Survey of attitudes of nurses working with AIDS patients
| Autor: | Jane Milazzo, Gary P. Wormser, Michael Blumenfield, Stuart Seropian, Peggy Jordano Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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Attitude of Health Personnel
Resuscitation MEDLINE New York Disease Opportunistic Infections law.invention Nursing Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) law Pregnancy Health care medicine Humans Nurse education Referral and Consultation Aids patients Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome business.industry Hospital Bed Capacity 500 and over medicine.disease Intensive care unit Psychiatry and Mental health Female business Nurse-Patient Relations |
| Zdroj: | General hospital psychiatry. 9(1) |
| ISSN: | 0163-8343 |
| Popis: | This article reports the results of a ten-question anonymous survey given to nurses at Westchester County Medical Center in July 1983 and January 1984 concerning attitudes about caring for AIDS patients. Two-thirds of the responding nurses reported that they had friends or family express concern about associating with hospital personnel who have contact with AIDS patients. Other questions showed that between one fourth and one half of nurses have a fear of caring for homosexual men and male prisoners because of their awareness about AIDS. One half of the nurses believe that AIDS can be transmitted to hospital personnel because of contact with patients despite precautions. The fear of caring for patients with AIDS as compared to caring for patients with hepatitis, a more contagious but less serious disease than AIDS, was highest in the intensive care unit staff. Eighty-five percent of the health care personnel responding believed that pregnant nurses should not care for AIDS patients and one half of the nurses responding indicated that they would ask for a transfer if they had to care for AIDS patients on a regular basis. The implication of these findings for future treatment programs, medical and nursing education and psychologic support for staff are discussed. |
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