Document 0213
 DOCN  M9590213
 TI    Royal District Nursing Service HIV/AIDS program: changes for the future.
 DT    9509
 AU    Brown DM; HIV/AIDS Nursing Program, RDNS, Melbourne, North Caulfield,
       Vic.
 SO    Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1994 Nov 3-6;6:52 (unnumbered
       abstract). Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM6/95291886
 AB    Since 1986 the Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), Melbourne, has
       been providing care to people with HIV/AIDS in the Melbourne
       Metropolitan area and Mornington Peninsula. The HIV/AIDS program
       consists of three Clinical Nurse Consultants (CNC), supported by a CNC
       reliever, an educator and liaison staff located in Melbourne's major
       public hospitals. Following changes in the epidemiology of the HIV/AIDS
       epidemic, our program has needed to expand to include women, children,
       families and others not previously affected by the disease. This
       presentation will discuss the progression of the RDNS HIV/AIDS program
       over the past few years and will explore some of the recent challenges
       we have met. These include the specific problems faced by rural nurses
       caring for people with HIV/AIDS in Victoria, and intravenous drug
       administration in the home. Our involvement with other community service
       providers has resulted in the establishment of new and important links
       which allow for more people with HIV/AIDS to be cared for at home. The
       paper will conclude by exploring future directions for the program and
       what new challenges may arise.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*NURSING  Adult  Child
       Female  Forecasting  Health Services Needs and Demand/TRENDS  Human  HIV
       Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*NURSING  HIV Seroprevalence/TRENDS  Male
       Nursing, Team/*TRENDS  Victoria/EPIDEMIOLOGY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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