Basic information on AIDS.
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TextSeries: HIV/AIDS reference library for nurses ; v. 1 | WHO regional office publications. Western Pacific series ; ; no. 9.Publication details: Manila : WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 1993. Description: 26 pISBN: 9290611111Subject(s): Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- nursing -- prevention and control | HIV infections -- nursing -- prevention and control | AIDS and its ControlNLM classification: WC 503Online resources: Click here to access online Abstract: Sets out basic facts about HIV infection and AIDS important for the growing number of nurses who will need to care for such patients in their day-to-day work. Noting that HIV and AIDS represent a health problem of extraordinary scale and complexity, the book aims to give nurses and nurse educators a firm understanding of the virus, its modes of transmission, the clinical signs, symptoms and course of infection and disease, and the ethical as well as technical issues surrounding HIV screening. Information ranges from a description of the initial signs of infection, through a list of symptoms indicative of AIDS, to an overview of the most widely used tests for HIV screening. Understanding of such basic information is regarded as crucial to the further development of professional nursing skills that will be needed to cope with this pandemic and the extraordinary demands it is making on health care and social services. The booklet concludes with a glossary of 84 terms commonly used in discussions of HIV and AIDS.
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Sets out basic facts about HIV infection and AIDS important for the growing number of nurses who will need to care for such patients in their day-to-day work. Noting that HIV and AIDS represent a health problem of extraordinary scale and complexity, the book aims to give nurses and nurse educators a firm understanding of the virus, its modes of transmission, the clinical signs, symptoms and course of infection and disease, and the ethical as well as technical issues surrounding HIV screening. Information ranges from a description of the initial signs of infection, through a list of symptoms indicative of AIDS, to an overview of the most widely used tests for HIV screening. Understanding of such basic information is regarded as crucial to the further development of professional nursing skills that will be needed to cope with this pandemic and the extraordinary demands it is making on health care and social services. The booklet concludes with a glossary of 84 terms commonly used in discussions of HIV and AIDS.
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