title: [Guidelines for the facilitation of wholeness in patients with AIDS: the experience of patients with AIDS: I].
abstract: AIDS will be remembered as the illness that was discovered in the 1980s of which the effects of this epidemic were only realised in the 1990s. Statistics show that the number of patients with AIDS increase annually because of the number of patients now diagnosed as HIV infected. Statistics indicate that AIDS has a much wider impact on the community than only homosexuals and drug-dependent people. Much attention is paid currently to the prevention of AIDS, but the problem is vested in the third phase of the HIV infection, namely AIDS. Nurses will be more and more exposed to the patient with AIDS and she can make a valuable contribution to facilitating the quest to wholeness of the patient with AIDS. This research was aimed at exploring and describing the experiences of the patient with AIDS and to lay down guidelines for the nurse and the psychiatric nurse specialist as consultant to facilitate the quest for wholeness of the patient with AIDS. A exploratory, descriptive contextual study was done with the aim of achieving insight into the experiences of the patient with AIDS, by way of a specific convenience test sample, five patients who complied with the set criteria were included in the research. The application possibilities of this research are generally set out as regards practice, research and teaching, and also as specific guidelines for the nurse treating the patient with AIDS. By following the guidelines set out in this research, the nurse can facilitate the patient's quest for wholeness.
authors.affiliation: Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Torrente
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greeff
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011788:Quality of Life
vernacular_title: Riglyne vir die fasilitering van heelheid by die pasiënt met vigs: die belewenis van die pasiënt met vigs: deel i.