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Intellectual disability nursing
Nurses’ perception of what makes a good care experience for children and young people with intellectual disabilities align with parents’ perceptions
  1. Leah Armitage1,
  2. Florian Walter2
  1. 1 Department of Biomolecular Science, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK
  2. 2 Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
  1. Correspondence to Leah Armitage, Department of Biomolecular Science, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; leah.armitage{at}manchester.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2022-103571

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    Commentary on: Mimmo L, Hodgins M, Samir N, Travaglia J, Woolfenden S, Harrison R. 'Smiles and laughter and all those really great things': Nurses' perceptions of good experiences of care for inpatient children and young people with intellectual disability. J Adv Nurs. 2022 Sep;78(9):2933–2948. doi: 10.1111/jan.15256. Epub 2022 Apr 22.

    Implications for practice and research

    • A conceptual model can provide a standardised framework to identify methods to implement high quality and safe care for inpatient children and young people (CYP) with intellectual disabilities (ID) and their parents.

    • Integrating experiences from CYP with ID would enhance the conceptual model further.

    Context

    Around 14% of CYP admitted to a tertiary paediatric hospital have an ID and can experience more frequent and longer hospital stays and inadequate care.1 This study builds on themes found in a study of parent experiences …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.