Knowledge of the nurse in the management of patients with HIV / AIDS

Abstract

This investigation had the objective of identify the level of knowledge of nursing care staff on inpatient management with HIV/AIDS and its relation with personal factors. We made a descriptive study, with questionnaire application to all the staff who worked from April 18 to 23 of 1994 at Departamentos de Medicina Interna y Urgencia del Hospital General Regional Núm. 72, Tlalnepantla, Estado de México. Instrument had 35 items with evaluation of physiopathology, general nursing care, universal precaution and 14 items on personal nursing aspect. We take as acceptable a rate greater than or equal than 60%. We made simple analysis of information by relative frequency, central tendency and dispersion. We found the greater scholar level, better knowledge level.  From all the studied staff we found that only 33% assisted to monographic curses. Staff with specified curses on AIDS had acceptable knowledge level (63%). Level knowledge is low (56.3%), as like the nursing number with monographic curses assistance. Then it is convenient intensify strategies to better information on this subject (HIV/AIDS). It is important to make evaluation in other settings to compare results.