Children with neurological disabilities frequently have problems with feeding and
swallowing. Such problems have a significant impact on the health and well-being of these …

Aim: To synthesize and integrate current international knowledge regarding nursing
strategies for the provision of emotional and practical support to the mothers of preterm …

Background Understanding factors that can potentially influence patient care and nursing
workload in intensive care units is important. Previous studies have shown contradictory …

Aim In order to ensure patient safety and quality of care, it is important to consider factors
which may impact on nursing workloads. This study aimed to investigate the simultaneous …

There is a developing research base to support the rationale underpinning augmentative
and alternative communication (AAC) for people with learning disabilities. However, there is …

This study surveyed staff use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) within a
large inner city special school for children with complex needs and learning disabilities. A …

This individual case study presents an evaluation of and reflection on the use of nonnutritive
sucking as a technique to facilitate nutritive sucking with an infant with feeding difficulties …

Mealtimes are identified as an important learning environment where socialisation and
language development takes place. Caregivers can facilitate the structure of a child's …

Background Some children with feeding difficulties may require nasogastric tube feeding or
insertion of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) from a young age. A small cohort …

According to the popular imagination, psychoanalysis is about men wanting to sleep with
their mothers and women wanting penises. Sexuality: Psychoanalytic Perspectives tells a …