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A situational analysis of an HIV/AIDS clinical area
Author(s) -
GRIGG ELIZABETH
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1997.tb00281.x
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , situational ethics , test (biology) , medicine , nursing , hiv test , unit (ring theory) , situation analysis , psychology , family medicine , social psychology , health services , population , paleontology , mathematics education , environmental health , marketing , health facility , business , biology
Summary• The following paper is an account of a situational analysis in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) ward. Initially it was intended to test a number of hypotheses extracted from the literature, and, using previous experience from participant observation, apply them to this particular clinical area. • Becoming established (‘getting in’) in the new unit to be studied (situation) took 6 months and, although it was eventually possible to test the original hypotheses, the process of ‘getting in’ became the main point of analysis. • Taking into account the situation of ‘getting in’, the conversations with the nursing staff and the background information, it is concluded that the HIV/AIDS predicament is and will continue to provide a major challenge for nurses and nurse educators.