ABSTRACT
UNLABELLED: Kenya has approximately 1.4 million adults infected with HIV/AIDS, with a national prevalence rate of approximately 7.4%. The majority of the Kenyan people have not participated in a Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) program and do not know their HIV status. This increases the likelihood of infecting others and spreading the disease. The PURPOSE: Living in fear, making the decision to be tested, the journey toward acceptance, changing behavior, planning for the future, and encouraging others to be tested. VCT programs are crucial in attaining goals related to the prevention and management of AIDS. By exploring these women's experiences and perceptions, issues concerning AIDS and the acceptance and use of VCT may be better understood.
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Counseling , HIV Infections/diagnosis , HIV Infections/psychology , Patient Acceptance of Health Care , Voluntary Programs , Women/psychology , Adult , Diagnostic Services , Female , HIV Infections/therapy , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Humans , Kenya , Middle Aged , Rural Population , Young AdultSubject(s)
Croup , Emergency Nursing/methods , Nursing Assessment/methods , Virus Diseases/complications , Causality , Child , Cough/virology , Croup/diagnosis , Croup/therapy , Croup/virology , Emergency Treatment/methods , Emergency Treatment/nursing , Humans , Infant , Male , Monitoring, Physiologic/nursing , Nurse's Role , Parents/education , Respiratory Sounds , Severity of Illness IndexABSTRACT
Many patients with cystic fibrosis now survive well into adulthood. Do you know how to help them?
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Cystic Fibrosis , Child , Cystic Fibrosis/complications , Cystic Fibrosis/diagnosis , Cystic Fibrosis/genetics , Cystic Fibrosis/therapy , Genetic Testing , Health Services Needs and Demand , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Lung Transplantation , Neonatal Screening , Nurse's Role , Patient Education as Topic , Positive-Pressure Respiration , Respiratory Therapy , Social Support , Terminal CareSubject(s)
Herpes Genitalis/diagnosis , Herpes Genitalis/therapy , Adaptation, Psychological , Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use , Attitude to Health , Female , Herpes Genitalis/epidemiology , Herpes Genitalis/psychology , Humans , Male , Nurse's Role , Patient Education as Topic , Risk Factors , Safe Sex , United States/epidemiologyABSTRACT
The retention and graduation of foreign-born nursing students is essential to meet the needs of our growing racial and ethnic minority population in the United States with their health care needs. Little research has explored factors contributing to the high attrition rate of racial and ethnic minority nursing students. The author describes a case study of East Indian nursing students and examines factors influencing foreign-born students' success in nursing school. Culturally competent teaching strategies for all foreign-born nursing students are presented.
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Career Choice , Communication Barriers , Cultural Diversity , Students, Nursing , Clinical Competence/standards , Education, Nursing/standards , Humans , India/ethnology , Interprofessional Relations , Nursing Education Research , Students, Nursing/psychology , United StatesABSTRACT
Racial and ethnic minority students have high attrition rates in nursing school. This article describes a qualitative study that explored 15 minority nursing students' experiences while enrolled in a predominantly White nursing program. In-depth interviews were conducted and eight themes emerged: loneliness and isolation, differentness, absence of acknowledgment of individuality from teachers, peers' lack of understanding and knowledge about cultural differences, lack of support from teachers, coping with insensitivity and discrimination, determination to build a better future, and overcoming obstacles. This article provides a voice for minority nursing students whose experiences have not been heard. By understanding these students' experiences and perspectives, nursing educators may be better able to meet their educational needs and increase graduation rates.
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Attitude of Health Personnel/ethnology , Cultural Diversity , Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/organization & administration , Ethnicity/ethnology , Minority Groups/psychology , Students, Nursing/psychology , Acculturation , Adaptation, Psychological , California , Career Choice , Ethnicity/education , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Health Services Needs and Demand , Humans , Interprofessional Relations , Loneliness , Minority Groups/education , Nursing Methodology Research , Organizational Innovation , Peer Group , Prejudice , Qualitative Research , Race Relations/psychology , Social Isolation , Social Support , Stereotyping , White People/ethnologyABSTRACT
Racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in the nursing profession. The high attrition rate of minority students from nursing schools contributes to this problem. Academic leaders are calling for change in nursing education and asking educators to work diligently to retain minority students. This article describes a Minority Retention Project that included interventions designed to enhance the integration of minority students into a supportive learning environment, assist them in using the available resources, and help them feel connected and supported by their peers and faculty. At the end of the first year of the project, the nursing school experienced 100% retention of minority nursing students. Increasing the retention and graduation of minority nursing students supports the continued effort to provide culturally competent health care.
