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Nurses' attitudes toward caring for patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

J Prof Nurs. 1996 Mar-Apr;12(2):99-105. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96204265
Baylor RA; McDaniel AM; Department of Nursing, Goshen College, IN 46526, USA.

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine nurses' attitudes toward caring for patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and factors that might be related to these attitudes. One hundred thirty-eight (138) registered nurses responded to an anonymous mail survey. The survey instrument assessed the subjects' attitudes toward caring for AIDS patients along five dimensions: (1) fears and concerns relating to caring for AIDS patients, (2) attitudes toward health care utilization by AIDS patients, (3) attitudes toward caring for terminally ill patients, (4) attitudes toward homosexuality, and (5) attitudes of significant others toward AIDS patients. The data obtained were analyzed using frequency distributions, independent t tests, and analysis of variance. Results of this study indicated that educational background is not related to nurses' attitudes toward caring for patients with AIDS; however, nurses who have had experience caring for patients with AIDS have more positive attitudes towards health care utilization by AIDS patients (P < .05) and more positive attitudes toward homosexuality (P < .04) than nurses who have not cared for AIDS patients.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY Adult Analysis of Variance *Attitude of Health Personnel Educational Status Fear Female Human Male Middle Age Midwestern United States Nurses/*PSYCHOLOGY Prejudice Random Allocation JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDpsychologyadultanalysisofvarianceKWDattitudeofhealthpersonneleducationalstatusfearfemalehumanmalemiddleagemidwesternunitedstatesnurses/KWDpsychologyprejudicerandomallocationjournalarticle
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