The integration of HIV testing and counseling into nursing practice.
Historically, registered professional nurses have responded to the health care needs of the community in a variety of roles. Practitioner, educator, administrator, consultant, or researcher--health promotion and prevention have served as an integral part of nursing practice. With the emergence this decade of HIV infection, nurses are responding with much needed education, skill, expertise, and care.
McMahon
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Division of Nursing, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000635:transmission; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D003219:Confidentiality; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male