An update on nursing research and HIV infection.
More than 16,000 citations related to AIDS and HIV infection between May 1987 and June 1990 (38 months) were surveyed to summarize nursing research related to HIV infection; 731 nonresearch and 54 research articles, averaging about 20/month, were found. However, only 20 of the research articles addressed the five topic areas set as priority by the National Center for Nursing Research Priority Expert Panel (physiological and psychosocial aspects of care, prevention of transmission, care delivery systems, and applied ethics). There is a continued gap in the research literature related to the care aspects of HIV infection. This gap needs to be filled by nursing investigation.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D012107:Research Design