Document 0364
 DOCN  M9650364
 TI    Occupational exposure of health care workers (HCWs) to human
       immunodeficiency virus (HIV): stress reactions and counseling
       interventions.
 DT    9605
 AU    Armstrong K; Gorden R; Santorella G; University of California, San
       Francisco, USA.
 SO    Soc Work Health Care. 1995;21(3):61-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96131846
 AB    As more people become infected with HIV, Health Care Workers (HCWs) have
       a greater likelihood of being exposed at work. HIV exposure threatens
       the life of the HCW and can elicit a stress reaction. Although HCWs have
       reactions similar to those of people who have been exposed to other
       traumatic events, the nature of this stressor and the length of time it
       lasts is unique. This article presents counseling interventions that
       address the needs of the individual HCW during this event. These
       counseling guidelines promote the HCW's discussion of the event and any
       relevant past unresolved traumatic experiences; evaluate and aid the
       worker and his or her support system; provide information on stress
       reactions and HIV; examine the HCW's practice methods; and helps to
       reintegrate the HCW back into the work environment.
 DE    Adaptation, Psychological  Adult  Arousal  *Counseling  *Disease
       Transmission, Patient-to-Professional  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  HIV
       Seropositivity/PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Male  Middle Age  Occupational
       Diseases/ETIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*PSYCHOLOGY  *Occupational
       Exposure  *Patient Care Team  Rehabilitation, Vocational/PSYCHOLOGY
       Sick Role  Social Support  *Social Work  Stress Disorders,
       Post-Traumatic/*PSYCHOLOGY/THERAPY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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