title: The nursing student and the psychiatric patient with AIDS: a case study.
abstract: AIDS is one of the most pressing challenges facing health care professionals today. Nurse educators are determining the role of the student in this new clinical situation. This case study provides a look at some of the core issues that may be encountered when a nursing student cares for a patient with this deadly disease. A critical incidence format is used to outline the experience and to present the implications for nursing education.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Hurtig
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fandrick
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D014110:Touch