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Professional nurses knowledge and understanding of AIDS/HIV infection

N. J. Chamane, W. Kortenbout
Curationis | Vol 20, No 2 | a1305 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v20i2.1305 | © 1997 N. J. Chamane, W. Kortenbout | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 27 March 1997 | Published: 27 March 1997

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N. J. Chamane,, South Africa
W. Kortenbout,, South Africa

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This study examined professional nurses’ knowledge and understanding of AIDS/HIV infection. The sample was formed by 53 professional nurses; 27 being those that have done the AIDS counselling course (trained counsellors) and 26 who have not done the course. This sample was randomly chosen from a population of 192 professional nurses representing all departments.

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