ABSTRACT
After the fall of the communist government in Romania, many children were found to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected. The majority of these children were abandoned and currently live in orphanages. The children have been cared for on a day-to-day basis by nurses with little general nursing education and even less HIV education. The Romanian-American Pediatric AIDS Education and Clinical Research Program was established at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine in May, 1996 to aid in the education of Romanian nurses. Syllabi developed by the U.S. nursing team were initially piloted in three pediatric HIV centers in Romania in July, 1997. Since that time, two annual nursing symposia have been held offering topics on general pediatrics and HIV-related content. The purpose of this article is to describe a program of HIV education for nurses in Romania.
Subject(s)
Education, Nursing/organization & administration , HIV Infections/nursing , Child , Curriculum , Humans , International Cooperation , Pilot Projects , Program Development , Romania , TexasABSTRACT
Diagnostic differences were found in a sample of 273 involuntarily committed psychiatric patients. 161 black patients were more often diagnosed with psychotic disorders than the 112 Caucasian ones, with the 112 white patients being more often diagnosed with an affective disorder than the 161 black patients. Personality disorders were less frequently diagnosed in 110 older than in the 163 younger patients.
