Awareness Regarding the Care of Patients with HIV/AIDS among the Nurses Working at BPKIHS, Nepal
Journal Title: International Journal of Health Sciences and Research - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Nurses play a critical role in caring the HIV positive patient. A knowledge deficit about HIV/AIDS nursing care could logically affect outcomes of care for these patients. Negative attitudes and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS might deter those in particular risk groups, the individuals with the disease, their family members and the society from providing support and treatment. Objective: This study attempts to determine the knowledge and attitude regarding the care of HIV/AIDS patient, to find out the association between knowledge and practice with the selected variables and to find the correlation of knowledge with practice. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 207 nurses working at BPKIHS, Dharan. Stratified random sampling based on population proportionate method was adopted. Data were collected using a semi-structured self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics at level of significance 0.05. Result: The study showed moderately adequate knowledge among majority (92.3%) of the nurses. More than half (50.7%) of the nurses had favorable attitude towards the care of patient with HIV/AIDS. There was no significant association between the knowledge and attitude with the socio-demographic variable, training and experience of care of HIV/AIDS patient. Knowledge regarding the care of patient with HIV/AIDS has significant positive correlation with attitude. Conclusion: The study revealed that the majority of the nurses have moderately adequate knowledge regarding the care of patient with HIV/AIDS and most of the nurses have favorable attitude towards the care of patient with HIV/AIDS. It is therefore pertinent that all health care providers have access to up-to-date information on all aspects of HIV/AIDS so that they can provide quality care and services without stigmatizing and without being judgmental.
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Erina Shrestha
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