title: Addressing human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in advanced practice nursing education.
abstract: Despite a number of professional meetings and policy statements recommending that advanced practice nurses be prepared to meet society's needs, relatively few graduate programs in nursing offer specific content related to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic. The need for advanced preparation in this area is highlighted by the fact that information about HIV infection and treatment of persons with HIV disease shifts rapidly, that more than 500,000 Americans have been diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and that the disease is the leading cause of death in the United States in persons 25 to 44 years old. Recommendations for how HIV/AIDS content can be incorporated into advanced-level education are presented.
authors.affiliation: Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, City University of New York, Hunter College, New York, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Nokes
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education*; D015399:Nursing Research; D012109:Research Support as Topic