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Aims: To identify barriers and facilitators to nursing care of individuals with developmental disabilities (DDs)., Background: Individuals with DDs experience health disparities. Nurses, although well positioned to provide optimal care to this population, face challenges., Design: Narrative review of extant published peer-reviewed literature., Data Sources: Electronic databases, ProQuest and EBSCO, were searched for studies published in English between 2000 and 2019., Review Methods: Three reviewers reviewed abstracts and completed data extraction. Knowledge synthesis was completed by evaluating the 17 selected studies., Results: Emerging themes were: (1) barriers and challenges to nursing interventions; (2) facilitators to nursing care; and (3) recommendations for nursing education, policy and practice., Conclusion: Nursing has the potential to be a key partner in supporting the health of people with DDs., Impact: There is a need for specific education and training, so nurses are better equipped to provide care for people with DDs., (© 2022 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

Background: Children of girls and young women experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage are at risk of maltreatment and associated health and developmental problems. Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is an early intervention program designed to improve child and maternal health outcomes. The effectiveness of NFP is being evaluated in British Columbia (BC) through a randomized controlled trial, augmented by a process evaluation to identify influences on how NFP was implemented., Objective: To describe how public health nurses providing NFP perceived their interactions with child protection professionals., Participants and Setting: Forty-seven public health nurses across BC., Methods: The principles of interpretive description informed the qualitative component of the process evaluation. Data from interviews and focus groups were analyzed using the framework analysis approach. A thematic framework was generated through processes of coding, charting and mapping, with a focus on organizational and systems influences., Results: Nurses' practice in supporting families often involved engagement with child protection services. Four themes about the nature of this work were identified: 1) developing a deeper understanding of the disciplinary perspectives of child protection, 2) striving for strengthened collaboration, 3) navigating change and uncertainty, and 4) responding to family and community complexity., Conclusions: Participants valued the contribution of child protection professionals and expressed willingness to collaborate to support families. However, collaboration was constrained by multiple structural barriers. Collaborative models offer possibilities for integrated practice, although can be difficult to implement within current health and child protection systems and child protection regulatory contexts., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)