A qualitative study of nurses' perspectives of caring for children with intellectual disability and their families in a paediatric acute care setting.

Children with intellectual disability (ID) experience chronic and pervasive limitations across intellectual and adaptive functioning. They are also at risk of developing co-morbidities. They are likely to be hospitalised more frequently and for longer periods of time than other children.

Nurses working in intellectual disability-specific settings talk about the uniqueness of their role: A qualitative study.

Aims: To explore the perceptions of Australian nurses working in disability-specific settings and/or roles, about: (a) nursing people with intellectual and developmental disability living in Sydney; and (b) the utility and applicability of professional practice standards designed specifically for intellectual and developmental disability nursing.

Design: A qualitative research design was used to guide the study and our analysis utilized the constant comparative approach to thematic data analyses.

Methods: Individual in-person interviews were conducted with 18 nurses working in intellectual and developmental disability-specific settings and/or roles across the state of New South Wales between July - December, 2017.

An exploration of the practice, policy and legislative issues of the specialist area of nursing people with intellectual disability: A scoping review.

The specialist field of intellectual disability nursing has been subjected to a number of changes since the move towards deinstitutionalisation from the 1970s. Government policies sought to change the nature of the disability workforce from what was labelled as a medicalised approach, towards a more socially oriented model of support. Decades on however, many nurses who specialise in the care of people with intellectual disability are still employed.

Understanding the contemporary role of the intellectual disability nurse: A review of the literature.

Aims And Objectives: To identify the specialist role/s that nurses perform and the specialist skills that nurses use when caring for people with intellectual disability.

Methods: Adhering to the "Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement," various subject headings were used to systematically search six electronic databases for articles published in English between 2000 and 2017. A total of 27 articles were reviewed.

From Social Exclusion to Supported Inclusion: Adults with Intellectual Disability Discuss Their Lived Experiences of a Structured Social Group.

Background: People with intellectual disability often have few friends and experience social exclusion. Recognising this gap, supported social groups with the aim of inclusion and interdependence were created by a supported employment provider.

Methods: Interviews were undertaken with 10 adults with intellectual disability exploring their lived experiences of a supported social group.