Background: Caring for people with HIV/AIDS is a challenging issue for nursing students, involving sometimes miscon- ceptions due to different cultural, political, and religious views. Aim: the aim of this study was to investigate nursing students' attitudes on caring for people with HIV/AIDS. Methods: A convenient sample of undergraduate nursing students enrolled in four European universities was recruited. Data were collected by administering the AIDS Attitude Scale (AAS) and analysed through parametric and non- parametric statistics. The sample consisted of 594 students of which 162 (27.3%) were English, 246 (41.4%) Italian and 186 (31.3%) Greek. Results: Students' attitudes toward HIV/AIDS patients were relatively positive, although most of them indicated fear of contracting HIV through clinical practice. Students' positive feelings for HIV/AIDS patients were also correlated with the strong willingness to take care of them. Conclusions: A significant part of the participants believed that HIV/AIDS make nursing a high-risk profession. Further- more, students' misconceptions were not limited to clinical practice. Students were in general well-disposed towards this patients' population but there was still stigma associated with this condition. A new educational approach may help redefining students' attitudes and improving quality of nursing care. Further investigation would help in shading light on why students are still biased in approaching those patients.
Exploring nursing students' attitudes towards patients affected by HIV/AIDS. Does nursing curriculum need any improvement? The results of a European multicentre study / Bonacaro, Antonio; Stroumpouki, Theodora; Stavropoulou, Areti; Triglia, Carmela; Vizilio, Emanuele; Papageorgiou, Dimitrios; Rubbi, Ivan. - In: SCIENCE TALKS. - ISSN 2772-5693. - 6:(2023), pp. 1-3. [10.1016/j.sctalk.2023.100173]
Exploring nursing students' attitudes towards patients affected by HIV/AIDS. Does nursing curriculum need any improvement? The results of a European multicentre study
Bonacaro, Antonio
Conceptualization
;Rubbi, Ivan
2023-01-01
Abstract
Background: Caring for people with HIV/AIDS is a challenging issue for nursing students, involving sometimes miscon- ceptions due to different cultural, political, and religious views. Aim: the aim of this study was to investigate nursing students' attitudes on caring for people with HIV/AIDS. Methods: A convenient sample of undergraduate nursing students enrolled in four European universities was recruited. Data were collected by administering the AIDS Attitude Scale (AAS) and analysed through parametric and non- parametric statistics. The sample consisted of 594 students of which 162 (27.3%) were English, 246 (41.4%) Italian and 186 (31.3%) Greek. Results: Students' attitudes toward HIV/AIDS patients were relatively positive, although most of them indicated fear of contracting HIV through clinical practice. Students' positive feelings for HIV/AIDS patients were also correlated with the strong willingness to take care of them. Conclusions: A significant part of the participants believed that HIV/AIDS make nursing a high-risk profession. Further- more, students' misconceptions were not limited to clinical practice. Students were in general well-disposed towards this patients' population but there was still stigma associated with this condition. A new educational approach may help redefining students' attitudes and improving quality of nursing care. Further investigation would help in shading light on why students are still biased in approaching those patients.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.