title: Caring for the adolescent with HIV infection or AIDS in the critical care setting.
abstract: Caring for the adolescent with HIV infection or AIDS in the critical care setting is challenging. This article discusses medical treatments for HIV, aspects of adolescent development that influence their behaviors, certain behaviors that put adolescents at risk for HIV acquisition, ethical and legal concerns for caring for this population, nursing implications for care, and the needs of nurses caring for this population.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Moon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors