Document 0208
 DOCN  M9590208
 TI    Nurses: a vital link to the health care system.
 DT    9509
 AU    Murray J; Zillmann J; Kennedy J; Ree H; AIDS Medical Unit, Brisbane.
 SO    Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1994 Nov 3-6;6:59 (unnumbered
       abstract). Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM6/95291891
 AB    Alice...went on. 'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go
       from here?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said
       the Cat. Lewis Carroll. Counselling has been defined as a range of
       interventions varying from providing information and outlining options
       through to brief psychotherapy. It has been used synonymously with
       talking and hand-holding; when nurses provide counselling it is much
       more than that. This paper describes the role of nurses in the AIDS
       Medical Unit, and a potential role for nurses throughout Australia. We
       provide a counselling service, within a community-based specialist
       clinic. Implicit in our counselling is an understanding of a conscious
       process of empowering clients to take charge of their lives and
       responsibility for the decisions they make. Real credibility comes from
       understanding the disease process, treatments and other HIV issues. A
       model, with examples of effective interventions by nurses, will be
       presented. We hope to encourage nurses to review their role in the care
       of people with HIV and assist them to reclaim an essential element of
       this role, which has been gradually eroded by other health
       professionals.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*NURSING/PSYCHOLOGY  Adaptation,
       Psychological  Australia  Community Health Services  *Counseling  Human
       Nurse-Patient Relations  *Patient Care Team  Patient Education  Sick
       Role  MEETING ABSTRACT

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