National occupational standards and professional requirements

QA statement of intellectual disability nursing 524 Nursing and Midwifery Council (UK) 526 An Bord Altranais—requirements 528 Codes of practice 530 Unsafe standards of care 532 Recording and reporting 534 Complaints 536 Right to independent advocacy 538 ‘Programmes in the learning disabilities branch of nursing prepare nurses to work with people with a range of learning disabilities and with their families and significant others. Learning disability nurses’ work is underpinned by the concepts of partnership, inclusion and advocacy. The role of the learning disability nurse, specifically, is to assist and support people to become and remain healthy, to improve their competence and quality of life, and to fulfill their potential. Learning disability nurses work with people with a spectrum of needs and abilities in a wide variety of settings, often working collaboratively with professionals from a range of health and social care agencies. This support may take place in the National Health Service (NHS), voluntary or independent sector, or in the patient/client’s own home’....