Abstract
A survey was done by means of a questionnaire to obtain information on the knowledge and attitudes of 297 nursing students from three training institutions in the Western Cape regarding HIV-infection and AIDS-patients.
Results indicated:
The average knowledge regarding AIDS scored 72.5% They generally had a positive attitude regarding the caring for AIDS-patients; 81% of the junior and 54% of the senior students were of opinion that their training were inadequate while 91.5% of the respondents held the opinion that the training hospital must provide more training. It is recommended that the curricula of training institutions make adequate provision for relevant training regarding AIDS.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Curationis |
| Volume | 19 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1996 |
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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- Nursing
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