Today, the nursing profession is faced with many different risks and adversities; but somehow, nursing seems to persevere, while developing new techniques all the time. Some of the techniques they acquire include treating patients with threatening illnesses, including illnesses related to HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS has played a major role in almost all medical fields, but nursing is probably one of the most affected fields. Nurses interact with the patients more than anyone else, and while interacting with the patients, there are certain illnesses they learn to recognize and treat. This article demonstrates some of the illnesses nurses have to encounter on a day to day basis with HIV/AIDS patients.
Throughout nursing care, nurses are faced with chronic, progressive illnesses. Learning to recognize and treat these illnesses is a
In conclusion, this article serves as a teaching utility for nurses and the general public. It introduces ways to detect HIV/AIDS, and ways that the illness can be treated. The special care needed for these clients is also indicated since HIV is such a unique illness. Barbara Stilwell, a scientist at the Human Resources for Health (HRH) did an excellent job informing and teaching the causes and effects of the HIV/AIDS illness and opportunistic illnesses caused by HIV/AIDS in this article in the year 2000.
This article impacted nursing by demonstrating the severity of HIV/AIDS. It showed that the illness is very serious, although there are some ways to treat it. This article displayed the importance of the nurse’s role in treating patient’s with HIV/AIDS. Nurses have to take responsibility by learning treatments an