Armstrong-Esther C, Hewitt W E
School of Nursing, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
J Adv Nurs. 1989 Nov;14(11):923-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1989.tb01481.x.
Within the growing literature on AIDS, relatively little attention has been paid to the public's knowledge and perception of the disease. Even less is known about nurse's understanding of, and attitudes towards AIDS, even though in large part, the treatment and care of AIDS patients rests in their hands. As a partial corrective to this deficiency, this study offers a comparative examination of AIDS-related beliefs and attitudes held by nursing practitioners and nursing students in Canada. Briefly stated, what the research reveals is that Canadian nurses are less than fully informed about the disease and have over-cautious attitudes towards the care of AIDS patients. Among nursing students, lack of information is also a serious problem, although this group does tend to view AIDS patient care in a somewhat more liberal manner. It is apparent from these results that more attention needs to be paid to enhancing knowledge of, and changing attitudes towards, AIDS in the education of Canadian nurses.
在不断增多的关于艾滋病的文献中，公众对该疾病的了解和认知相对较少受到关注。对于护士对艾滋病的理解和态度，了解得就更少了，尽管在很大程度上，艾滋病患者的治疗和护理掌握在他们手中。作为对这一缺陷的部分纠正，本研究对加拿大执业护士和护理专业学生持有的与艾滋病相关的信念和态度进行了比较研究。简而言之，研究揭示的是加拿大护士对该疾病的了解并不充分，并且对艾滋病患者的护理持过度谨慎的态度。在护理专业学生中，信息匮乏也是一个严重问题，尽管这个群体对艾滋病患者护理的看法确实倾向于更为开明一些。从这些结果可以明显看出，在加拿大护士的教育中，需要更加关注增强对艾滋病的了解以及改变对艾滋病的态度。
