title: Introducing students to learning disabilities nursing.
abstract: This article describes the development of a curriculum and appropriate placements for diploma students, with particular reference to the care of people with learning disabilities. The authors describe how the curriculum was developed, as well as the contacts made with appropriate placement centres.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, University of Northumbria, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hyde
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kerry
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000451:nursing*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*