Volume 4, Issue 1

EDITORIAL

Welcome to the March 2008 edition of the International Journal of Nursing in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

ARTICLES

Nurse Practitioner Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Developmental Disabilities Health Screening and Health Promotion

John Boisseau, MSN, APRN, BC, CDDN and Roseann Barrett, PhD, RN

Forgotten Citizens Disparity in Health Care: Inadequate Formal Nursing Preparation on Issues of Routine Cancer Screening for Women with Developmental Disabilities

Shelley Grant Moriston, PsyD Participating Investigators: Morag Walden, MS, RN, CNS, C, CDDN; Rosemarie Vasquez, BSN, RN; Steven Wallace, RN; Jeanne Nivens, RN, MPH; Tammy Harvey, BSN, RN; and Wade Moriston, BA

Interdisciplinary Best Practice: A Case Study of Family and School Support for a Young Child with ASD

Jennifer Drake, Leslie J. Couse, Pamela P. DiNapoli, and Mary Banach

BOOK REVIEWS

Opening Our Arms - Helping Troubled Kids Do Well

Making Sense of Autism

Volume 3, Issue 2

EDITORIAL

Bringing the Genetic and Genomic Revolution to Developmental Disabilities Nursing

ARTICLES

Gene-Environment Influences on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: State of the Science

Gloria Giarratano, PhD, APRN, CNS and Angelique White Williams, DNS, APRN, CNS, CCHC

Influence of Pharmacogenomics on Disease and Symptom Management

Linda A. Howe, PhD, APRN-BC, CNE and Julie Eggert, PhD, GNP-BC, AOCN

Integrating Genetics and Genomics into Developmental Disabilities Nursing Practice

J. Carolyn Graff, PhD, RN, FAAIDD

New Knowledge - New Challenges: A Consideration of Some Key Challenges for Intellectual and Developmental Disability Nursing Arising from the Developing Understanding of Genetics

Owen Barr, RGN, RNLD, RNT, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD and Heather Skirton, PhD, RGN, Registered Genetic Counsellor, Cert.M

Using Family History Information to Identify Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Janice S. Dorman, MS, PhD and Rebecca Kronk, MSN, CRNP

BOOK REVIEWS

Nursing Care in the Genomic Era: A Case-Based Approach.

Essentials of Clinical Genetics in Nursing Practice.

Volume 3, Issue 1

EDITORIAL

Welcome to the Latest Publication

ARTICLES

A Qualitative Study of Emergency Nurses' Perceptions and Experience in Caring for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in the United States

Kathleen Fisher, PhD, CRNP, Christine Frazer, MSN, CNS, Catherine Hasson, MSN, RN and Fredrick Orkin, MD, MBA, MSc

Medications Used in the Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Judy A. Reinhold, R.N., M.S.N., C.P.N.P. and Patricia Manning-Courtney, M.D.

Nursing Support and Nurse Staffing: Guidelines to Improve the Health of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

J. Carolyn Graff, PhD, RN, FAAMR, Lee Barks, MN, ARNP, Wendy Nehring, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAMR, Jan Schlaier, MS, CS, FNP, PhD(c), Linda Tupper, MSPH, RN, CDDN, and Mary Kay Moore, MA, RN, CDDN

Oral Health, Nurses and Patients with Developmental Disabilities

H. Barry Waldman, DDS, MPH, PhD and Steven P. Perlman, DDS, MScD

BOOK REVIEWS

Medical Care for Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities. Second Edition

Volume 2, Issue 1

EDITORIAL

Welcome to the Third Publication

ARTICLES

Health Services to Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in British Columbia : Building Partnerships in our Communities

Louise Le Cavalier, RN, BSN, MN

Nonverbal Individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Experiencing GERD: From Infants to Older Adults

Wendie C. Medina, DNP, RN, APN-CNS, CRRN

Promoting Health, Supporting Inclusion: Developments in the Nursing and Midwifery Contributions to Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Scotland

Michael Brown, MSc, BSc (Hons), RN, Dip. CMHC, Dip. Prof. Stds. Cert.

Sometimes I Just Want to Be "Mom"

Cheryl Crisp, MSN, APRN, BC, CDDN, CRRN

BOOK REVIEWS

Core Curriculum for Specializing in Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Riding the Bus with My Sister: a True Life Journey

Volume 1, Issue 2

EDITORIAL

If You Start, Anything is Possible

ARTICLES

Functional Caregiving: A New Construct for Mother's Caregiving to Adult Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Shu-Pi C. Chen, DrPH, RN; Sheila Ryan-Henry, ACSW; Nikolaus Bezruczko, PhD

Health Care Needs of Adults with Down Syndrome

Joni Jacobsen Bosch, PhD, ARNP

His Name is Michael

Laurie A. McCray, RN, MS

The Receiving End of Learning Disability Services: Between Individuals and Families

Monique Lhussier, MSc; Catherine E. Gibb, PhD, PGC Disability Studies, BSc (Hons); Charlotte Clarke PhD, MSc, PGCE, BA, RN; Christopher Minto MSc, LLB (Hons), PGCE, RN; Anthony Perini MB, BS, MSc, FRC Phych

BOOK REVIEWS

Nursing Students with Disabilities: Change the Course

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

What Adults with Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew. Reflections from a Different Journey.

Volume 1, Issue 1

EDITORIAL

Welcome the the Premiere Issue

ARTICLES

A Life's Crusade

Gao Ya Li

Directions for the Future of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities as a Nursing Specialty

Wendy M. Nehring, RN, PhD, FAAN, FAAMR

Multimedia Web-based Courseware in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Nursing: From Concept to Development

Joan Earle Hahn, DNSc, RN, CDDN, CS and Mary Alice Willis, MS, RN

Nursing Aspects of Services for Persons with Intellectual Disability in Israel

Joav Merrick, MD, DMSc, Hilmi Arda, RN, BA, MA and Isack Kandel, MA, PhD

Nurses for People with Learning Disabilities within the United Kingdom: an Overview and Some Challenges for the Future

Owen Barr, RGN, RNMH, CNMH cert, RNT, BSc, MSc

Services for People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities in China: An American Experience

Barbara Pilarcik, BSN, RN

Services for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Montreal: A Nurse’s Perspective

Terry Broda, RN, BScN, CDDN

BOOK REVIEWS

Say Little, Do Much: Nursing, Nuns, and Hospitals in the Nineteenth Century.

Physical Health of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities.