title: Teaching about HIV/AIDS: the lessons learned.
abstract: To learn and teach about HIV/AIDS is to enter complex and sensitive territory that at times may be personally challenging. In the vast literature on HIV infection and nursing two main themes recur: nurses' lack of understanding, negative attitudes and anxieties related to HIV/AIDS and the need for education to change such attitudes and enhance nurses' knowledge and skills.
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia School of Nursing.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Wyness
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Goldstone
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000451:nursing*; D001955:British Columbia; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000451:nursing*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*