Comprehensive Overview of HIV/AIDS
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Define HIV and AIDS.
- Describe the natural history of HIV infection.
- Describe behaviors that increase the risk of HIV infection.
- Discuss Infection Control precautions, including Universal/Standard precautions.
- Describe the procedure for on-the-job exposure to HIV, HBV or HCV.
- Identify the various acceptable forms of HIV testing in Kentucky.
- Discuss the 2006 CDC testing recommendations.
- Discuss recent HIV medication therapies.
- Outline management of HIV and common co-occurring illnesses.
- State the HIV/AIDS reporting requirements in Kentucky.
- Define confidentiality and discrimination as it relates to HIV in Kentucky.
- Discuss the human impact of HIV/AIDS on the patient and the caregiver.
- Discuss select populations in relation to HIV/AIDS.
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| Approved By: | Commonwealth of Kentucky, Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Division of Epidemiology, Kentucky Department of Public Health, HIV/AIDS Branch |
| CE Credits: | 4.2 Contact Hours; credit available until 01/31/2011 Access Continuing Education, Inc. is approved as a provider of nursing continuing education (provider #09-06-003PR) by the Vermont State Nurses' Association, Inc., which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. |
| Cost: | $40.00 *NOTE: If your association, employer, or organization is paying for this course, and you log in utilizing the correct procedure provided by your association/employer/organization, you will not be charged upon completion of the test. Be sure to check with your association/employer/organization for the correct login procedure. |
| Directions: | Click here for Directions |
| Author: | Judy K. Shaw, PhD, ANP-C |
| Course Format Options: | Enter Course Online Download Coursebook (PDF) |
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