Nurses' knowledge and attitudes to HIV/AIDS-An international comparison between Finland, Estonia and Lithuania

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-147

  Suominen, Tarja ^a   Koponen, Niina ^b   Mockiene, Vida ^a   Raid, Ulla ^c   Istomina, Natalja ^d   Vänskä, Maj Lis ^e   Blek Vehkaluoto, Mari ^f   Välimäki, Maritta ^g  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b South Carelia Adult Education Center   (Finland)

^c Estonian Nurse Union   (Estonia)

^d KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e Metropolia Polytechnic   (Finland)

^f Suomen Sydanliitto ry   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; HIV AIDS; Knowledge; Nurse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESTONIA; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LITHUANIA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STAFF;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTONIA; FINLAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 77956627156     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2010.01822.x     Document Type: Article

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