title: [Knowledge and attitude of nursing students concerning AIDS in 3 educational institutes of the West Cape].
abstract: A survey was done by means of a questionnaire to obtain information on the knowledge and attitudes of 297 nursing students from three training institutions in the Western Cape regarding HIV-infection and AIDS-patients. Results indicated: The average knowledge regarding AIDS scored 72.5% They generally had a positive attitude regarding the caring for AIDS-patients; 81% of the junior and 54% of the senior students were of opinion that their training were inadequate while 91.5% of the respondents held the opinion that the training hospital must provide more training. It is recommended that the curricula of training institutions make adequate provision for relevant training regarding AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Universiteit van Stellenbosch.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bester
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arendse
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D003479:Curriculum; D003710:Demography; D004510:Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D013019:South Africa; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*