title: Degree of comfort in providing care to PWAs: effect of a workshop for baccalaureate nursing students.
abstract: A low-incidence area of HIV/AIDS was the site for this study, which examined baccalaureate nursing students' degree of comfort in providing basic nursing care to people with AIDS (PWAs), and determined the effect of a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored one-day workshop on HIV/AIDS on this degree of comfort. The pretest-posttest study revealed no statistically significant decrease after the workshop in the amount of discomfort associated with providing basic nursing care to PWAs. However, there were changes in the ranking of nursing procedures following the workshop. Included is a discussion of the workshop's effect on students' comfort level and implications for nurse educators. Ideas for related studies in the area of HIV health care are explored.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Alabama, Huntsville 35899.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benedict
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Pearson
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000451:nursing*; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001290:Attitude; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires