The impact of intellectual disability nurse specialists in the United Kingdom and Eire Ireland: An integrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To identify and evaluate the impact of Intellectual Disability Nurse Specialists person-centred care for people with intellectual disability.

Design

An Integrative review of the literature was performed between January 2007-December 2017.

Methods

Searching the PubMed Library of Medicine, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline Ovid, PsychINFO, Health Source: Nursing/Academic edition. A total of eight articles were selected for the final study example, including four mixed methods studies and four qualitative studies.

Results

Three Intellectual Disability Nurse Specialist models were evaluated, and three main themes emerged: person-centred care, organizational and practice development.

Conclusion

The Intellectual Dis

SUBMITTER: Bur J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8363355 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature