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November 18, 2025Frontiers in PsychiatryOpen Access

The experience of nurses caring for children with intellectual disability

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SASalmah AlghamdiRARasha AlsaighHAHawa Alabdulaziz

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Overview

Qualitative interviews reveal challenges faced by nurses caring for children with intellectual disabilities, indicating a need for better support.

Key Points

  • To explore the experiences of nurses providing care for children with intellectual disabilities.
  • Qualitative descriptive design
  • Sample of eight registered nurses from pediatric settings
  • Data collected through semi-structured interviews
  • Thematic analysis for data evaluation
  • Identified communication barriers requiring caregiver interpretation
  • Increased nursing demands due to complex care
  • Adaptation needed for the greater complexity of care
  • Support required for both nurses and caregivers

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Alghamdi et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6924fef4c0ce034ddc351d21https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1688236
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