Postawy pielęgniarek wobec osób zarażonych wirusem HIV i chorych na AIDS
Journal Title: Innowacje w Pielęgniarstwie i Naukach o Zdrowiu - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 2
Abstract
Polish Ministry of Health estimates that the number of HIV positive people may be reaching 35 thousand. Despite widespread educational campaign, attitudes towards the HIV positive are still varied. The problem also refers to health service employees The aim of the study was to examine attitudes of nurses, the second degree nursing students at the University of Humanities and Economics in Wloclawek (UHE), employed by various health care institutions, towards HIV infected patients and patients with AIDS. The studies were carried out in a group of 97 nurses, based on our own anonymous survey questionnaire developed by the authors of the study, at the University of Humanities and Economics in Wloclawek (Cuiavian Uniwersity in Wloclawek). The study results demonstrate that the feeling of threat and of fear of becoming infected with HIV is quite strong among the nursing students at the UHE in Wloclawek. The study has proved that the nursing staff’s age, marital status, years of service, and the availability of personal protective equipment at the workplace as well as post-exposure procedures at work have the influence on the attitude towards HIV-positive patients, whereas such an impact was not identified in reference to the workplace of the respondents. It has been also proved that the attitudes are strongly affected by the level of knowledge demonstrated by nurses, in contrast nurses’ additional qualifications have no effect in that matter. Although most respondents declared positive and indifferent attitude towards HIV/AIDS patients, how ever some specific attitudes resulting from the survey arise authors’ concern. It can be concluded that the main cause of this condition can be, despite their knowledge of the medium level of the scope of HIV/AIDS, their participation in an insufficient number of professional trainings carried out by experts with knowledge based on experience in that field. The ability for nurses to contact from time to time competent trainers, can play a significant role in shaping the attitudes and behaviours among nurses as well as among other health service system employees.
Authors and Affiliations
Joanna Węglarska, Maria Posłuszna-Owcarz
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