Nursing care experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA): A phenomenological study from the West of Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nursing care for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) can be challenging and is dependent on the context. However, there is a lack of information about nurses' experiences in caring for PLWHA in the western region of Iran. Therefore, this study aimed to describe the experiences of nurses in caring for PLWHA in Kermanshah, Iran.

Methods

In this qualitative descriptive phenomenological study, data were gathered via semi-structured, in-depth interviews. The sample comprised 15 nurses employed at hospitals affiliated with Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, selected through purposive sampling. Colaizzi's seven-step method was employed to analyze the data, and MAXQDA 10 software was used for data management.

Results

In this study, we obtained 579 codes a

SUBMITTER: Rasad R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11566838 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature