Document 1809
 DOCN  M94A1809
 TI    The AIDS consultant nurse.
 DT    9412
 AU    van der Kruk T; Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The;
       Netherlands.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):446 (abstract no. PD0394). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370766
 AB    In 1985 the Dutch AIDS care programme was introduced. We started in the
       Academic Medical Centre, a large university hospital in Amsterdam (900
       beds). The team consisted of a physician and two nurses who were trained
       to work as AIDS Consultants. This has proven to be a successful
       construction to cope with many new developments. The tasks of the AIDS
       Consultant Nurses within the programme included direct patient care in
       the out patients clinic, the organization of home-health care and the
       education of health care workers, especially nurses. In 1990 the Dutch
       Ministry of Health funded 11 hospitals for specific care of HIV infected
       patients, in order to spread these facilities over the country and to
       integrate AIDS care in the regular health care institutions. The
       Academic Medical Centre was appointed as national reference hospital for
       AIDS care. The 'centre' hospitals with an AIDS function employ
       physicians and consultant nurses who are experts on the field of AIDS.
       Both diciplines are available for consultation by other hospitals and
       general practioners. In a national working group of AIDS Consultant
       Nurses we exchange our experiences and together we see to it that the
       essential knowledge is spread among nurses in the country. The
       establishing of AIDS Consultant Nurses, employed by centre hospitals
       with an AIDS function, might serve as an example for AIDS Care in other
       (in particular Asian) countries.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*NURSING  *Consultants  Human
       *Specialties, Nursing  MEETING ABSTRACT

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