Document 0152
 DOCN  M9460152
 TI    Anticipating care for HIV-infected clients: nurses' reactions.
 DT    9408
 AU    Bradley-Springer L; Schwanberg SL; Frank B; New Mexico AIDS Education
       and Training Center, University of New; Mexico College of Nursing,
       Albuquerque.
 SO    J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1994 Jan-Feb;5(1):29-38. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94220660
 AB    This study assessed nurses' reactions to the possibility of working with
       HIV-infected clients by the use of a sentence-completion format. A
       random sample of 2,434 nurses was completed with 502 (20.6%) nurses who
       provided 3,180 responses on the survey tool. Card sorting was used to
       discover themes that included positive, neutral, and negative reactions.
       The thematic categories that evolved from the data were: caring (899
       responses, 28%), care as usual (1198 responses, 37.6%), and avoidance
       (1083 responses, 34%). More than 88% of the respondents provided
       statements that were sorted into at least two of the thematic
       categories; more than 51% gave responses that sorted into all three of
       the major categories. This qualitative research project revealed that
       these nurses, when confronted with an anticipation of caring for
       HIV-infected clients, held a wide variety of opinions and concerns that
       were often expressed simultaneously.
 DE    Adult  Aged  *Attitude of Health Personnel  Educational Status  Empathy
       Female  Human  HIV Infections/*NURSING/PSYCHOLOGY  Male  Middle Age
       Nurses/*PSYCHOLOGY  Questionnaires  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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