The effect of education on nurses' perception of AIDS

Armstrong-Esther, C; Hewitt, W. E.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01886.x

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“…Institution of appropriate AIDS/HIV educational programmes has the potential to change nurses’ attitudes. For instance, after a four‐month intensive education on AIDS and care of AIDS patients as part of an epidemiology course in a Bachelor of Nursing programme in Canada, nurses’ attitudes towards AIDS and caring for AIDS patients had become significantly more positive 10 . In this study, there was a significant decline (from 83% to 57%) in nursing students expressing concerns regarding treating AIDS patients.…”

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The attitudes, concerns, gloving practices and knowledge of nurses in a Taiwanese hospital regarding AIDS and HIV

Juan

Siebers

et al. 2004

Int J of Nursing Practice

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Many studies have documented nurses' attitudes and concerns regarding AIDS/HIV, but little is known about Taiwanese nurses. We documented attitudes, concerns, gloving practices and practical AIDS/HIV knowledge of 1090 nurses from one metropolitan hospital in Changhua City, Taiwan. The response rate was 80.9%. Both HIV and hepatitis contraction in the workplace was nurses' main concern. Two hundred and ten nurses (19.3%) were seriously considering leaving nursing because of fear of contracting AIDS/HIV. Virtually all nurses considered it their right to be informed of the presence of HIV-positive patients in their direct work area and many believed that HIV testing of patients should be mandatory. Practical AIDS/HIV knowledge was deficient. These Taiwanese nurses have concerns and fears that might be related to deficiencies in practical AIDS/HIV knowledge. Continuous educational programmes are recommended to alleviate these nurses' attitudes and concerns regarding AIDS/HIV.

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The attitudes, concerns, gloving practices and knowledge of nurses in a Taiwanese hospital regarding AIDS and HIV

Juan

Siebers

et al. 2004

Int J of Nursing Practice

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“…The use of educational interventions which adopt an interactive and holistic approach can be successful in improving knowledge and changing attitudes about patients with HIV/AIDS. In a study of 60 registered nurses enrolled in a Bachelor of Nursing programme at the University of Lethbridge in southern Alberta, Canada, it was reported that the nurses were better informed and had more favourable and liberal attitudes towards caring for patients with HIV/AIDS, following completion of intensive education on the subject ( Armstrong‐Esther & Hewitt 1990). In Australia, in a survey of health care professionals, at a Perth paediatric teaching hospital, it was reported that there was a need for educational programmes to concentrate on the personal domain of attitudes to HIV/AIDS and homosexuals, as well as including factual information ( Hunt et al .…”

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Educational intervention with international nurses and changes in knowledge, attitudes and willingness to provide care to patients with HIV/AIDS

McCann

Sharkey

1998

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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This paper reports the findings of a study which examines the relationship between the use of an educational intervention with nurses from several Asian countries and changes in knowledge, attitudes and willingness to care for patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). A pre-test and post-test questionnaire was used to collect the data. The results indicate, that whilst there was an improvement in knowledge following the educational intervention, there is a need for further improvement in the knowledge levels of the nurses. The method of contracting the virus is less influential in shaping students' attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS. Fear of contagion is evident; this increases when more invasive clinical procedures are being carried out. What is also evident is that multiple levels of infection control protocols are used with patients. Fear of contagion is also apparent in the participants' willingness to work with colleagues and patients with HIV/AIDS. While the participants stated that they were more willing to work with colleagues and patients with HIV/AIDS following the educational intervention, they said that they would continue to take additional precautions for fear of contracting HIV in the workplace. The conclusion emphasizes that it is important for education about HIV/AIDS to be incorporated within current undergraduate and in-service programmes.

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“…These have focused primarily on changing knowledge, attitudes and willingness to work with persons with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) (e.g. Armstrong-Esther et al, 1990;Feit et al, 1990). Early models targeted physicians and nurses; this was reflective of the terminal nature of the illness in the 1980s and early 1990s.…”

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An interprofessional problem-based learning course on rehabilitation issues in HIV

2003

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This study examined students' perceptions of their learning through participation in an interprofessional problem-based course on rehabilitation and HIV. Students representing five health professions participated in an eight-week tutorial course. Qualitative analysis of journals that the students completed throughout the course, and of interviews of the students at completion of the course, revealed that they valued their learning experience. Students gained an appreciation of the roles of others and developed a sense of confidence through justifying their professional role. Through the interprofessional discussions, students were able to increase the breadth and depth of their learning and also gained a rehabilitation perspective. Learning related to HIV and rehabilitation is ideally suited to an interprofessional, problem-based environment.

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The effect of education on nurses' perception of AIDS

Cited by 50 publications

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The attitudes, concerns, gloving practices and knowledge of nurses in a Taiwanese hospital regarding AIDS and HIV

The attitudes, concerns, gloving practices and knowledge of nurses in a Taiwanese hospital regarding AIDS and HIV

Educational intervention with international nurses and changes in knowledge, attitudes and willingness to provide care to patients with HIV/AIDS

An interprofessional problem-based learning course on rehabilitation issues in HIV

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