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Effects of group discussion and guided patient care experience on nurses'attitudes towards care of patients with AIDS
Author(s) -
Kemppamen Jeanne K,
Dubbert Patricia M,
Williams Peggy Me
Publication year - 1996
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.1365-2648.1996.18910.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , prejudice (legal term) , session (web analytics) , intervention (counseling) , nursing interventions classification , family medicine , nursing , psychology , social psychology , world wide web , computer science
Nurses with limited experience in caring for persons with AIDS (PWAs) were randomized into three groups receiving an educational session on universal precautions and (a) three group discussion sessions, (b) three sessions of caring for a PWA, or (c) assessment materials only Both interventions were conducted by a nursing instructor experienced in care of PWAs and infectious diseases over a 3–4 week period Measures included instruments for assessing prejudicial attitudes towards homosexual PWAs, self‐ratings of infectious disease knowledge, ratings of perceived comfort and confidence in caring for PWAs, and a measure of willingness to provide care to PWAs Results showed no significant change in willingness to provide care over time in any of the groups Multiple regression exploring predictors of willingness to provide care found only the measure of AIDS prejudice to be an independent predictor of willingness to provide care to PWAs 6 months after completion of the intervention phase