How to make a case for expanding a nursing team
Fiona Springall Children and young people’s learning disability and autism specialist nurse, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Tara Webster Adult learning disability and autism specialist nurse, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Two learning disability specialist nurses used the RCN’s Nursing Workforce Standards to lead service improvement
There is a national shortage of registered learning disability nurses – most NHS hospitals typically employ only one learning disability nurse per organisation on a Monday to Friday daytime basis.
Learning Disability Practice.
27, 1, 14-15.
doi: 10.7748/ldp.27.1.14.s6
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