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Revista Cubana de Enfermería

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OLIVERA JEREZ, José Mario; DE LA RUA MENDEZ, Elvira; GRACIA NICADO, Araceli  and  RAMIREZ OLIVERA, Antonio Manuel. Risk perception of nurses in patient care living with HIV-AIDS . Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2012, vol.28, n.4, pp.521-531. ISSN 0864-0319.

We performed a descriptive, quali-quantitative, cross-sectional and prospective in order to evaluate the effect of risk perception in nursing care in patient living with HIV-AIDS. The universe was 3067 nurses (as) being the sample of 613 nurses (as) representing 20% of the universe, with the inclusion criteria were selected personnel work directly linked to welfare and represented different occupational categories. Such analysis indicated that the percent reflected a failure to collect was 18.4%, predominantly technical category to 41.5%. Regarding compliance to security incidents and the use of devices located, 5.5% is not taken into account and assumed to relate as professional categories, basic nurses accounted for 7.3% and was followed for graduates 6.2%. The 25.3% of the sample have had accidents or incidents that lead to risk exposure. It is reflected in the analysis of the perception of being contaminated by 24.6%, although it does not feel that affects the individual patient or supposedly healthy.

Keywords : risk perception; nursing care; risk factors; HIV.

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