title: AIDS nursing: patient care issues in the hospital setting.
abstract: The types of settings in which the acute care of AIDS patients takes place range from AIDS-designated units to general medical-surgical wards. Though the settings may differ, many of the nursing interventions that these patients require remain relatively consistent. Alterations in respiratory, neurological, gastrointestinal, and integumentary systems are common in individuals with HIV infection, requiring nursing measures to address such problems as diarrhea, fever, poor nutrition, mucositis, impaired oxygenation, dyspnea, alterations in sensation and perception, impaired skin integrity, bleeding risk, pain, and altered thought processes. In addition, the bedside nurse is often in a position that enables him or her to coordinate a multidisciplinary approach to selected problems.
authors.affiliation: AIDS Unit, San Francisco General Hospital.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Walent
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital