title: Nurses' willingness to take care of people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)--does a teaching intervention make a difference?
abstract: The aim of this study is to describe the impact of an education intervention programme on nurses' willingness to care for HIV-positive people in Lithuania.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study utilizes a randomized controlled trial design (RCT). The total sample comprises 185 nurses working in medical, surgical and gynaecological units, and primary health care centres from the same hospital areas in three Lithuanian hospitals. The data were analyzed using SPSS 12.0 and descriptive statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our educational intervention did not have an impact on the nurses' willingness to take care of people living with HIV (PLHIV), as their level of willingness was high already before the education intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further research on this issue is needed to try to understand the forces acting on our nursing staff in order to ensure appropriate care for PLHIV.
authors.affiliation: University of Tampere, Department of Nursing Science, Tampere, Finland. mockienevida@gmail.com
authors.forename: Vida
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mockiene
authors.forename: Tarja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suominen
authors.forename: Maritta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Välimäki
authors.forename: Arturas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Razbadauskas
authors.forename: Saulius
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caplinskas
authors.forename: Arvydas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martinkenas
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000451:nursing; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D008097:Lithuania; D008875:Middle Aged; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult