Veeramah, Ven, Bruneau, Ben and McNaught, Allan (2008) Exploring knowledge and skills on HIV in student nurses and midwives. British Journal of Nursing, 17 (3). pp. 186-191. ISSN 0966-0461 (doi:10.12968/bjon.2008.17.3.28409)

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Abstract

A cross-sectional survey design using a self-administered questionnaire was sent to a sample of 62 final-year student nurses and midwives to describe their knowledge of, skills related to, and attitudes towards, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Out of the 47 respondents who return the questionnaire, only 53% stated that they had received class instruction on the topic
and 63.8% claimed to have increased their knowledge mainly from reading professional journals. Although only 32% said that they had cared for a patient or knew of a family member or another person with the disease, 91% indicated that they were willing to care for such patients. Overall, the respondents demonstrated positive attitudes towards this group of patients and a good level of knowledge about the subject, although some gaps were evident. However, a
large majority stated that their skills to cater for the physical and psychological needs of this group of patients were deficient and would like further training.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	AIDS, attitudes, cross-sectional survey, knowledge, HIV, questionnaire, student nurses/midwives
Subjects:	R Medicine > RT Nursing R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
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Last Modified:	14 Oct 2016 09:06
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/2307

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