The Moulster and Griffiths Learning Disability Nursing Model: A Framework for Practice

by Gweneth Moulster, Jane Iorizzo, Sarah Ames, Joshua Kernohan, Hayley Goleniowska

Overview

The Moulster and Griffiths nursing model is the first developed specifically for learning disability nurses. This book describes the model and offers a solid framework to assess, plan, reflect on and evaluate person-centred care.

With approximately 1.5 million people in Britain living with a learning disability and a proven correlation between the use of models of care and the achievements of outcomes for those supported, this book is the perfect tool for learning disability nurses. It ensures that there is a shared vision for learning disability nursing practice, and helps nurses address a wide variety of heath care needs.

By providing an in-depth description of the model, the book provides a dedicated structure for learning disability nursing, and remains unique in its transferability to different clinical settings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785924804
Publisher:	Kingsley, Jessica Publishers
Publication date:	04/18/2019
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.81(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Helen Laverty is a registered nurse who has worked with people with a learning disability for twenty years. She also lectures in health care at the University of Nottingham and has written numerous book chapters and articles in her field of expertise.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction. 2. The Model. 3. Using the Model in Practice. 4. Summary.

Editorial Reviews

The authors have produced a book that will not just help nurses practice in a person centred, evidence based and outcome focused way but to also articulate and be explicit about their contribution and the evidence on which they base their practice. This book gives you the tools to apply the model in practice and demonstrate the impact of the learning disability nurse. A key text for nurses and students, this will be a go-to-guide for many years to come.

Hazel Powell

What does a learning disability nurse do? The Moulster and Griffiths book speaks with passion and integrity, clearly articulating the role of the learning disability nurse and how they support people with learning disabilities to access health care and overcome health inequalities.

If you want to understand person and family centred nursing practice, this is the book for you.

The Moulster and Griffiths Nursing Model provides a road map for person and family centred nursing practice. It speaks with passion and integrity from the perspective of a person with learning disabilities, family members and experts from practice. A must read for anyone working to reduce the health inequalities that people with learning disabilities face.

Rebecca Chester MBE

This book provides a refreshing and contemporary focus on the Moulster-Griffiths Model of Nursing. It shines a timely spotlight on the skills and knowledge of the learning disability nurse providing person centred, systematic support to individuals. It will equip students with a clear framework for meeting the holistic health needs of the people they serve but also a useful guide to reflection and personal development. This guarantees its pertinence to learning disability nurses throughout their career.

A fantastic resurgence of a nursing model.

Jo Lay

It is great to have a text that is entirely focused on learning disability nursing and, most importantly, on supporting practitioners to improve and enhance their practice in a person-centred, reflective and evidence based manner. A must read for all those involved in learning disability nursing.

Ruth Northway

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book which demonstrates the person centred and holistic care which are the hallmarks of learning disability nursing. The evolution of the model and the development of the Health Equalities Framework could not have been better timed. The case students are especially poignant and bring the model to life. The combination of this well thought out model with the latest research will assist nurses improve the healthcare, experience and health outcomes for people with learning disabilities. It is the book to go to for learning disability nurses and students.

Professor Ben Thomas