HIV/AIDS and the workplace: Perceptions of nurses in a public hospital in South Africa

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-29

  Smit, Ria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Nurse patient interaction; Perceptions; Public health nursing; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPATHY; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINALLY ILL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 20444494817     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03456.x     Document Type: Article

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