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Nurses' attitudes and concerns to HIV/AIDS: a focus group approach
Author(s) -
Wissen Kim,
Woodman Kate
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1994.20061141.x
Subject(s) - focus group , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , focus (optics) , medicine , psychology , family medicine , nursing , sociology , anthropology , physics , optics
An exploratory qualitative study was instigated to further identify nurses’ attitudes to the care of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) This follows as a sequel to a study using a questionnaire Data were collected from nine focus groups attended by a total of 29 nurses at a hospital within a New Zealand regional health authority The principal findings suggest that nurses’ attitudes to this patient group are varied and depend on social influences, personal expenences and the extent of knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS Other concerns raised included nurses’ rights to choose to care for HIV‐positive patients and the issue of universal precautions These findings may have implications for further educational initiatives and formation of hospital policy