Nurse training needs in AIDS counselling.
Twenty-one people involved in AIDS counselling or nurse education on AIDS were interviewed using a semi-structured process involving key questions. The interviews were transcribed directly onto a lap-top computer, then entered into a free-form database computer program for analysis. The findings, although non-generalisable, indicate that counselling is seen as a necessary part of the support services offered to people with HIV or AIDS, but is not necessarily a task suitable for nurses. AIDS counsellors were identified as the main source of psychosocial help for people with HIV or AIDS, whose main concerns were perceived as being fear of stigmatisation, poor health and dying. The issues of whether or not to train nurses as AIDS counsellors, and how to train them, require further study.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D003376:Counseling; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans