Nursing Care of AIDS Patients in Uganda

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-264

  Fournier, Bonnie ^a   Kipp, Walter ^a   Mill, Judy ^a   Walusimbi, Mariam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Post Natal Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; moral distress; nursing; participatory research; photovoice; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UGANDA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMPATHY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; UGANDA;

EID: 34250821230     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659607301301     Document Type: Article

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