Old Hayloft, Vantage Business Park, Bloxham Road, Banbury OX16 9UX, UK

      www.lanternpublishing.com

      © 2021, Justine Barksby, Adele Bunten, Kathleen Dabbs, Patrick Hugh Doherty, Helen Doughty, Mark Ellis, Hannah Greenwood, Sam Humphrey, Jemma Lockwood, Adele Postance and Richard Postance. The right of Justine Barksby, Adele Bunten, Kathleen Dabbs, Patrick Hugh Doherty, Helen Doughty, Mark Ellis, Hannah Greenwood, Sam Humphrey, Jemma Lockwood, Adele Postance and Richard Postance to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, copied or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without either written permission from Lantern Publishing Ltd or by a licence permitting restricted copying in the UK issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS, UK.

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      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 practice supervisor before carrying out any of the procedures in this textbook.

      Typeset by Medlar Publishing Solutions Pvt Ltd, India

      Printed and bound in the UK

      Last digit is the print number: 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1

      Personal information

      Name:

      Mobile:

      Address during placement:

      UNIVERSITY DETAILS

      University:

      Programme leader:

      Personal tutor:

      PLACEMENT DETAILS

      Placement area:

      Practice Education Facilitator:

      Link lecturer:

      CONTACT IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

      Name:

      Contact number (mobile):

      Contact number (home/work):

      This pocket guide to learning disability nursing placements has been specifically written for student learning disability nurses. It acknowledges that the field of learning disability nursing is a unique and specialist profession and that student learning disability nurses will need an arsenal of distinctive knowledge and skills at their

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