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HIV Nursing and Symptom Management

Author(s): Mary E. Ropka, PhD, RN, FAAN, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia
Ann B. Williams, EdD, RN, FAAN, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763705442
  • ISBN-10:0763705446
  • Paperback    832 pages      © 1998
Price: International Sales $80.95 US List
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Overview

HIV Nursing and Symptom Management covers diverse aspects of the clinical care of individuals with HIV infection. This book emphasizes the management of common clinical problems or symptoms. Written by a team of experts, it uniquely combines evidence-based content with clinical expertise to provide the basis for the most current, effective care. It Incorporates the latest HIV pharmacological regimens and HIV treatment recommendations, including protease inhibitors and combination therapy. 

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Employs a consistent format addressing common clinical problems for easy reference.
Features separate chapters on compliance, cultural diversity, and infants, children, and adolescents.
Approaches HIV infection as a chronic health problem.
Considers the latest combination therapies, recently approved pharmacological regimens, and United States Public Health Services treatment recommendations.
Covers diverse aspects of HIV care: care settings, culture, age groups, and the spectrum of health and disease.
Addresses both behavioral and biological perspectives pertinent to HIV health care.

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Unit One: HIV Infection Overview
1. The Pathogenesis of HIV Infection
2. HIV Epidemiology & HIV Diagnostic Testing
3. Pharmacological Issues in HIV Treatment
4. Opportunistic Infections
5. Pharmacological Treatment of Opportunistic Infections
6. Opportunistic Malignancies
7. Treatment of Opportunistic Malignancies: Chemotherapy
8. Treatment of Opportunistic Malignancies: Radiation Treatment

Unit Two: HIV Common Clinical Problems
9. Neurological Manifestations
10. Nutrition-Related Changes
11. Fecal Incontinence
12. Respiratory Changes
13. Hematologic Abnormalities
14. Skin Problems
15. Psychosocial Responses
16. Fatigue
17. Sleep Alterations
18. Visual Changes
19. Pain
20. Night Sweats, Fever, Chills, and Shivering

Unit Three: HIV Special Treatment Considerations
21. Compliance: Challenges and Strategies
22. Models of Care: Continuity across Settings
23. Ethical Issues for the Clinician
24. Legal Issues for the Clinician

Unit Four: HIV Special or Vulnerable Populations
25. Women
26. Infants, Children, and Adolescents
27. Substance Abusers
28. Culturally Diverse Populations: Hispanic
29. Culturally Diverse Populations: African-American

Appendix A
Appendix B
Index
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ShowAbout the Author(s)

Mary E. Ropka, PhD, RN, FAAN-Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia

Ann B. Williams, EdD, RN, FAAN-Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

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  • "3 stars - ... content was excellent. The first chapter on HIV pathogenesis is one of the best to be found in any text. This book will be a helpful addition to the clinician's library on HIV. Although some of the content is presented at a fairly high level, nurses will find it a useful reference. The patient and lay caregiver information provided will be helpful to those who give day-to-day support and care."
    --Maisie Kashka, PhD
    Texas Women's University
    Doody's Nursing and Allied Health Quarterly, Winter 1998

     

    "Best Books of 1998 - This book brings together more than 40 nurses, physicians, ethicists, and other health professionals to cover topics ranging from the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), opportunistic infections, and pharmacotherapy to issues of HIV infection in vulnerable populations (for example, women, children, and ethnic minority groups). The book's real strength is its coverage of management approaches for 12 symptom issues such as sleep alterations, fatigue, skin lesions, and night sweats. It includes current United States Public Health Service treatment recommendations." 

    --Linda Lindsey Davis, RN, CANP, PhD,
    University of Alabama at Birmingham

    The Nurse Practitioner, February 1999, Volume 24, No. 2

    "This book is a valuable resource for nurses who assist patients in managing the often debilitating symptoms associated with HIV/AIDS and its treatment. Ropka and Williams have synthesized a wealth of information on the etiology, pathogenesis, and nursing management of the most prevalent, and often refractory, HIV-related symptoms. A singular achievement of this book is its consistent use of an evidence-based framework to substantiate the nursing implications that are advanced throughout the chapters. Nurses have a long history of forging patient/provider partnerships to overcome barriers to treatment, maximize adaptive reponses to illness, and promote wellness. In this book, the authors have given us the tools to continue this tradition in caring for people with HIV/AIDS." 

    --Barbara Swanson, DNSc, RN, ACRN, Assistant Professor
    Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL

    Oncology Nursing Forum, May 1999

     

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