Purpose – Despite the high incidence of aggressive behaviours among some individuals with intellectual disability, Ireland has paid little attention to the prevalence of aggressive behaviours experienced by Registered ...

Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE’s) have been adopted as a means of assessing midwifery students’ clinical skills. The purpose of the OSCE is to provide a standardised method for the evaluation of clinical ...

Education for people with a disability has changed over the years, moving from a philosophy of integration to inclusion. This philosophy requires a whole school approach spanning issues such as access, opportunities for ...

Aim The aim of this was to identify and synthesize the evidence underpinning the health policymaking process to inform the development of a health‐related policy analysis framework. Design A mixed methods review using ...

Nursing students, Paula and Lynda, reflect on their first academic assessment of their 4-year intellectual disability nursing course. The reflection is conducted by the second and third authors of this article and is guided ...

There are many different work tasks and workplace hazards related to the ICU setting. The workplace hazards include the physical environment of the ICU, working conditions, psychosocial factors, ergonomic factors, ...

Increasing pressure on limited healthcare resources has necessitated the development of measures promoting early discharge and avoiding inappropriate hospital (re)admission. This systematic review examines the evidence ...

Background: Identification of perinatal mental health problems and effective care for women who experience them are important considering the potentially serious impact that they may have on the wellbeing of the woman, her ...

Aims and objectives: This study has aimed to examine key stakeholders’ perspectives, views and experiences regarding transfer documents, used when an older person is being transferred from a residential to an acute care ...

Background Leadership is a key component for infection prevention and control and plays an important role in the implementation of guidelines on healthcareassociated infections. A body of literature exists on healthcare ...