{"id":7282,"date":"2025-06-28T17:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T17:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/a-national-survey-of-nurses-who-care-for-people-with-intellectual-and-developmental-disability\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T05:07:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T05:07:53","slug":"a-national-survey-of-nurses-who-care-for-people-with-intellectual-and-developmental-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/a-national-survey-of-nurses-who-care-for-people-with-intellectual-and-developmental-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"A national survey of nurses who care for people with intellectual and developmental disability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>A national survey of nurses who care for people with intellectual and developmental disability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajan.com.au\/index.php\/AJAN\/article\/view\/120' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajan.com.au\/index.php\/AJAN\/article\/download\/120\/27' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>Objective: To describe the roles that Australian nurses play, the breadth of skills that they deploy, and the range of contexts in which they practice. Study design and methods: This cross-sectional study used a descriptive survey where data were collected online using Qualtrics\u00a9. Survey respondents were nurses whose primary role was caring for people with intellectual and developmental disability. In addition to demographic data, the main outcome measures were: nursing roles, practice and context. Results: Complete responses were collected from 101 nurses; 78 females and 22 males completed the survey, the majority of whom (n=70) were from New South Wales. The major focus of care was direct assessment and care, followed by supervision of support workers, education, and advocacy for people with intellectual and developmental disability. Physical healthcare was consistent across body systems, as it was for all adaptive behaviour domains. Support for mental illness was more likely to be for depression and anxiety. Nurses liaise with a multitude of health and social agencies as part of their nursing practice. Discussion: This is the first study to capture the roles, practice and contexts of these Australian nurses. Nurses caring for people with IDD play a variety of roles and engage in a vast array of practice related to the physical and social needs of people with intellectual and developmental disability across the whole of the lifespan and in multiple, disparate contexts. Conclusion: It is important for the ongoing care of people with intellectual and developmental disability that the value added by this nursing workforce not be overlooked as disability and health policies evolve.<br \/>\nImplications for research, policy and practice: This cross sectional study lays the groundwork for further research about these Australian nurses, in particular more focussed research about the economic benefits of disability services employing nurses, description and effect of nursing interventions specific to people with intellectual and developmental disability, as well as theoretical work to conceptualise new, National Disability Insurance Scheme-ready, models of nursing care for people with intellectual and developmental disability.<br \/>\nWhat is already known about the topic?\u2022 In the Australian context, little is known about the contemporary roles and practice of nurses who care for people with intellectual and developmental disability.What this paper adds:\u2022 This paper offers a detailed and modern insight into the roles and nursing practice of this marginalised group of nurses. Although all nurses offer physical nursing care, unique to these nurses is the breadth and depth of social, behavioural, emotional and adaptive behaviour support across the lifespan.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nathan Wilson<\/li>\n<li>James Collison<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Feighan<\/li>\n<li>Virginia Howie<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Whitehead<\/li>\n<li>Michele Wiese<\/li>\n<li>Kate O&#8217;Reilly<\/li>\n<li>Hayden Jaques<\/li>\n<li>Peter Lewis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>intellectual disability, nursing, nurse, Australia, practice standards, care contexts<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: A national survey of nurses who care for people with intellectual and developmental disability&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[3975,4251,4249,3945,3874,4250],"class_list":["post-7282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-australia","tag-care-contexts","tag-intellectual-disability","tag-nurse","tag-nursing","tag-practice-standards","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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